On Tuesday, February 4, 2025, an Attala County Grand Jury returned multiple indictments involving cases from various agencies. Among these was the case of
LOUISVILLE, Miss.--The Louisville woman accused of driving drunk and the wrong way on I-55, causing a head-on crash that killed a Canton woman, could get 20 years in prison.WLBT reports Jordan Sullivan has filed a petition stating she intends to plead guilty to a...
Iesha McGee has been arrested for the murder of Anthony Callahan.The incident occurred Sunday at Belhaven Apartments on South Valley St. in Carthage. Chief Billy McMillan says it began as an argument and escalated to Iesha McGee stabbing her boyfriend,...
Philadelphia Police Chief Eric Lyons announced that Alexis Terrell (31) and Robert Hunter (41) (photo unavailable), both of Newton County, have been charged with manslaughter following the death of their infant in July.On July 8, 2024, officers and EMS responded to a residence on...
A young Carthage man is facing a capital murder charge in the death of his girlfriend's 3 year old son. Ja'qavious Jordan, 19, was arrested almost two months after the boy was found dead at Westbrook Apartments. Police say Jordan is not the child's...
Investigators are still trying to find the hit and run driver who struck and killed a Carthage man as he walked along Highway 35 last Friday morning. Highway Patrol Sgt. Jameka Moore says Craig Dixon, 32, was found lying on the side of the...
Update (12/8//23):The man who died in the shooting earlier this morning has been identified as 26-year-old Lamontae Salley of Eupora.Jatarrius M. Kelly, 23 of Philadlephia, is being charged with 1st degree murder is being held in Winston-Choctaw County Detention Center.One Philadelphia man is...
JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports the first confirmed pediatric influenza death in Mississippi for the 2023-2024 flu season. Pediatric deaths are defined as deaths of individuals under 18 years of age.Including this reported death, there have...
FROM THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN JACKSON:
A Bogue Chitto woman pleaded guilty on May 11, 2023, to the murder of a tribal member on the Choctaw Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca of the Southern District of Mississippi and Special Agent...
Attala County has recorded its 125th COVID-19 death. The State Health Department isn't saying when the latest death occurred but says it was identified during a review of death certificate reports dating back to Jan. 14. The number of new COVID cases in the...
FROM NESHOBA COUNTY SHERIFF ERIC CLARK:On Friday, March 3, 2023, Neshoba County Sheriff’s Office responded to 11852 Highway 16W for an emergency medical call. The caller stated that she had discharged her handgun and shot her boyfriend. She stated the .9mm SCCY handgun went...
Officials at the Elvis Presley Birthplace in Tupelo say they're extending their “deepest sympathy” to the Presley family after the death of Elvis’ only child, Lisa Marie. Less than a week after attending a birthday celebration for her father in Memphis, she suffered cardiac...