CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — The city of Clarksdale wants a K9 officer to serve as a drug sniffer and for search and rescue duty. This week the mayor and commissioners voted to seek a $50,000 grant from the Walton Foundation and would put up another $58,000 to pay for…
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — A woman who was fired from the Ole Miss police department after being arrested for sexual battery of a minor is in trouble again for an incident involving a child. Lafayette County deputies launched an investigation this week after Nikki Thweatt went missing with…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi will get nearly $2 million as part of a grant program from the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Transportation to modernize and improve 911 systems across the state, paying for improvements like adding digital and IP network capabilities to 911 emergency call centers and…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Auto burglaries continue to keep Clarksdale police busy as seven new breakins were reported Tuesday making a total of twelve since the start of the week. Medication, an iPhone, a knife, handgun magazine, loose change, and cash were taken in…
OLIVE BRANCH, MS (Ben Caxton) — Authorities say a man set his girlfriend on fire, kidnapped her three-year-old niece and led officers on a chase across state lines before being arrested Tuesday in Olive Branch. About the same time that a woman showed up at a Mississippi hospital with second-…
EL DORADO, AR (Ben Caxton) — Two years ago Conifex Timber announced it was spending $80 million to renovate and restart the old Georgia pacific sawmill in Eldorado. Yesterday they announced the mill will close anyway within the next sixty days throwing its 92 employees out of work. The company’s…
TUPELO, MS (Ben Caxton) — The backlash continues to grow against the Lee County, Mississippi sheriff who referred to a Hispanic state lawmaker as “worse than a black person” in a 2017 text message exchange. According to documents obtained in a public records request by the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi’s capital will join over 300 cities nationwide that have stopped curbside recycling collections. The program will be suspended at the end of August in part because China’s demand for recycled materials has fallen. The city has spent over $1.1 million a year for curbside…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — On Monday Clarksdale police investigated four auto burglaries and one commercial burglary. Vehicles break-ins were reported in the 200 block of Shaw Cove, the 300 block of Sandy Cove and the 300 block of Pearson Street and two ATVs were stolen from Circle S Irrigation….
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is warning about a social security scam where callers say your Social Security number has been suspended because of suspicious activity or has been involved in a crime. Caller ID often shows the real SSA phone number, 800-772-1213 and they…
