STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI)-Back-to-school shopping and tax-free means families can save some money. Mississippi’s sales tax holiday begins Friday 29, 2021. Items that will be exempt from sales tax include clothing and school supplies under 100-dollars per item. Retailers like Academy Sports are getting ready for the increased traffic in the stores. “Friday and Saturday all items back to school will…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- Citizens now have a safe meeting place for any online transactions. The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department is setting aside an Internet Purchase Exchange Location with the hope of preventing criminal activity during sales. If you decide to purchase online from Facebook Marketplace or another site, you can meet in a secure location. This decision comes after…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – It’s a celebration of reading. The Summer Reading Program at the Columbus Lowndes Public Library wrapped up this morning with songs, a little dancing, a stuffed animal Olympic race – and of course some reading. All summer long, children have gathered at the library twice a week for storytime along with singing and fun with Mother…
NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Sometimes the political rhetoric gets as hot as the July weather during stump speeches at the Neshoba County Fair. Today, Governor Tate Reeves closed out the politickin’ by taking shots at the CDC’s latest guidance, which has called for a return to indoor masking in areas that are experiencing surges in COVID cases. And the…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – The suspect in a Tuesday night shooting in Starkville turns himself in. Jerome Davis has surrendered to Starkville Police. Davis was wanted in connection with a shooting on Roundhouse Road Tuesday night. One person was injured in that shooting, they are being treated at a hospital outside of the area. Davis is charged with Aggravated assault….
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The defense begins presenting its case in the Capital Murder trial of Tommy Chisholm and gets dealt some serious blows. Judge Lee Howard denies 2 defense motions, one for a directed verdict, and one to lower the charge from capital murder to 1st-degree murder. A key defense witness was also disqualified. When questioned by the…
MACON, Miss. (WCBI) – The suspect in a Macon murder is now in police custody. U.S. marshalls caught 33-year-old Henry Benamon this morning in Alabama. He had been on the run for almost two weeks. Investigators say Benamon is wanted for murder in the death of 43-year-old Lisa Brooks. Family members found her dead in her home on July 17th….
Limit your exposure to the heat as much as possible.
SUMMARY: An Excessive Heat Warning and a Heat Advisory is in effect for our Thursday as the dangerous heat and humidity will stick around into the coming weekend. Take the proper precautions to stay cool & hydrated to help prevent heat stress or heat exhaustion issues! Look for rain and storm chances to return Saturday with higher odds developing Sunday…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – As the fall semester approaches, school districts across North East Mississippi are making their decisions on whether or not students will need to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “My concern is that we have guidance from our public health department and I think it’s our responsibility to strongly consider and, in our case,…
BOONEVILLE, MISS. (WCBI) -NEMCC went to the source when developing its workforce e-learning platform – the companies needing trained workers. “There is a skills gap, a lack of skilled workers in the workforce, this is creating a disadvantage for our industries because they can’t find the workers and then when it comes time for them to up their game a…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- Summertime means vacation, and for many travelers, this is the time to hit the road. However; the widespread delta variant of COVID-19 comes with caution about crowds and public spaces. Local travel agents are seeing their clients ease back into their favorite vacation spots. Whether it’s hitting the road, sky, or ocean most people are eager to…
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – ICUs are as bad as what we saw in January, that’s just one of the takeaways from a Mississippi State Department of Health press conference today, and one of the reasons for new guidance. The Delta variant continues to drive infections and hospitalizations. And that is now leading the Department of Health to issue new guidance…
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A suspect wanted for murder this past weekend in Lee County has been arrested. He was found hiding out in the Tombigbee State Park area. 54-year-old Bradley Kevin King was arrested this morning after investigators with the Lee County Sheriff’s Department got a tip that he could be in the state park. King is charged…
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – The new police chief for Northeast Mississippi Community College is no stranger to the college. Anthony Anderson is the new chief for the NEMCC Police Department. Chief Anderson served for three and a half years as assistant chief at the college, before assuming his new role on July first. Chief Anderson says he enjoys working on…
ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI) – Quinell Shumpert, the newest police chief of Aberdeen has officially sworn in Wedndesday. Voters waited weeks to find out who would fill the position after no candidate received the necessary majority on July 6th, forcing a runoff between Shumpert and Tony Tillman. During the special election, Shumpert collected 860 votes to Tillman’s 799 votes. Shumpert sent…
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Testimony continues today in the capital murder trial of Tommy Chisholm. Chisholm is accused of killing Starkville optometrist Dr. Shauna Witt in January of 20-18. Today, jurors heard accounts from the first police officers to arrive on the scene after the shooting at Witt’s office in the Starkville Walmart. They also got to see security…
SHUQUALAK, Miss. (WCBI) – A man investigators say shot and killed his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself has died. It happened last Thursday in Shuqualak. Investigators say 34-year-old Kendrick Brooks shot and killed 30-year-old Wendy Taylor in a house on Constantine Street, then shot himself. Noxubee County coroner R.L. Calhoun says Brooks died yesterday in the hospital. Categories:…
The hottest air of the season is here.
VERONA, MISS. (WCBI) – A Lee County pastor who leads a church with a diverse ethnic mix, believes houses of faith can do more to stop the deadly violence that is being seen in the area. Like most people, Pastor David Ball was stunned at the outbreak of violence this past weekend. Five people were killed in three separate shootings…
SUMMARY: A Heat Advisory is once again in effect for our Wednesday as the extreme heat and humidity will remain in place the rest of the workweek into the weekend. Take the proper precautions to stay cool & hydrated to help prevent heat stress or heat exhaustion issues! While a few stray storms are possible Wednesday, rain chances overall will…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – With the heat index making it feel like 100 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit through the end of July, area first responders want to make sure everyone knows what to do in the event of a heat emergency. “The body can only try to fight against the heat for so long until it just basically gives out,”…
WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI)- Mississippi state health leaders are calling it the delta variant the “4th Wave” of COVID-19. Case numbers are beginning to surge again for people with or without the vaccine, but if someone tests positive for the virus there is a treatment to help with the symptoms; monoclonal antibodies. “The antibody infusion is very safe it seems…
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