JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi Highway Patrol’s New Year Enforcement Period begins tonight at 6:00 PM and runs through midnight Monday night. Troopers will be setting up roadblocks statewide to check for any violations of the law by motorists on the state’s roadways. Last New Year’s MHP investigated 94…
GULFPORT, MS (Ben Caxton) — An Arizona woman wanted for bank robberies across the country was arrested last weekend in Mississippi. 33-year-old Miranda Marie Maloney was wanted by the FBI in connection with multiple bank robberies in Arizona, Alabama, and Louisiana. She was arrested Saturday by Gulfport police on charges…
Tunica, MS (Ben Caxton) — A 29-year-old man wanted for questioning in connection with a fatal shooting in a restaurant parking lot has turned himself in. Antonio Jasper surrendered Tuesday to Tunica county authorities. The shooting occurred early Sunday morning in a car outside the Waffle House in Robinsonville. 24-year-old…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — At Wednesday’s meeting, Clarksdale’s mayor and commissioners heard from Joel Southern, CEO of Northwest Mississippi hospital. He updated the board on the facility’s operation now that it has transferred from the for-profit Merit Healthcare system to non-profit Curae Health, noting that in 2017 the hospital…
BRADLEY COUNTY, AR (Ben Caxton) — An Arkansas man was given a one-million dollar bond yesterday in a Holiday shooting death. At his first court appearance 36-year-old, Laron Hayes Jr. was formally charged with 1st-degree murder in the death of 31-year-old Colby Allen Rice, of El Dorado on December 26th….
MOORHEAD, MS (Ben Caxton) — The new Moorhead Police Chief got a baptism by fire in his second day on the job. Literally. A Facebook argument apparently escalated into an all-out brawl at a local Double-Quick convenience store. Before it was over one man had been shot, and taken to…
SHREVEPORT, LA (Ben Caxton) — Southern Miss lost its holiday bowl appearance by a blowout score Wednesday. Florida State quarterback James Blackman threw three of his Independence Bowl-record four touchdown passes to Auden Tate and Florida State beat Southern Mississippi 42-13. Southern Miss took a 6-0 lead in the first…
LELAND, MS (Ben Caxton) — Some Leland city electric department employees are getting a little more juice around the workplace to start the New Year. At a meeting last week the city Board of Alderman voted to promote Destery Jackson to electric department supervisor. The new position comes with a…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — A recent survey by the Secretary of State’s Office of almost 100,000 business owners revealed common hurdles to starting a business, investing, and expanding operations in Mississippi. Chief among them: continued lack of an educated workforce. More than 1,800 business owners responded to the survey,…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Be careful who you hit on the interstate around Jackson – one motorist was shot in the neck after a Monday evening fender-bender. The victim told Jackson Police that he was headed northbound on Interstate 220 when he accidentally rear-ended another vehicle. The driver of…
