Authorities said a 38-year-old woman from Memphis was arrested on Aug. 9, after they found more than 4 pounds of marijuana in her car during a traffic stop. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department told WTVA that Tammy Vanessa Thomas, 38, was arrested after her vehicle was pulled over on U.S. Highway 45.
Authorities say they recovered about four pounds, 11 ounces of marijuana from her vehicle. […]
A federal judge has reset the sentencing date for an environmental laboratory owner in Mississippi who was convicted on federal charges of falsifying records on industrial wastewater samples.
Tennie White was the sole operator of Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc.
She was convicted in May in U.S. District Court in Jackson on two counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction. […]
A Maben man and a toddler from Greenville were killed in a three-vehicle collision that occurred Monday morning in Washington County, WXVT reported.
The collision happened on Mississippi Highway 438, west of Arcola, between Spring Lake and West Park roads.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating the cause.
The deceased are identified as David Leigh Kirkman, 53, of Maben, and Leo Marshall Fields II, 2, of Greenville. Both were ejected from their respective vehicles and suffered head trauma. […]
Mississippi’s celebrated freshman class won’t be standing on the sidelines for long.
Second-year coach Hugh Freeze said the team’s most highly rated recruits – like defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, receiver Laquon Treadwell and offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil – have played well during the first two weeks of preseason camp and will contribute immediately when the Rebels open the season against Vanderbilt on Aug. 29.
The trio of five-star prospects will be surrounded by other young faces. Freeze expects around 10 freshmen to make their debut against the Commodores.
Freeze said it’s “certainly a challenge” to make sure all the freshmen are ready to contribute. He said the coaching staff is trying to make sure it doesn’t ask the young players to do too much. […]
Police said they have a suspect in custody in connection with a man found shot to death outside a residence early Tuesday morning.
Officer Colendula Green said 23-year-old Anthony Watson has been charged with the murder of 22-year-old Sherrod Vaughn. Green said Vaughn was found lying face down in the front yard of a residence in the 2000 block of Wisteria Street. […]
A 63-year-old Columbia man has been booked on charges of inappropriately touching a 14-year-old girl. WDAM reports that Larry James Watts surrendered to police earlier this month.
Police said they received a complaint regarding sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl.
According to investigators, Watts inappropriately touched the girl. […]
With approval Thursday from the State Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, University of Mississippi Medical Center leaders will sign an agreement to lease the 156-bed Grenada Lake Medical Center from the Grenada County Board of Supervisors.
Under the agreement, UMMC would begin managing GLMC Sept. 1, and lease the facility beginning Jan. 1. Under the terms, UMMC would pay the county about $1.8 million annually to retire the facility’s $37.4 million debt. […]
Two suspects face charges in a shooting that left one person dead and another injured on Tuesday.
Hinds County deputies tell WLBT that 27-year-old Lashaun Taylor and 17-year-old Cadarro Taylor surrendered on Wednesday and were turned over to Jackson police.
Jackson police have identified the dead man as 34-year-old Craig Spivey. The second victim, Eric Lindsey, was hospitalized, Jackson police spokeswoman Colendula Green says. […]
Abigail Bonner’s body was found yesterday near Madison Avenue and Rice Road. The 17-year-old was reported missing nearly two weeks ago from her home in the Belle Rose subdivision.
Investigators reportedly found the body Tuesday night in a wooded area about a mile away from her home, WJTV reported.
“We received information of an odor. We sent an investigator to search for the odor and at the same time located the body,” recalls the Madison Police Chief. […]
A handcuffed inmate escaped from a probation officer and was fished from the Yazoo Diversion Canal.
Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said 21-year-old Jeremy Blake Bowlin got away from a Mississippi Department of Corrections probation officer outside the Warren County jail on Aug. 6.
Bowlin is on probation for two counts of auto burglary, according to court records. […]
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