Noxubee County natives give back during SNAP pause

MACON, Miss. (WCBI) – On Saturday, around 360,000 Mississippians were affected by the halt to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. As SNAP benefits come to a pause, it’s getting hard for residents to buy groceries and provide for their households. “It’s sort of sad that the people are getting food taken away from their homes. It’s really sad,” said Glenda…

A woman was sentenced to twenty years for multiple burglaries

CORINTH, Miss. (WCBI) A 50-year-old woman was sentenced to twenty years in prison for multiple burglaries. Effie Dawn Thomas of Corinth pled guilty to two charges of burglary of a building and three charges of burglary of a vehicle in the Alcorn County Circuit Court. Circuit Court Judge Michael P. Mills, Jr. sentenced Thomas to serve 20 years in the…

Two men are behind bars facing an attempted robbery charge

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) Two men are behind bars in Columbus facing an attempted robbery charge. Around 2:00 Friday afternoon, Columbus Police Officers responded to a report of an attempted robbery in the Lowe’s parking lot. During the investigation, officers learned that 22-year-old Bowen Hanson and 19-year-old Shaun Blanton scheduled a meeting with a potential buyer after posting a vehicle for…