GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A wheelchair-bound pedestrian was killed in a traffic accident in Greenville on Tuesday. Police were called to Highway 1 and Abide Road around 7:00 PM where they say they found a 67-year-old white male in a wheelchair who had been struck by a 2008 Chevy…

GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — The board organizing the new consolidated Greenwood-Leflore school district has made an offer to one of the candidates to become the district’s first supervisor. At a Monday meeting, the board went into closed session, agreed on their choice, and decided on an offer according to…

SOUTHAVEN, MS (Ben Caxton) — The attorney for the family of Ismael Lopez has released a report by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. Lopez was shot and killed by a Southaven police when officers went to the wrong house to serve a warrant for domestic violence. A judge ordered district…

COAHOMA COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — Coahoma County supervisors have approved changing the name of Jonestown-Claremont road, although it could take several months for emergency management systems to be updated and the change to become official. The Clarksdale Press-Register reports the area from Jonestown to Highway 6 will become Jonestown…

JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Tax season is off to a slow start this year and early filers are seeing smaller average refunds. The Internal Revenue Service says the average refund is down about 8 percent in the first full year of an overhauled tax code; refunds are averaging $1865…

LEFLORE COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — MedStat will be providing ambulance services for Leflore County for at least another year. Supervisors have been asking MedStat to dedicate four ambulances to Leflore County instead of the current two with two “floaters” available on demand. When MedStat provided supervisors with the cost…

GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — Two properties, previously deemed a “menace” by the City of Greenwood, were heavily damaged by fire late last week the Greenwood Fire Department says. The fire reportedly started in the bedroom of a house at 808 Broad Street just before noon on Thursday when a…

MOSS POINT, MS (Ben Caxton) — U.S. Marshals are searching for a man who committed suicide last summer. 42-year-old Jacob Blair Scott was days away last summer from pleading guilty of raping and impregnating his 14-year-old stepdaughter when he disappeared. Police in Orange Beach, Alabama, then discovered an abandoned dingy…

JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — As if those two simple words, “I do!” don’t already lead to a lifetime of increased commitments and expenses, the state of Mississippi wants an even greater cut. A proposal has surfaced in the state legislature this week that would nearly double the cost of…

CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — During yesterday’s meeting Clarksdale’s mayor and commissioners received a summary of the police department’s special operations team, comprised of four officers who monitor and investigate gang activity in the brickyard and Riverton areas. During January the team made 9 misdemeanor and 3 felony arrests, including…