GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — 28-year-old Rodgerick Williams Jr. is still in bandages, but now also in handcuffs in Greenville. Williams is accused in the January 10th robbery of the Southcorp Bank branch on Highway 1 South in Greenville that ended up in an hour-long chase and shoot-out with police…
MONTICELLO, AR (Ben Caxton) — A Monticello man was killed Thursday afternoon in a head-on collision with a Volvo semi on Arkansas Highway 530 in Lincoln County. 29-year-old Deontra Montreall Ollison was traveling south on 530 in a 1997 Acura while a 2017 Volvo semi was traveling north on the…
A suspect in the MDCC arson case was taken into custody Friday afternoon in Indianola after a reported highway pursuit that stretched from Moorhead to Indianola. The suspect’s name and details surrounding the case have not been released by investigators. The Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin published picures of the scene where…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Mississippi House of Representatives has passed a bill to rewrite the state’s public school funding formula. House Bill 957 now moves to the Senate for debate. Most Republicans voted yes and most Democrats voted no as the measure passed 66-54. The new formula would…
OXFORD, MS (Ben Caxton) — Another Ole Miss player is planning to transfer. Linebacker Breon Dixon’s announcement that he’s going to Nebraska comes as no surprise as he previously stated that he felt that he had been misled regarding the NCAA’s investigation into the Ole Miss program. Dixon arrived in…
HUMPHREYS COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Mississippi Board of Education will delay deciding whether it will take over schools in Humphreys County. State Superintendent Carey Wright says the department failed to find a favorable candidate to be superintendent of the achievement district, which could take over schools with state…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — The shelves are becoming bare at Clarksdale’s Kroger store. That location, along with two in Memphis, will close in two weeks. Company officials say all three stores have lost money with the Clarksdale losing almost $1.5 million since 2014. Approximately 100 people work at the…
GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Greenwood Commonwealth newspaper reports that beans were the cause of some extra work for the Greenwood fire department. According to John Coleman, president of Express Grain, two small soybean fires were extinguished Tuesday and Wednesday at Express Grain Oil Mill on River Road. Coleman…
HINDS COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — Hinds County Sheriffs Deputies intercepted a cache of contraband and arrested a Hinds County Detention Center inmate allegedly trying to retrieve it. Major Pete Luke said in a statement that 23-year-old Terrence Paige, of Jackson, attempted to escape through the roof of the jail…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — It’s definitely been cold outside. And the cold leads to increased use of home heating fuels like propane to keep things warm and keep the electricity flowing. But without proper maintenance things can turn deadly quickly. Propane distributors across the state remind users to schedule…
