GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — A Greenwood man has been sentenced to 110 years in prison in connection with an armed robbery four years ago. On February 9, 2015, then 27-year-old Corey Taylor, and 22-year-old Jeremy Jermaine Carter, along with a driver who has never been identified, left Itta Bena…
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) — 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…
JACKSON, MS (529 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019) — The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southern Sunflower County in northwestern Mississippi Northeastern Washington County in northwestern Mississippi until 615 PM CDT. At 529 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Holly…
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…
