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Medical condition may have been a factor in his death
WLBT is reporting that a 77-year-old man was found dead Friday night after a search for him most of the day.
The body of Ned Daniel was found inside his vehicle on Cloverhill Circle in Bolton. It was lodged between a tree and a building.
Captain Joseph Daughtry of the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department tells us Daniel took care of another relative in his 90’s and when he did not come to his home on Friday, the relative notified Daniel’s family. They contacted the sheriff’s department around 11 a.m. Friday morning and a search for him began.
Daniel was found Friday evening inside his truck. He apparently ran through a fence and the truck turned on its side.
Captain Daughtry says no foul play is suspected. At this point it appears it may have been a medical situation that led to the crash. Members of the Sheriff’s Department’s Victim’s Assistance Unit are working with the family.
Sheriff: 2 men indicted on dog fighting charges
Adams County sheriff’s deputies say two men have been indicted on dog fighting charges stemming from an investigation last year.
Cornelius Dominque Baldwin, 26, and Lewis J. Jackson, 19, were indicted by a grand jury on charges of dog fighting and arrested, according to a statement released Friday by the Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities say the men were arrested in 2011 after a raid on a suspected dog fighting compound and that five pit bulls appeared to have been fought before with three of them showing fresh wounds. Deputies also seized paraphernalia allegedly used in dog fighting.
Baldwin and Lewis are being held without bond pending arraignment in Adams County Circuit Court.
Sheriff Chuck Mayfield said, “We will continue to seek justice for those who cannot speak for themselves.”
Ripley to open bids for park
Mayor Chris Marsalis says bids will be opened on April 5 for construction of a long-awaited second Ripley city park.
Marsalis tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that the city’s engineering firm of Cook-Coggin will review them, make recommendations and aldermen will then make a final decision.
He says the final version of the 50-acre facility will depend on the bid figures.
The city plans for at least eight baseball fields organized into two quads of four fields each. There will also be two soccer fields.
Concession stands and restroom facilities will be centrally located to each quad. The mayor says depending on costs, a part of a planned playground is expected to be devoted to special needs children.
The park would located off Mississippi Highway 4 West.
Man charged with sexual battery of 3 children
Police said a 40-year-old Gulfport man has been arrested on three counts each of sexual battery and unlawful touching after investigation of allegations involving three children.
Police Chief Alan Weatherford tells The Sun Herald Roosevelt Jones is accused of molesting the children, ages 7 to 9, several times in December.
Weatherford said Jones was booked at the Harrison County jail night and held on bonds of $600,000.
Jones has been ordered held with no bond on a pending charge of possession of cocaine.
School goes from at risk to satisfactory in 1 year
The only school in Chickasaw County has been honored as one of the seven most improved school districts in Mississippi.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that the Houlka Attendance Center was rated at risk of failing in 2010 but went up three levels last year, to satisfactory.
The school has 608 students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in the town of Houlka.
The district brought in consultants to help teachers teach better. Superintendent Betsy Collums says the staff was ready to learn.
State education officials recently brought a recognition banner. It will be posted at the front of the campus for all to see and to share in the achievement.
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