YAZOO CITY, MS (Ben Caxton) — Three guards at the Yazoo County Regional Correction Facility have been arrested after being accused of having sexual contact with two female inmates. The unnamed guards are charged with sexual battery in the incident which occurred last month. Each had been placed on administrative…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The state board of health expressed opposition to Initiative 65 this week; now a number of Mississippi physicians have voiced their support for the ballot initiative which would give Mississippians the option of using medical marijuana from licensed treatment facilities. Jamie Grantham, Communications Director for…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — the Mississippi Public Service Commission has selected a new Chairman and approved rate decreases for Entergy and Mississippi Power customers. First-term Southern District Commissioner and former Pascagoula Mayor Dane Maxwell was elected to Chairman by his fellow Commissioners during the PSC’s first meeting, succeeding Brandon…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A fryer fire caused a small blaze at a local Greenville fast food restaurant. Firefighters were called to Sonic on U.S. Highway 82 to find that the flames had been extinguished by an employee by the time they arrived on scene. No damages was reported…
SHELBY, MS (Ben Caxton) — Shelby Police have turned to the U.S. Marshalls Service for help finding a man in connection with a December murder in that town. Gregory Collins was found murdered on Christmas Day and police quickly fingered 20-year-old Cordell Liddel, Jr. as the prime suspect. But Liddell,…
PINE BLUFF, AR (Ben Caxton) — A Pine Bluff man has been ordered by a federal judge not to contact his elected U.S. Senator Tom Cotton as part of his sentence for mailing the Senator an envelope full of white powder two years ago. 78-year-old Henry Edward Goodloe plead guilty…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi will conduct a national search for a new commissioner to lead the state prison system. The group will be led by former state lawmaker and Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs. Pelicia Hall has been corrections commissioner since 2017 but is leaving this month. More than…
STARKVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill and linebacker Erroll Thompson have decided to remain in Starkville for their senior seasons rather than enter the NFL draft. Hill was named All-SEC first team after rushing for 1350 yards this season, third in the Southeastern Conference with…
YAZOO COUNTY, MS — A Greewnood man was injured in a fatal crash on Highway 49 near Carter Hill Road in Yazoo County Thursday afternoon. The Mississippi Highway Patrol says an International tractor truck driven by Dennis Haymer of Greenwood was traveling southbound, when a Nissan pickup truck crossed over…
CROSSETT, AR (Ben Caxton) — 60-year-old Mary Dell Jones of Crosset died Monday afternoon shortly before 4:00 PM when the car she was driving on Main Street in Crossett struck a no-parking sign on the west side of the road before traveling about 25 feet and hit a tree. The…
