WASHINGTON COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — After last week’s second inmate escape from the Washington County Regional Correctional Center in the last few months, Sheriff Milton Gaston has had some explaining to do. He’s been questioned recently by local citizens and government bodies as to the cause and fixes for…
BATON ROUGE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Louisiana State is headed for the College World Series in Omaha as the Tigers swept Mississippi State 14-4 on Sunday in the Super Regionals. LSU enters their 18th College World Series and the Bulldogs end their season with 40 wins and 27 losses.
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Jackson police are investigating two separate crime scenes following discoveries of a severed head and a headless body. The head was found Saturday morning on the front porch of a home. A burned, headless body was found a few hours later in a wooded area…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — Needy children in Mississippi are receiving nearly 3 million free meals this summer through a program sponsored by government agencies. The U.S. Department of Agricultures summer food service program is providing nearly 43,000 meals per day in the state, up to two meals a day…
MISSISSIPPI (Ben Caxton) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is forecasting 2017s Mississippi winter wheat harvest to be up 13 percent from last year. The National Agricultural Statistics Service predicts 25 percent higher yields per acre will drive total production to 2.7 million bushels compared to 2.4 million bushels in…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi bacon lovers can get their fix tonight. Duling Hall in Jackson is featuring a performance by Kevin Bacon, and his older brother, musician & composer Michael Bacon. The two started playing together as the group, “The Bacon Brothers” in 1995. Their style of music…
BENOIT, MS (Ben Caxton) — For the first time Snakeheads have been found in Mississippi. One of the invasive fish species was caught last week at Lake Whittington in Bolivar County. Cleveland bow fishermen Brad Baugh and Bubba Steadman caught the snakehead in the oxbow lake. The Mississippi Department of…
TCHULA, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Tchula Police Chief has awarded prizes to a man for the creative threats he posted on social media. In a Facebook post-Saturday afternoon, Tchula Police Chief Kenneth Hampton advised the man of his intentions to bring him to justice. In the post, Chief Hampton…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — This week in the news across the Delta, Greenwood Police identified the body of a man who jumped to his death from a bridge into the Yazoo River, while police in Indianola and Greenwood eventually tracked down and captured two escapees from a county correctional…
CLEVELAND, MS (Ben Caxton) — Payless has asked a federal bankruptcy judge for authority to close more stores. In May the discount shoe chain announced a list of 400 stores to be closed, including the location on State Street in Clarksdale. The new request doubles the number of outlets expected…
