JACKSON COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — Todd Harrell, the original bass player of the rock band 3 Doors Down, faces more legal trouble following his arrest on weapons and drug charges over the weekend. Harrell is charged with three counts of possessing a firearm after a felony conviction; police were…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi’s job market softened slightly in May as unemployment ticked up and payrolls dipped. The jobless rate rose to 4.7 percent in May from 4.6 percent in April as more people entered the labor force than found jobs. That’s slightly above the 4.5 percent record…
HATTIESBURG, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Mississippi Royalty is one of 65 all-female football teams in the Women’s Football Alliance and reached the WFA playoffs in their first season with 6 wins and just one loss. The Royalty beat the Music City Mizfits 42-12 Saturday in Hattiesburg and will host…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi hay production is about two weeks behind but a long hot summer could give producers the chance to catch up. The Mississippi State University Extension Service is predicting good hay production with over half of the state’s pastures to be in good or excellent…
GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — An engineering firm has worked out a plan to fix ongoing problems at Greenwood’s sewage treatment plant. After the failure of yet another sewer line at the plant Malouf Construction and Willis Engineering have worked out a plan that Mayor Carolyn McAdams says is “10…
GRENADA, MS (Ben Caxton) — An investigative report showing that Grenada D.A. Doug Evans’ office strikes five times as many black jurors as white jurors has resulted in 35,000 people signing an online removal petition. The report was featured in an internet podcast called “In the Dark” which looked at…
CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Thick black smoke covered south Clarksdale early Monday from a fire at Ford’s Appliance Repair on South Desoto Avenue. Crews responded at 6:00 AM and had the blaze extinguished in about an hour.
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Governor Phil Bryant has appointed retired Col. Gregory Michel as the new director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, effective immediately. He takes over from J.W. Ledbetter, the Governor’s senior criminal justice policy advisor, who has overseen MEMA operations since last month when former director…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Greenville Police have made an arrest in a Saturday morning armed bank robbery. A teller at Woodforest Bank located inside the Greenville Walmart on Highway 1 South called police around 10:00 AM to report that two black males had robbed the business. Police say that…
BATESVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Batesville police continue to investigate shootings this month that have left one person dead, another in serious condition at a Memphis hospital and at least two others with gunshot wounds. 23-year old George Douglas Mister III died from an apparent gunshot wound to the head…
