News Briefs From Across The State
By Monica Land
Bond hearing scheduled
A Booneville man is facing charges of enticing a child for sexual purposes.
Tupelo police said Michael C. Thornton, 29, was arrested Jan. 4.
Authorities are not releasing details about the investigation or arrest.
His bond was set at $75,000 this week.
Natchez liquor store clerk killed
Natchez police say they are looking for four suspects in the death of a liquor store employee.
Detective Jerry Ford tells the Natchez Democrat that investigators believe the four men were waiting for 49-year-old Tyrone Bernard when he closed the liquor store about 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Ford says Bernard was shot during the scuffle and died a short time later.
Ford says no arrests have been made and the investigation is continuing.
Man dies in electrical accident
OSHA investigators spent the day at Columbus Air Force Base investigating the death of a civilian sub-contractor on Jan. 1.
Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant said Hubert Layman McBrayer, 64, of Guin, Alabama died after coming into contact with a high-voltage power line.
Merchant says McBrayer, a retired Alabama Power employee, was in a bucket truck about 40 feet off the ground when the accident happened.
He says McBrayer and another man were working on a project at the base.
Merchant says all the required safety equipment was in use at the time of the accident.
State takes land for Vicksburg I-20 frontage road
The state Department of Transportation is taking more land for a proposed Interstate 20 frontage road extension in Vicksburg.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors has voted to hand over a 30-foot easement following an eminent domain lawsuit.
It’s the third piece of land the state has taken for the project on the south side of I-20. Construction on a road over rail tracks near the outlet stores could begin in 2013, depending on right-of-way talks and funding, MDOT officials have said.
Work on the extension will be rolled into a larger effort to widen I-20 through Vicksburg, estimated to cost from $221 million to $230 million. In August, officials said the widening could happen in eight phases between 2014 and 2040.
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