Mississippi Public Service Commissioners Host Nuclear Summit
The Mississippi Public Service Commissioners are excited to announce the upcoming Nuclear Summit, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders to discuss the future of nuclear energy in Mississippi and its role in the state’s energy landscape. The Nuclear Summit is scheduled for Tuesday, October 22, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the MPSC […]
USM Celebrates Renewal of NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute
The Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute has been renewed for five more years by NOAA Ocean Exploration. The University of Southern Mississippi will continue collaboration with the other members of the OECI, including the University of Rhode Island, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the University of New Hampshire, and the Ocean Exploration Trust. Training the next generation […]
WITH PHOTOS: MDWFP’s K9 Unit finishes annual certification
MDWFP’s K-9 Unit recently conducted their annual certification. Throughout this training, they responded to hunting and fishing investigation scenarios, and they located wildlife, fish, human, and hunting equipment odors. The K-9 team also underwent first aid training in order to assure handlers could properly assist their K-9s in case of injuries. Later in […]
Rankin County Man Pleads Guilty to Statutory Rape
A Rankin County man is looking forward to 30 years in custody after pleading guilty to statutory rape. Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Don Edd Woods, 51, pled guilty to Statutory Rape. Woods was sentenced to 30 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for the sexual […]
UPDATES: Lauderdale County coroner identifies two recent bodies found in Meridian
From Queen City Newsfeed The body discovered Monday afternoon inside an abandoned car wash at a Valero gas station on Monday in Meridian has been identified as Theresa Belvin, 52. The cause of death remains unknown, pending autopsy reports, according to Lauderdale County Coroner Stella McMahan. The body found lying in a yard in the […]
SEE VIDEO: Tupelo police work to identify Hancock Park vandals
Tupelo police are looking for some alleged vandals who defaced property in a park earlier this month. A release on social media said TPD is investigating an act of vandalism that took place at Hancock Park on Oct. 1, where graffiti, including a swastika, was spray-painted on public property. Police were alerted to the damage […]
Clay County: Do you know this mystery horse?
We suspect there’s a little more to this story than the Clay County Sheriff’s Department posted on Facebook, but you know how those cops are with sharing details. It sounds like the roundup story is one for the books. On Tuesday night, the department posted a photo of a gorgeous dark chestnut or liver brown […]
Ridgeland police arrest man wanted on statutory rape warrant
Ridgeland Police Department recently arrested a man with multiple felony warrants after he was pulled over on a traffic stop. According to a release on the department’s Facebook page, Davion Amari Crooks, 22, of Jackson, was pulled over by Ridgeland officers recently in the area of Marketridge Drive and Cole Road. Crooks was found to […]
STEPPING UP TO SERVE: Cattle buyers at Tadlock Stockyard raise $33,000 for Hurricane Helene victims
An anonymous rancher who was clearly moved by the devastation of Hurricane Helene donated an unusual gift that kept giving. Tadlock Stockyard, a fourth-generation family-owned and -operated business since 1924, was having their weekly cattle sale in Forest on Monday when an anonymous rancher donated a Brangus heifer to be auctioned off for proceeds to […]
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