HELENA-WEST HELENA, AR (Ben Caxton) — Police in Helena-West Helena have arrested the man wanted for multiple business robberies last month. 38-year old Brandon Taylor allegedly jumped over the counter at the post office on Sebastian Street September 16th. Employees who ran to safety said nothing was taken but as…
HOLLY SPRINGS, MS (Ben Caxton) — One man is dead and Holly Springs Police say his wife and another man are responsible. The body of Keith Jones was found Sunday at an apartment complex where he had been stabbed to death. 29-year-old Lashaundra Jones of Hickory Flat initially called 9-1-1…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Saf-T-Cart has announced plans for an 18,000 square-foot plant expansion. The company currently employs about 100 workers at its Clarksdale facility and the expansion will also generate 25 new jobs. This is the fourth major project for Coahoma County in the past 24 months, where…
VICKSBURG, MS (Ben Caxton) — Work will soon be getting underway on a much delayed auxiliary water line to Vicksburg from the city’s water treatment plant. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen Monday approved awarding a $5 million contract to the lowest of five bids received for the project by…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Between Thursday and Sunday Clarksdale police opened six felony investigations. Cash and credit cards were reported taken in auto burglaries in the 1000 and 400 blocks of State Street and computers, a stereo system, 2 televisions, and a DVD player were stolen from homes in…
MONTICELLO, AR (Ben Caxton) — A weekend knife attack in Monticello has landed a man in jail. 48-year-old Bryon Green was arrested by police on Saturday on felony battery charges after police responding to a call on Dillard Street discovered a victim who had been cut with a knife on…
HATTIESBURG, MS (Ben Caxton) — A Hattiesburg man is facing 2nd-degree murder charges in the death of his son. 46-year-old Joel “Chad” Graves has been held in jail since his arrest on August 29 in connection with the shooting of 20-year-old son, Joel Graves a few days earlier. Hattiesburg Police…
VICKSBURG, MS (Ben Caxton) — A Vicksburg family returned home late Sunday evening to find a woman they did not know inside. Reports say Warren County deputies were called to the house in the 6000 block of Indiana Avenue around 11:30 PM Sunday to find 46-year-old Deborah Sue McCormick being…
PARCHMAN, MS (Ben Caxton) — An alert issued Friday for a missing prison inmate was quickly called off on Friday when the escapee was found hiding on the prison grounds. 34-year-old Matthew Craig McKamey was reported missing early Friday morning from Unit 30 the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman according…
LELAND, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Leland Police Department reports that they have intercepted more than 20 pounds of marijuana being transported through that city. Police are not releasing any further details or suspect information at this time. Leland Assistant Police Chief Davis notes that the confiscation beings total marijuana…
