CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI (Ben Caxton) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been busy in Mississippi over the past week. ICE has conduced what locals in and around Jackson are calling immigration raids. ICE says they’re simply executing federal search warrants at a number of local businesses. Prime targets of the actions…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Congratulations are in order for three local sports teams for bringing home state championships. The Greenville Christian School Saints are the new 2016-2017 state Class AA boys basketball champions. The Class AAA Girls Basketball championship belongs to the Kirk Academy Lady Raiders of Grenada. And,…
WASHINGTON, DC (Ben Caxton) — While in Washington Sunday for the Governors meetings with President Trump, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant met with actress Jennifer Garner. They discussed early childhood education in Mississippi, including the Governor’s Family-Based Early Childhood System Plan produced by the State Early Childhood Advisory Council, and Garner’s…
RANKIN COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — A nationwide manhunt is underway for a man suspected in the death of one Brandon woman, and the drive-by shooting of another on Friday. Police are looking for 28-year-old Alex Bridges Deaton on charges of aggravated assault and murder. On Friday, the Rankin…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A new season for Greenville mosquito killers starts Wednesday. The city’s contract for mosquito abatement expires tomorrow. Last week the council voted to renew it’s deal for another year with Vector Disease Control International for the program. Vector is an Arkansas based company out of…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A threatening start to the week weatherwise across the Delta. Today there’s an elevated fire risk. While tomorrow and Wednesday there’s a risk of severe storms. A combination of low humidity and some gusty winds has the National Weather Service advising residents to avoid…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — If your significant other spends all his or her time fishing this year. Blame global warming. Officials with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks say the 2017 fishing season in Mississippi may be a keeper. Biologists researching Mississippi waters last fall indicated…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Carnival celebrations are getting underway worldwide this weekend, and this year Greenville is joining in the fun. For the first time ever Mardi Gras gets underway in downtown Greenville this afternoon at five o’clock. “We’re going to be throwing candy, and beads. It’s going to…
LEFLORE COUNTY, MS (Angie Quezada) — A report from the University Research Center at Mississippi Institutes of Higher Learning shows Leflore County having the second largest decrease in the number of jobs in the state. According to the preliminary comparison of labor force reports, Leflore County is down 390…
VICKSBURG, MS (Angie Quezada)- The founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, made a new year’s resolution to visit each state in the year 2017. He is fulfilling his new year’s resolution and made a stop in Vicksburg this week. Zuckerberg and his wife visited the Vicksburg National Military…
