GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — The mistrial in the first-degree murder case of Edward Broom apparently resulted at least in part from a Greenwood police officer texting to the District Attorneys Office during her testimony for the prosecution. Circuit Judge Carol-White Richard wrote in an issued an order Friday that…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — Another week has gone by in the Delta, and if you weren’t listening to Delta Radio every morning he’s what you missed. Jason Aldean sang in Tupelo and another shooting broke out. In Clarksdale, a furniture store caught fire for the second time while a…
WARREN COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — A head-on collision in Warren County has resulted in five people being sent to the hospital. The accident occurred around 6:00 PM Wednesday evening when a northbound 2013 Honda Odyssey van driven by 54-year-old Karen Runnels collided with a southbound 2000 Ford Ranger pickup…
VICKSBURG, MS (Ben Caxton) — Vicksburg Police are getting a raise. Some of them anyway. The Vicksburg Mayor and Board of Aldermen have approved a $.50 per hour pay increase for officers. That means officers will go from $13.65 to $14.15 an hour. The pay raises for police do not…
CHICOT COUNTY, AR (Ben Caxton) — A Chicot County man is in jail on charges of Suspicion of Capital Murder. Chicot County Sheriff Ronald Nichols was notified on Halloween night of a severely injured 3-year-old child that had been brought to the emergency room of Chicot County Medical Center. The…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — A man accused of shooting a 9-year-old boy in Holmes County has been arrested by U.S. Marshals. Craig Thomas, the ex-boyfriend of the child’s mother, was arrested on Friday in Jackson. Holmes County Sheriff Willie March says around 1:00 AM Monday, a child identified as…
HATTIESBURG, MS (Ben Caxton) — Athletic teams at the University of Southern Mississippi will have a new look beginning next season as the school’s 16 teams will have uniforms, footwear, headgear and accessories from Adidas AG Group. The eight-year contract runs through 2024-25 and will begin in August when the…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — A new study says more Mississippi mothers are giving birth before their pregnancy reaches full term. 13.6 percent of children statewide were born before the 37th week of pregnancy last year, up from 13 percent in 2015. Mississippi is one of five states to receive…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Non-profit Curae Health has assumed operation of Northwest Mississippi Medical Center in Clarksdale from Merit Health. Curae Health operates three hospitals in rural Alabama. In May of this year they acquired two other hospitals in Mississippi. President and CEO Steve Clapp says Curae Health…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi tax collections were slightly worse during the first three months of the current budget year than during the same time last year, despite reports from the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Revenue that tax collections were 3.5 percent higher this July through…
