CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — At yesterday’s meeting the Clarksdale city board passed a resolution honoring former judge William Willard. After some discussion, the mayor and commissioners also voted to form a public arts commission to oversee artwork on the sides of downtown buildings and agreed to participate in a…
GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — Police in Greenwood have filed murder charges in the second of four fatal shootings that occurred in Greenwood Thanksgiving Week. The suspect, 29-year-old James Leahman, has been in custody since 40-year-old Donald Spells was killed from injuries he suffered in a hail of bullets around…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The former business partner of a man convicted of running a Ponzi scheme that cost investors more than $85 million has been found not guilty of assisting in the crime. On Thursday jurors acquitted 72-year-old William McHenry of securities and commodities fraud and wire fraud…
OXFORD, MS (Ben Caxton) — Lane Kiffin is back in the SEC. On Saturday, after Florida Atlantic won the Conference USA championship, Ole Miss announced Kiffin as the Rebels next head football coach. He went 26 and 13 in three seasons at Florida Atlantic and is 61-34 in parts of…
HELENA-WEST HELENA, AR (Ben Caxton) — A man who allegedly tried to rob a Helena-West Helena convenience store manager and his son last week is hospitalized after the victim fought back. Just before 6:00 AM Thursday, a man with a gun forced the manager and his child into Jordan’s Kwik…
OXFORD, MS (Ben Caxton) — USA Today is reporting that Ole Miss is on the verge of signing an agreement with Lane Kiffin to become the university’s next head football coach. Kiffin has been rumored a candidate for both the Ole Miss and Arkansas head coaching vacancies but according sources…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Mississippi Department of Health reports two new human cases of West Nile virus in the state from Calhoun and Clay counties. That brings the total to 15 cases in 2019 from 11 different counties. The state recommends using mosquito repellent to protect yourself, covering…
LOUISVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A 21-year-old Mississippi man is dead after an accident at a plywood mill in Louisville. Winston County Coroner Scott Gregory says Brandon Foster died from massive head trauma and fractures to the face and neck after a wood chipper blew apart at Winston Plywood &…
STARKVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — For the second straight season and eighth time overall a Mississippi State Bulldog has been chosen as Mississippi’s top college football player. Running back Kylin Hill finished the regular season as the SEC’s leading rusher and this week was awarded the 24th annual C Spire…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Nearly $9 million worth of Mississippi Lottery tickets were sold the first six days of operation. About $3.8 million in prizes were awarded and nearly $2 million will help pay for roads and bridges in the state. Since the Mississippi Lottery Corporation started selling tickets…
