Author: Randy Bell

United States Attorney Scott F. Leary announced today that Carleone Pate, Jr., 21, of Lexington, Holmes County, Mississippi was convicted of Hobbs Act Robbery and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Violent Crime. Pate had recently been released from the Mississippi Department of Corrections... Read More.

Occasionally heavy rain is forecast in Mississippi again on Friday but the National Weather Service expects the heaviest amounts to fall along and south of I-20.  Those areas can expect 1-3 inches.  Locally, NWS is forecasting half-inch to one and a half inch accumulations... Read More.

The average price of gas in Mississippi, after falling slightly for four days in a row, has leveled off at just under $3.75 this morning.  AAA says that’s about three cents lower than the peak price last week.   And the auto club says some... Read More.

Thirty-six Mississippi counties including Attala, Holmes, Carroll and Montgomery, along with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, have been approved for individual assistance from FEMA in the wake of January's winter storm.   The assistance could include grants for home repairs, low-cost loans to cover... Read More.

Efforts are being made to help the family of the Kosciusko teenager who was stabbed to death on Lucas Street Monday.  A Go Fund Me account has been opened to help pay 16-year-old Nina Dillon’s burial expenses.   There’s a fundraising goal of $4,000.  As... Read More.

The average price of gas in Mississippi has topped $3.60 a gallon for the first time since the summer of 2022 and it’s not slowing down.  AAA says it’s up another 7 cents this morning, now at $3.67.  The big jump marks a departure... Read More.

The number of suspected flu cases reported to the State Health Department for the week ending March 7 was fewer than 400 resulting in a flu rate of 2.6 per cent, the lowest since early December.  The CDC is now classifying flu activity in... Read More.