News Briefs From Across The State
Body described as tattooed white male
Bolivar County officials have called off the search for a body found floating in the Mississippi River earlier this month. WABG reported that on March 31, a 22-ton tow boat was passing through the area when onboard personnel spotted the body of a white male, with visible tattoos, floating in the river. Because the water was too shallow for the tow boat to enter, they were unable to retrieve the body.
Officials from Bolivar and Coahoma County were called and emergency units responded to the scene. Rescuers were unable to find the body after searching for two days.
Authorities have not said if they will eventually resume the search.
Truck driver killed by Fed Ex driver
Sunflower County officials are still investigating the case of a Michigan truck driver that was killed when he was hit by a Fed Ex truck. Officials said Robert Holmes, of Chelsey, Mich., was in the turning lane on U.S. 49 in Indianola, headed for the Super Valu distribution center parking lot when he exited his truck around 3:30 a.m.
WABG reported that when Holmes got out of the truck, he was hit by the Fed Ex driver, who told police he didn’t see Holmes.
Holmes was transported to UMC in Jackson where he later died of his injuries.
The accident remains under investigation.
MVSU student killed crossing Highway 82
Leflore County officials are still investigating an early morning accident that killed a MVSU student set to graduate next month. Authorities said John Allen Price, Jr., 24, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was struck and killed by Tessa Handy of Grenada.
Authorities said Price had just left the Red Carpet night club, on U.S. Highway 82, and he was walking back to the campus at Mississippi Valley State University.
Handy told highway patrolmen that Price was walking in the middle of the highway when she hit him in her 2008 Hyundai.
Handy was not immediately charged and the accident remains under investigation.
Celebs turn out to fight childhood obesity
WABG reported that actor Morgan Freeman and ‘American Idol’ judge Randy Jackson were in Mound Bayou last week shooting a public service announcement for Save The Children. Dr. Regina Benjamin, the U.S. Surgeon General, joined Freeman and Jackson to shoot the announcement at Montgomery Elementary School in Mound Bayou.
According to the latest statistics, there are 12.5 million overweight children in the United States with Mississippi leading the nation at number one for the highest rate of childhood obesity.
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