Ridgeland Police Dept. Looking For Shoplifters Targeting Electronic Stores
The Ridgeland Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying three individuals involved in a shoplifting incident on Monday, July 8. The suspects targeted two electronics stores, stealing multiple gaming systems, iPads, and iPhone accessories. If you have any information regarding the identity of these individuals, please contact Central Mississippi Crime Stoppers at (601) […]
68-Year-Old Vancleave Man Sentenced for Possession of over 83,000 Depictions of Child Pornography
A Vancleave man was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison, followed by ten years of supervised release, for possession of over 83,000 depictions of child pornography. According to court documents, 68-year-old Cameron Willis Cotrill, was identified in an online child exploitation investigation as being a user on the BitTorrent network for offenders possessing […]
MDWFP K9 Credited With Finding Three Children Who Went Missing From Monroe County Home
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) reported that three missing children from the Doss Drive area in the Coontail community were found safe yesterday after going missing. The search, which began around 2 p.m. on Thursday, involved MCSO, Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks, 911 Emergency Management, MS Game and Fish, Monroe County Search […]
Drug Bust Leads to Two Arrests in Adams County
In the early hours of Friday, July 26, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group executed a narcotics search warrant at 601 Old Washington Rd (Holiday Apartments) Apartment 24B. The apartment is less than 1500 feet from Bibleway Pentecostal Church. Deputies seized approximately 20 ounces of marijuana, packaging materials, scales, two bottles of suspected […]
Mississippi State’s Andrew Rendon promoted to brigadier general
STARKVILLE, Miss.—On Thursday afternoon, Mississippi State alumnus Andrew Rendon, the university’s executive director for Veterans and Military Affairs, was promoted from colonel to brigadier general in the Mississippi National Guard. Less than one-half of 1% of officers in the Army achieve the rank of a general officer. The first action Gen. Rendon took after his […]
Corinth Woman Arrested After Allegedly Stealing Over $1K From Walmart Twice
On July 24, the Tupelo Police Department arrested 28-year-old Maleka K. Burns, of Corinth, on two Lee County Circuit Court Capias Warrants for felony shoplifting. Burns is accused of stealing over one thousand dollars worth of merchandise from Wal-Mart at 2270 West Main Street in two separate incidents in 2023. Burns is currently held on […]
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Looking For Missing Man
The Jefferson Davis County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing man. 54-year-old Thomas Hathorn from Bassfield has been missing for several days, a situation the family describes as unusual compared to his previous disappearances. Thomas Hathorn was last seen at Auto Credit in Collins, on July 12. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is […]
Mississippi College presents pastor’s diploma to daughter 100 years later
By Bruce Coleman Mississippi College Most new college graduates who walk across the commencement stage to accept their “diplomas” and shake their university president’s hand understand that their actual graduation documents will be sent to them after the ceremony. In the case of Rev. Barney W. Walker Sr. – a Mississippi College alum who opted […]
One pedestrian dead, one injured in crash on Rainey Road in Jackson
Friday morning at around 12:30 am, JPD responded to 3435 Rainey Road regarding two pedestrians who had been struck by a vehicle. The victims of the accident were two 15-year-old female juveniles. One of the victims died from her injuries, the second victim was transported by AMR to the hospital for treatment. The driver of […]
Bystanders Rush To Help Infant, Driver Out Of Rollover Crash In Rankin County
On Thursday, July 25, at approximately 6:30 p.m., emergency services responded to a two-car rollover accident with possible entrapment, including an infant in Rankin County. According to the Southwest Rankin Fire Department, when they arrived, they found both vehicles on their sides. Several bystanders saw the crash and rushed to help rescue the driver and […]