LITTLE ROCK, AR (Ben Caxton) — A coalition of sustainable farming and conservation groups is protesting a move by Arkansas officials to roll back restrictions on the herbicide dicamba. The groups say the potent weed killer, when spread over the crops it is designed to protect, often drifts to other…
JONESTOWN, MS (Ben Caxton) — The mayor of Jonestown faces up to 100 years in prison for allegedly embezzling water bill payments and a city police firearm. Kenneth Lester was indicted by a Coahoma County grand jury on five counts of felony embezzlement, four of those for allegedly stealing money….
CLEVELAND, MS (Ben Caxton) — Thousands of Cable One customers across northern Mississippi lost internet service for much of the day yesterday when a house fire damaged a fiber optic trunk line. Reports of service outages stretched from Cleveland to Clarksdale, but Cable One says service to most of the…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Just days after Republican State Representative Robert Foster announced his potential candidacy for Governor, Velesha Williams became the second Democrat in the race along with current Attorney General Jim Hood. A 1983 graduate of Jackson State University, Williams earned her Master’s degree in Criminology and…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — A man accused of shooting two toddlers while they were sitting in a car outside the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson has been arrested. 20-year-old Alcantara Garner, accompanied by his mother, surrendered to Jackson Police on Monday and confessed to being the shooter…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Paul Wilson WROX Radio) — Yesterday the board of Clarksdale Public Utilities voted to stop charging for customers to pick the date their bill is due. Responding to customer feedback, CPU General Manager Curtis Boschert asked for the change; approximately 300 CPU customers use the “pick a due…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The number of closed bridges in Mississippi will likely go up as more of the state’s timber bridges are inspected. Mississippi Today reports that about 600 bridges are receiving their first examinations under a new set of Federal Highway Administration recommended standards. Governor Phil Bryant…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Paul Wilson) — Much of yesterday’s meeting of the Clarksdale city board was devoted to the police department. Chief Sandra Williams, Assistant Chief Vincent Ramirez and consultant Fernando Harris outlined corrective actions the department has taken or may take in the next few months to reduce crime, from…
DREW COUNTY, AR (Ben Caxton) — A Drew County man who exposed himself to an 11-year-old child pled guilty to four charges Monday morning and was sentenced to a total of 12 years behind bars. Responding to a domestic violence call back in July Drew County Sheriff’s Deputies were told…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A pregnant Greenville woman was shot in the city on Sunday afternoon. Police discovered the 23-year-old suffering from five gunshot wounds after responding to a call on 300 block of South 8th Street in Greenville just after 3:00 PM. She was transported to Delta…
