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Featured, Local News

Second annual Hamilton Holiday Market brings joy to community

Maggi Jo'Ani Boutique hosted a holiday market to bring holiday cheer to the unincorporated community of Hamilton.
Kaleb Green,

HAMILTON, Miss. (WCBI) – Over a dozen vendors, food trucks, mini golf, and a place for kids to take pictures with Santa was available at the second annual Hamilton Holiday Market. The host of the event, Maggi Jo’Ani Boutique, Pottery, and Cup of JOE, has held a Christmas Open House for six years, but starting just last year, they expanded…

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Featured, Local News

McKee Park hosts groundbreaking ceremony for new pavilion

The city of Starkville and the Starkville Rotary Club partnered up to break ground on a new pavilion in McKee Park.
Kaleb Green, Khamari Haymer,

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – McKee Park is under construction. The Starkville Rotary Club and the city of Starkville are partnering to bring a pavilion to McKee Park. The pavilion will provide shade and a place for families to eat while at the park. President of the Starkville Rotary Club Kyle Jordan said recreation is important to communities. “There is one…

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Crime, Local News

Man wanted in Clay County for alleged burglary has been arrested

Grace Brister,

CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A man wanted by the Clay County Sheriff’s office has been arrested. Investigators with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office were looking for burglary suspect, 22-year-old Asa Jennings Lester. Lester was arrested and taken to the Choctaw County Jail on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 16. He was later taken to the Clay County Jail. He…

Mississippi's Junior Senator Says She's Staying Put
State News

Senator staying put

Eric Lampkin,

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCBI) – Mississippi’s junior Senator says she is staying put. Since Donald Trump’s presidential win last week, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s name has come up repeatedly as a possible nominee for Secretary of Agriculture. Hyde-Smith has been a staunch supporter of Trump since coming to the Senate, and is a former Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture. In a press release…

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Featured, Local News

Supervisor Brooks to run for Columbus mayor

Supervisor Brooks to run for Columbus mayor
Joey Barnes,

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Longtime Lowndes County Supervisor Leroy Brooks says he wants to be the next mayor of Columbus. Brooks made the official announcement on the steps of the Lowndes County Courthouse on Friday in front of supporters. After 41 years on the Board of Supervisors, Brooks says he does not need any on-the-job training. He touched on crime, economic…