GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — 30- year old Travis Cordell Nolden has been arrested by the Washington County Sheriff’s Department. Nolden is facing multiple charges for possession of stolen property, possession of a firearm, grand larceny, possession of a weapon by a felon, possession of paraphernalia, trespassing and two counts…
GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — Police in Greenwood have filed murder charges in the second of four fatal shootings that occurred in Greenwood Thanksgiving Week. The suspect, 29-year-old James Leahman, has been in custody since 40-year-old Donald Spells was killed from injuries he suffered in a hail of bullets around…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The former business partner of a man convicted of running a Ponzi scheme that cost investors more than $85 million has been found not guilty of assisting in the crime. On Thursday jurors acquitted 72-year-old William McHenry of securities and commodities fraud and wire fraud…
OXFORD, MS (Ben Caxton) — Lane Kiffin is back in the SEC. On Saturday, after Florida Atlantic won the Conference USA championship, Ole Miss announced Kiffin as the Rebels next head football coach. He went 26 and 13 in three seasons at Florida Atlantic and is 61-34 in parts of…
OXFORD, MS (Ben Caxton) — USA Today is reporting that Ole Miss is on the verge of signing an agreement with Lane Kiffin to become the university’s next head football coach. Kiffin has been rumored a candidate for both the Ole Miss and Arkansas head coaching vacancies but according sources…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Mississippi Department of Health reports two new human cases of West Nile virus in the state from Calhoun and Clay counties. That brings the total to 15 cases in 2019 from 11 different counties. The state recommends using mosquito repellent to protect yourself, covering…
LOUISVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A 21-year-old Mississippi man is dead after an accident at a plywood mill in Louisville. Winston County Coroner Scott Gregory says Brandon Foster died from massive head trauma and fractures to the face and neck after a wood chipper blew apart at Winston Plywood &…
VICKSBURG, MS (Ben Caxton) — Two men who robbed a Dollar General Store at gunpoint are on the loose in Vicksburg. Police say the robbery occurred at the Dollar General Store on U.S. 61 South Wednesday evening when two men wearing ski masks entered the store around 8:45 PM and…
GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — A Greenwood man convicted and sentenced to 60 years behind bars for his part in a 2017 murder near Itta Bena is getting a new trial. D’Alandis Love died in August 2015 after gunfire broke out on U.S. 82 near Itta Bena between the three…
CLEVELAND, MS (Ben Caxton) — Police in Cleveland are reporting a murder Wednesday night in that city. 36-year-old Devonna Hutton was found lying on the ground, stabbed, in responding to a 9-1-1 call in the 500 block of Lee Street around 10:00 PM. She was pronounced dead at the scene….
