MEMPHIS, TN (Ben Caxton) — FedEx will begin testing autonomous delivery robots next week in Memphis. The company unveiled the robot named Roxo on the Tonight Show in February. The battery-powered robot weighs about 200 pounds, can carry up to 100 pounds and is monitored by a remote operator at…
GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — A second man has been charged in connection with a July 28th drive-by shooting in Greenwood. 19-year-old Kadeaderick Hunt is in jail after being arrested Thursday and charged with eight counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling. Hunt, who was on bond for three other…
BOONEVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Two more Mississippi rural electrical cooperatives are looking at offering broadband internet services to their customers. Both Prentiss County Electric Power Association and Alcorn County Electric Power Association voted to allow their cooperatives to offer internet in meetings during the last week. The moves follow…
TUPELO, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Lee County NAACP wants an apology from Sheriff Jim Johnson after a local newspaper uncovered a string of racially charged text messages from a few years ago between Johnson and a county supervisor. In the messages, Johnson called a Hispanic state lawmaker “worse than…
OXFORD, MS (Ben Caxton) — A fired University of Mississippi police dispatcher has been charged with kidnapping and “touching a child for lustful purposes.” 37-year-old Nikki Thweatt was arrested in New Orleans Sunday after she, and an underage girl went missing. She had been previously charged with sexual battery of…
ASHLEY COUNTY, AR (Ben Caxton) — A 49-year-old Ashley County, Arkansas man will be spending the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty by a jury last week of first-degree murder. Anthony Dewayne Brown got into a fight with 47-year-old Jesse Burton in Parkdale on New Year’s…
OXFORD, MS (Ben Caxton) — Arrests have been made after threats against several schools in North Mississippi circulated on social media last week. A Facebook message warned of shootings at schools in Oxford and Pontotoc. Two juveniles were identified and arrested in connection with the threats. The suspect’s names have…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — On Thursday Clarksdale police received reports of six felonies. Stolen vehicles were reported in the 700 block of Maple and the 700 block of Lynn. A weed eater was taken from a shed in the 200 block of Jefferson. Several mini storage units were burglarized…
GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — After just 10 months on the jon, Greenwood Leflore Hospital Interium CEO Subho Basu is looking for work. Without explanation, and effective immediately, the hospital board Thursday voted to terminate Basu at a special meeting yesterday. Basu was hired in October of last year after…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A “popping” noise heard by a Greenville homeowner Wednesday signaled the start of a fire that heavily damaged the rear of a house on Marilyn Street. She reportedly told responding firefighters that after the noise the lights flickered and she smelled smoke, at which point…
