Northwest Rankin HS Student Taken Into Custody After Making Threats On Social Media
According to Capt. Paul Holley with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department, a student from Northwest Rankin High School was arrested for making threats on Instagram. The sheriff’s department said that it was brought to their attention by the Rankin County school district. The individual, a minor, was taken into custody and was taken before Youth […]
Jackson Police Investigating Four Shootings in Under 24 Hours
The Jackson Police Department is investigating four shootings that happened in under 24 hours. WLBT reports that according to Jackson police, 20-year-old Charles Blackman was shot in both legs as he slept in his car waiting on food at waffle House on Highway 18 around 1:00 a.m. Tuesday. A man named Terry Butler shot his […]
16-Year-Old Arrested With Stolen Gun At Entrance of Neshoba Central Jr. High Game
According to www.samedia.network, on Tuesday, September 19, a Neshoba County School Resource Officer detained four suspicious male subjects behind the concession stand at the football stadium entrance. The officer noticed four males who appeared to be student-aged, coming from the woodlot near the football field. They walked from the woods towards the stadium entrance area. […]
Oxford Man Charged with Felony Embezzlement
On September 8th, 2022, officers with the Oxford Police Department responded to the 100 block of Thacker Rd. for a report of embezzlement. After a brief investigation, it was found that the amount embezzled by the employee totaled over $1,000 dollars. 30-year-old Clarente Alexander, of Oxford, was taken into custody and charged with felony Embezzlement. […]
Tuesday Weather: more heat waving goodbye to Summer
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Oxford Police Charge Man With Multiple Counts of Abusive Call to Emergency Telephone Service
Over the past couple of months, the Oxford Police Department has been responding to calls claiming to have people critically injured or in dangerous situations that turned out to be false reports. After investigation, 23-year-old Thomas Lee Jr., of Pope, MS, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of Abusive Call to Emergency Telephone Service. […]
Eight Students Injured After School Bus Wreck in Wayne County
On Monday, September 19, at approximately 3:00 PM, the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a wreck on Highway 45 in Wayne County. A 2016 Wayne County school bus was driving south on Highway 45 when it collided with a 2005 Buick Century driven by 56-year-old Mechelle Howard of Tibbie, Alabama. She was also driving south […]
Man injured after drive-by shooting at Waffle House on Highway 18 in Jackson
Jackson police are investigating after someone fired shots at a vehicle parked in front of the Waffle House on Highway 18. A 20-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle and was shot in both legs as he napped while waiting on his food. He was taken by ambulance to the University of Mississippi Medical Center […]