Author: Randy Bell

Investigators in Leake County are hoping for some help from the public in tracking down the thieves who stole an excavator from a local water association.  It happened Sunday on Pleasant Hill Road in the Good Hope community north of Lena.  There’s surveillance video... Read More.

A reward just for paying your electric bills on time?  Don't count on it.  The Mississippi Public Service Commission says it's a scam and the PSC is warning the public not to fall for it.  A woman told the commission Monday she got a... Read More.

Greenville storm damage (Photo: James Bishop)   There’s damage across mainly western Mississippi after severe storms rolled through the state last night.  Two of the warnings were issued for Holmes County but the National Weather Service hasn’t received any reports of damage there.  Trees and powerlines... Read More.

Governor Tate Reeves has announced the appointment of Doug S. Crosby as Chancellor for the 6th Chancery Court District, Place 1. This appointment fills a vacancy created by the resignation of the Honorable Joseph Kilgore. “Doug will do a great job as chancellor,” said Governor Tate... Read More.

A jockey who had just won a horse race at the Neshoba County Fair collapsed and died Wednesday.   Sheriff Eric Clark says witnesses told him that it happened after the man had posed for photos in the winner’s circle and was walking back to... Read More.

Last month we were told that a study of American speech patterns rated the Mississippi accent as the country's "most appealing". Now, the word is that the same Southern drawl that many of us are accustomed to may be the toughest for artificial intelligence to... Read More.

An extra day to enjoy the State Fair this year.  Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson announcing that the fair in Jackson will run from Thursday, October 3rd through Columbus Day, Monday, October 14th.   It’s aimed at giving students who don’t have to go to school... Read More.

We'll be seeing some of the worst of this week's heat stress in this part of central Mississippi today with an excessive heat warning in Holmes and Carroll counties and a heat advisory for the rest of the local area.  The heat index this... Read More.

With July drawing to a close, there's a heat advisory for Mississippi.  The National Weather Service says the heat index this afternoon could reach 110 in Durant and 107 in Kosciusko, Carthage and Philadelphia.  The rainy weather pattern that helped to keep the heat... Read More.