YAZOO COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — The body of a man recovered from the Big Black River in Yazoo County over the weekend has been identified as 36- year old Phillip Dunn who has been missing since February. Yazoo County Sheriff Jacob Sheriff said Dunn’s car was found abandoned in…

WOODVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A fight between cellmates has cost the life of another Mississippi inmate, this time at the privately run Wilkinson County Correctional Facility in Woodville. 42-year-old David Young died Wednesday after being flown to a Jackson hospital for treatment. The other inmate is being treated at…

GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — A greenwood man, beaten with a baseball bat over the weekend is on life-support, declared brain-dead at the Jackson hospital where he was taken for treatment. According to witnesses, the attack on 29- year old Labrandon Baugh occurred just before 8:30 PM Saturday evening during…

JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections is temporarily stopping in-person check-ins for people on probation, parole, house arrest or other forms of community supervision in an effort to control the spread of coronavirus. Instead of going to an office people under supervision should check-in by phone,…

JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Governor Tate Reeves issued a statewide stay-at-home order on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of coronavirus. The order takes effect at 5:00 PM Friday and will be in effect until Monday, April 20th. Mississippi has 1073 coronavirus cases with 22 deaths. Bolivar County…

MERIDIAN, MS (Ben Caxton) — Officials in Lauderdale County have approved a $15,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction in the shooting of a judge outside a courthouse. Chancery Judge Charlie Smith was getting out of his truck at the Lauderdale County Courthouse in downtown Meridian when he…

JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has issued a statewide stay-at-home order to try and slow the spread of coronavirus. From 5:00 PM Friday through 8:00 AM Monday, April 20th residents can only leave home to perform essential activities like caring for someone in the vulnerable population,…

LELAND, MS (Ben Caxton) — A Friday search warrant led to the shutdown of a known drug house in Leland. The search was conducted in a joint effort with the Washington County Sheriff’s Department on a house at 604 Feltus Street and resulted in the arrest of 23-year-old Melvin Winder,…

LELAND, MS (Ben Caxton) — Leland Police have revealed details of a fatal traffic accident between a motorcycle and a Chevy SUV that occurred in the city on Friday. The accident happened in the 1000 block of Highway 82 East shortly before 4:00 PM. Arriving Police units found the driver…