Author: Randy Bell

(Photo credit: James Bishop, VOAD-American Red Cross, Alabama Mississippi Region) The storms which blew through Carroll County Sunday morning produced an EF-1 tornado.   The National Weather Service surveyed the damage Monday and determined that the tornado touched down near the Valley Hill community, and was... Read More.

On Sunday, May 11, 2025, at approximately 3:30 a.m., the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a single-vehicle fatal crash on Highway 12 in Holmes County. A 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche driven by 25-year-old Lemarcus Fleming of Louisville, Mississippi, traveled east on Highway 12 when it left the highway... Read More.

Despite the warmer weather, some people in Mississippi are still getting the flu.  In the latest Health Department report for the week ending April 12, the statewide flu rate held steady at 2.2 per cent.  That's the percentage of patients in doctors' offices with... Read More.

A wreck involving a school bus and an SUV in Leake County Wednesday afternoon has left one person injured.  State Trooper Jameka Moore says it happened on Highway 25 near Red Dog Road west of Carthage....“The Mazda CX-5 overturned.  The female driver of the... Read More.

Storm victims in 14 Mississippi counties, some of them in this part of the state, could soon be eligible for federal disaster assistance.  Gov. Reeves is asking President Trump for a disaster declaration for both individual and public assistance.  If the request is approved,... Read More.