News Briefs From Across The State
By Lonnie Ross
4 year old boy killed, along with man from Ocean Springs
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) – Authorities say a man and a young boy were killed Friday night when they were trying to walk across a south Mississippi highway and were struck by a sport utility vehicle.
Mississippi Highway Patrol Cpl. Jason Gazzo says 43-year-old said Jeffrey Dogget and 4-year-old Brandon Campo were trying to cross state Highway 609 near St. Martin at about 9 p.m., when they were hit by a 2006 GMC Yukon.
The man and the boy, both from Ocean Springs, died at the scene. Gazzo says they were not related.
Gazzo says a preliminary investigation showed alcohol was not a factor in the crash. The driver’s name was not released, and there was no immediate word on whether charges would be filed.
Ole Miss cornerback Charles Sawyer arrested on DUI charge after running stop sign
OXFORD, Mississippi — Mississippi cornerback Charles Sawyer was arrested and charged with DUI and running a stop sign on campus this weekend.
Lafayette County jail records state that Sawyer was arrested by a university police officer at 2 a.m. on Sunday and released five hours later after posting bail,. The university police department declined to release further details.
The senior was a third team All-Southeastern Conference preseason selection, but has not played much this season because of a lingering shoulder injury.
Sawyer is one of the few veterans on defense as No. 25 Ole Miss (2-0) prepares to face Texas (1-1) on Saturday in Austin, Texas.
Ole Miss spokesman Kyle Campbell wrote in a text that coach Hugh Freeze would address Sawyer’s arrest at his weekly press conference later Monday.
Mississippi alligator record falls again as 741.5 pounder nabbed in Mississippi River backwater
JACKSON, Mississippi – (AP) — Mississippi’s record for the heaviest alligator has fallen again with the catch of a 741.5-pounder in the backwater of the Mississippi River near Port Gibson on Sunday morning.
The Clarion-Ledger reports that it also tied the record for longest alligator at 13-feet, 6.5-inches.
Jimmy Greer of Canton, Dalco Turner of Gluckstadt, and Jennifer Ratcliff and John Ratcliff of Canton caught the monster.
Last week, Beth Trammell of Madison took the title for Mississippi’s heaviest alligator with her 723.5-pound harvest, only to be bested an hour later by Dustin Bockman of Vicksburg with his massive 727-pound beast.
John Ratcliff says they paddled with the gator into shallow water. They recruited two helpers but it still took the six of them 30 minutes to get the gator into the boat.
