GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A Greenville man charged with 1st degree murder, but found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter, now has another charge to face. Felony escape. After a two day trial and three hours of deliberations 25-year-old Quavares Pulliam of Greenville was convicted on the lesser…

CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Clarksdale police have announced the arrests of two individuals charged with commercial burglary. 56-year-old Jerome Allen and 25-year-old James Persons were identified on surveillance video entering the First United Methodist Church on February 5th; both men were arrested on Tuesday evening and made an initial…

COAHOMA COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — When the Coahoma County Tourism Commission met Wednesday executive director Bubba O’Keefe outlined his vision of marketing Clarksdale with one standard “Visit Clarksdale” logo. The first order of “Visit Clarksdale” car tags are nearly sold out so more will be coming, and O’Keefe wants…

JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — More than 22% of Mississippi public high school students who graduated in 2018 took an Advanced Placement exam according a report from the College Board. The participation rate is roughly 2% more than the class of 2017. Mississippi students also increased their performance on the…

VICKSBURG, MS (Ben Caxton) — The man whose crajacking at a Vicksburg Casino led to the fiery deaths of two men in a fatal accident while fleeing police has been indicted. 26-year-old Deon Jamaal Hatten is charged with unarmed carjacking, one count of fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer,…

CLEVELAND, MS (Ben Caxton) — The man accused of shooting and injuring three people in Cleveland Tuesday afternoon has surrendered to police. Cleveland Police responded to the intersection of Ruby and Pearl Streets at 12:50 PM where they found 18-year-old Ethan Brewer, and 21-year-old Ricktavious Jackson, both with gunshot wounds…

SHELBY, MS (Ben Caxton) — Shelby Police responding to a break-in alarm at the local Dollar General ended up trapping one of the would-be burglars inside the store. Chief of Police Kenneth Hampton said they received the alarm a little before midnight Monday night. The first officer on the scene,…

GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — The newly merged Greenwood-Leflore School District has its first superintendent. By a 3 to 1 vote Wednesday the school board hired Dr. Mary Brown, the current Greenwood School District’s director of curriculum and instruction. Board member Antwoine Williams was absent from the meeting, and board…

JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi is working toward passing one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation. The Republican-controlled state House and Senate passed separate bills Wednesday to ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, about six weeks into pregnancy. Efforts to pass similar bills are…