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Bullet hits school bus, 1 student in Panola Co.

Panola County authorities said a bullet that struck a Panola County school bus, grazing a student in the back, may have been a hunting accident.

District Attorney John Champion said a 10-year-old male student was transported by helicopter on Jan. 25 to Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis with non-life-threatening injuries.

Champion said the bullet went through a side window of the South Panola bus, which was carrying about 15 students when the incident occurred. Surveillance video onboard the bus captured the incident.
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Gluckstadt man dead after house fire

Madison County officials say a 44-year-old man has died in a fire at his Gluckstadt home.

Emergency Management Director Butch Hammack says Billy Murphy was trapped by flames in the house fire that started at about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday. Another man, whose name was not available, escaped without injury. […]