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PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--You might remember when Demarcus Houston's body was found weighted down in a pond in the Hope community in 2019. Monday James Kelly, Jr., goes on trial for murder. Nine people were originally arrested for the crime. Last year Tyrone Braxton, 24, and Joanna... Read More.

DeKALB, Miss.--You may have heard about the arrest of Charles Ray Westerfield, football coach at Kemper County High School in DeKalb, on sexual battery charges. Westerfield is out of jail on bail and the sheriff says he's cooperating. "We asked Mr. Westerfield to come down.... Read More.

PHILADELPHIA, Miss.--You're starting to see Christmas events already and it's not even Thanksgiving. One of the first is Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia. About 20 businesses will be open downtown, along with seven restaurants. “This is important for the economy because it gives our downtown merchants... Read More.

DeKALB, Miss.--Kemper County High School football coach Charles "Ray" Westerfield has been arrested and charged with sexual battery and that did involve a student, says Sheriff James Moore. Westerfield is 33, and graduated from Kemper High in DeKalb, in 2006. The coach was arrested Wednesday. Moore... Read More.