LORMAN, MS (Ben Caxton) — Alcorn State University is increasing security after a Wednesday night armed robbery on campus. Three male students reported being robbed at gunpoint by four unknown males wearing masks, bandannas, and hoodies around 11:30 PM Wednesday night. The incident occurred in the area between the Rowan…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — If you weren’t listening to Delta Radio this week, here’s what you might have missed. The new West Bolivar Superintendent is in hot water with the state auditor, and a Greenville not-for-profit and Blues Festival Organizer has had its charter revoked. Former Ole Miss basketball…
GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — A University of Mississippi Medical Ambulance is getting a new permanent home base in Greenwood. AirCare, a not-for-profit air ambulance service, has established its fourth base at Greenwood-Leflore Airport, which will reduce flight time for critical patients and provide intensive care unit and emergency room…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Rejecting arguments that the amount is too high, a federal judge ruled this week that a physician who bribed Mississippi’s former prisons chief must forfeit nearly $1.3 million. U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan III says that’s a fair amount for Dr. Carl Reddix to turn…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi Action for Community Education, the Greenville based self-described “non-profit rural development organization” is at risk of losing it’s tax exempt status Delta Radio News has learned. M.A.C.E. and its current President & CEO, Mabel Starks were sued last month in Bolivar County for failure…
MONTICELLO, AR (Ben Caxton) — The man police say is responsible for a Thursday morning bank robbery in Monticello is behind bars. 20-year-old Mahli Arrington of Monticello is accused of approaching an employee of a Commercial Bank branch on Highway 278 with a gun just as the bank was being…
PORT GIBSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — An early Thursday morning destroyed a Port Gibson motel. The fire began just after 3:00 AM at the Grand Gulf Inn on Highway 61. No one was injured and all guests were evacuated safely. The building was a total loss. Investigators have not yet…
THE DELTA, MS (Ben Caxton) — Despite a brief warmup after a chilly Wednesday morning that was the coldest across the state since early April, even colder weather and the potential for frost may be just around the corner. A cold front will sweep through the Delta Friday evening into…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — With Jackson Public Schools receiving an “F” on their accountability report card Governor Phil Bryant had been expected to reluctantly back a state takeover of the troubled school system. Instead, the Governor punted. He stopped short of proposing a full state takeover which would strain…
VICKSBURG, MS (Ben Caxton) — Three more men have been arrested in a Vicksburg weapons theft. Fifteen firearms were stolen from a home on Wisteria Drive in Vicksburg on October 17. Police this week arrested 19-year-old Marquez Dundre Tucker, 24-year-old Richard Rashad Albert, and 21-year-old Ladarius Kaghnin. Tucker is charged…
