Jury Duty Scam Pops Up in Leake County

It's one of the most popular scams around.  You're contacted and told by somebody pretending to be a law enforcement officer that you missed jury duty and you're about to be arrested--unless you pay a fine.  And--of course--the crook who calls you is happy... Read More.
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Freeze Warning Friday for This Area

Spring is here.  But it won’t feel like it early Friday.  Most of the local area, including Attala, Leake and Neshoba counties, will be under a freeze warning until 8 am as temperatures drop as low as 31 degrees.
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NWS: Area Twisters Hit 125-130 MPH

We’re learning more about a couple of the tornadoes that went through this part of Mississippi last weekend.  Even though the National Weather Service hasn’t finished its report, it says the EF-2 storm that hit Humphreys, Leflore, Holmes and Carroll counties was packing winds... Read More.
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Windy Today, Storms Possible Too

Much of the local area could see some isolated severe storms later today.  The National Weather Service has put Neshoba County, most of Leake County and eastern Attala County under a Level-1 “marginal” risk of damaging wind gusts and hail late this afternoon and... Read More.
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White House Issues Statement on Deadly Storms

Statement from President Donald J. Trump: "We are actively monitoring the severe tornadoes and storms that have impacted many States across the South and Midwest — 36 innocent lives have been lost, and many more devastated. The National Guard has been deployed to Arkansas, and... Read More.
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MS Beginning Recovery From Deadly Tornadoes

Taylorsville tornado (Photo: WJ5P Ham Radio via Shady Grove Fire Rescue/ Jones County Fire Service-David Houston)   A tornado outbreak across Mississippi Saturday has resulted in at least six fatalities.  The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says three of those were in Walthall County, two in Jefferson... Read More.
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Bird Flu Confirmed on Noxubee Farm

Another poultry flock in Mississippi has been destroyed after testing positive for bird flu.  This time, it’s in Noxubee County, where the Mississippi Department of Agriculture says the infected chickens were at a commercial breeder’s farm.  Bird flu, officially known as highly pathogenic avian... Read More.
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Local Man Among Victims in Helicopter Crash

Dustin Pope (UMMC photo)   “This is a tragic day for the medical center.” That was Doctor LouAnn Woodward, the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, following the crash of an AirCare helicopter in Madison County Monday… “There was not... Read More.
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