MONTICELLO, AR (Ben Caxton) — Heavy rains passing through eastern Arkansas have contributed to the closing of Monticello’s Sports Complex. The rains soaked the ground, and people driving across the muddy fields with their trucks caused ruts and damage on the baseball and softball fields that will have to be…
MEMPHIS, TN (Ben Caxton) — The National Weather Service is predicting a rapid rise along the lower Mississippi River in the next two weeks. Forecasters expect minor flooding will occur at some points below where the Ohio River joins the Mississippi in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Former Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps has been sentenced to seven years in prison for burglary of an uninhabited dwelling. Epps was arrested last November for stealing light fixtures from his old home, which was forfeited to the government as a part of…
WYNNE, ARKANSAS (Ben Caxton) — Investigators have determined the approximate ages of the two babies found last Friday in a suitcase near Wynne, Arkansas. The preliminary autopsy report indicates the babies were between 32 and 34 weeks. The Cross County Sheriff is still waiting on additional tests from the medical…
LEFLORE COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — A Greenwood High School student – who was out on felony bond in an aggravated assault case – has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 15-year-old Robert Love Jr. Leflore County sheriff’s deputies arrested 18-year-old Tashun Lott at Amanda Elzy High…
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — Washington County has decided that they really didn’t miss a former employee’s work after all. Deputy Director of the county’s Emergency Management Office, Tammy Reed, resigned at the end of September last year. Since then, the county has been trying to fill the position…
STARKVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — One week into his second season, Mississippi State head baseball coach Andy Cannizaro has resigned. Pitching coach Gary Henderson takes over immediately as interim coach of the Diamond Dawgs. Social media reports surfaced Monday that the 39-year old Cannizaro had an improper relationship with a…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Mississippi State Senate yesterday approved Senate Bill 3046, which would divert $800 million of existing revenue and borrow up to $150 million for roads and bridges over the next six years. The House has proposed other infrastructure remedies and plans would have to be…
MISSISSIPPI (Ben Caxton) — A record 83 percent of Mississippi seniors graduated on time from high school last school year, even as lawmakers consider ending tests that affect whether students can graduate. The national graduation rate is 84 percent, and state education officials report graduation is up for all groups…
COLUMBUS, MS (Ben Caxton) — A 36-year old Columbus man who received two life sentences for sexually abusing two people and kidnapping one of them blame the devil and drugs. In 2015 Autravious Gaston stole a car, robbed a store at gunpoint and sexually assaulted two women, forcing one to…
