Prentiss County Man Charged With Simple Assault on a Police Officer
A Prentiss County man was charged with Simple Assault on a Police Officer. Larry Randal Scruggs was charged on August 3rd. His bond was set at $20,000 and his case will be presented to the next Prentiss County Grand Jury.
MDOC Escapee Found Inside Garbage Can, Now Faces Home Invasion, Kidnapping and Auto Theft Charges
Shunekndrick Huffman the inmate who escaped and then was recaptured Thursday afternoon now faces several additional felony charges. According to the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department, on August 25, around 4:15 pm., they were contacted by MDOC’s Central Mississippi Correctional Facility on Hwy 468. CMCF staff said they had a state inmate escape and needed help. […]
UPDATE: Escaped CMCF Inmate Back in Custody
UPDATE: The escaped inmate has been recaptured. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A state inmate has escaped from Central Mississippi Correctional Facilities in Rankin County Thursday. The Mississippi Department of Corrections is searching for 20-year-old Shunekndrick Huffman. He escaped the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County Thursday afternoon. Huffman was sentenced on Oct. 14, 2019, to seven years […]
Flooding Inevitable as Pearl River Expected to Crest at 36 Feet
On Thursday, the National Weather Service said that the Pearl River at Jackson is expected to crest at 36 ft on Tuesday. The river’s highest level on record is 43.3 feet, set in April 1979. The next highest level was 39.6 feet, set in May 1983. Flooding of streets will be likely in Jackson and […]
Emergency Road Closure Scheduled for Holly Bush Rd. in Brandon
An emergency road closure notice has been issued for drivers using Holly Bush Road between Magers Lane and Huckleberry Farms. The Rankin County Board of Supervisors announced this emergency closure will begin tonight (August 25th) at 7:00 p.m. and will end at 2:00 a.m. on August 26. There is extensive damage to public roads and […]
62-Year-Old Prentiss County Man Charged With Molesting a Child
A Prentiss County man has been charged with Molesting (Touching a Child for a Lustful Purpose). 62-year-old Johnny Wayne Holley of Marietta was given a bond of $50,000 Wednesday, August 24. This case will be presented to the next Prentiss County Grand Jury by Criminal Investigator Torie Jumper.
UPDATE: Location searches in progress, $3.9K raised for family of missing Ole Miss student
LATEST UPDATE: According to Oxford Police Chief Jeff McCutchen, as of Thursday, August 26th, investigators are still doing digital and physical location searches for missing Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee. Lee, a 20-year-old Social Work student, went to Ole Miss and went missing July 8th around 6:00 a.m. from Campus Walk Apartments. He has […]
More aftermath of Wednesday floods, more rain on the way
A train was derailed in Brandon, an assisted living home and a daycare evacuated, and the airport roundabout flooded as a result of heavy and sustained rain in the metro area Wednesday. Photos released by the city of Brandon show train cars that had completely come off the tracks after the track bed washed away, […]
Thursday Weather: More flooding potential!
From the National Weather Service in Jackson: The flooding threat continues across the area through this evening, with multiple rounds of heavy rain showers and some thunderstorms expected to bring several inches of rain to many locations. Area soils are saturated, with streams and bayous running high from the last several days of rain. Additional […]