WARREN, AR (Ben Caxton) — An early Wednesday morning accident claimed the lives of three people in Bradley County, Arkansas. According to a report by the Arkansas State Patrol, the accident occurred around 6:50 AM on U.S. 63 South near Warren when a northbound Toyota crossed the centerline and struck…
WOODVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A fight between cellmates has cost the life of another Mississippi inmate, this time at the privately run Wilkinson County Correctional Facility in Woodville. 42-year-old David Young died Wednesday after being flown to a Jackson hospital for treatment. The other inmate is being treated at…
THE DELTA (Ben Caxton) — Governor Tate Reeves’ statewide stay-at-home order takes effect today at 5 PM. Mississippi has 1177 coronavirus cases with 26 deaths and Memphis television station WMC says data from Johns Hopkins University places Cleveland and Indianola in the top ten per capita for positive COVID-19 tests,…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Mississippi Department of Transportation is waiving weight permits and fees for certain commercial vehicles, allowing weight increases and temporarily suspending time restrictions for drivers. The steps will assist trucks delivering medical supplies and equipment including masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, soap and disinfectants necessary to…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The minimum age to work as a correctional officer for the Mississippi Department of Corrections has been lowered from 21 to 19 as MDOC is seeking individuals who want to make corrections a career. The younger officers will be assigned to low-risk positions that have…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections is temporarily stopping in-person check-ins for people on probation, parole, house arrest or other forms of community supervision in an effort to control the spread of coronavirus. Instead of going to an office people under supervision should check-in by phone,…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Governor Tate Reeves issued a statewide stay-at-home order on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of coronavirus. The order takes effect at 5:00 PM Friday and will be in effect until Monday, April 20th. Mississippi has 1073 coronavirus cases with 22 deaths. Bolivar County…
MERIDIAN, MS (Ben Caxton) — Officials in Lauderdale County have approved a $15,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction in the shooting of a judge outside a courthouse. Chancery Judge Charlie Smith was getting out of his truck at the Lauderdale County Courthouse in downtown Meridian when he…
GREENWOOD, MS (Ben Caxton) — A greenwood man, beaten with a baseball bat over the weekend is on life-support, declared brain-dead at the Jackson hospital where he was taken for treatment. According to witnesses, the attack on 29- year old Labrandon Baugh occurred just before 8:30 PM Saturday evening during…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has issued a statewide stay-at-home order to try and slow the spread of coronavirus. From 5:00 PM Friday through 8:00 AM Monday, April 20th residents can only leave home to perform essential activities like caring for someone in the vulnerable population,…
