Author: Chris Davis

DURANT, Miss.--A person in Holmes County has West Nile virus, according to the Miss. State Dept. of Health. The agency reported that four human cases were confirmed late last week and one of those was in Holmes County. The other three were in Hinds,... Read More.

NEWTON, Miss.--A child was shot at Newton Elementary School Thursday afternoon when a gun in another child's back pack went off, said Newton Police Chief Randy Patrick.The child, Tylin Evans, 6, was airlifted to a Jackson hospital for emergency surgery. The bullet went through... Read More.

WASHINGTON--Both the U.S. House and Senate agreed on a bill to avoid a federal government shutdown Thursday, at the last minute.The legislation to raise the debt limit has been delayed."I think this is now our time to make sure that we are being good... Read More.

CARTHAGE, Miss.--Coronavirus is not done with us yet, even though cases are down. Out of 50 deaths reported over the past day across the state, three were in central Mississippi. One person died in Attala County and two in Newton County.Over 1,000 new cases... Read More.

JACKSON, Miss.--The governor is frustrated about the lack of workers in Mississippi. He hopes a plan that's been in the works will help people to find jobs and help bosses find workers."I had to go hire over a thousand medical professionals to meet the... Read More.

KEMPER COUNTY, Miss.--Four people have been arrested for trying to bring contraband into the Kemper Neshoba County Jail. What they didn't count on was that everything at almost any jail is on camera.Candice Robinson, Zydarion Hughes and Brittany Griffin were arrested, accused of bringing... Read More.

JACKSON, Miss.--Mississippi's Ag commissioner is getting cranky about the latest plan to implement medical marijuana in the state. Legislators want to saddle his department with the job of administering the program because they see it as an agricultural issue."It's a drug issue. It's a... Read More.

CARTHAGE, Miss.--As COVID slows in Mississippi, one more person is being reported dead in our part of the state, in Attala County. But, doctors with the State Dept. of Health and the Miss. Medical Association believe the vaccine is working and that is why... Read More.