Approaching House Bill 1523
Tomorrow marks the day of the enactment of House Bill 1523 in the state of Mississippi. For the LGBTQ community, this could be a problem. News 25’s Tanner Stewart has our story. What has been known as the most sweeping…
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Jury selection in Jessica Chambers case
Jury selection is set to start in the case of a Mississippi teen who was set on fire and left to die. A badly-burned Jessica Chambers was found alongside her car in northern Mississippi in December 2014. The 19-year-old died…
Doctor indicted on 17 counts of fraud in Cleveland, MS
A Mississippi Delta ophthalmologist is being charged with defrauding the state-federal Medicaid program. Dr. Harold Peltan, a 50-year-old Cleveland resident, was indicted on 17 counts on fraud Tuesday in Bolivar County. Attorney General Jim Hood says Peltan turned in fake…
U.S. Supreme Court gives Mississippi until Oct. 18 to respond to flag lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court is giving Mississippi more time to respond to a lawsuit that challenges the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. The court says Monday that attorneys for Governor Phil Bryant have until October 18th to respond.…
Both escaped inmates captured
Both inmates who escaped from a Mississippi prison are back in custody. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says 41-year-old James R. Sanders and 22-year-old Ryan Young were both. The two men escaped late Sunday or early Monday from the Mississippi…
Busted for breaking back into jail
A jailbreak in Mississippi ends with the escapees busting back in and being busted by police. All because they wanted a side hustle behind bars. Three of the accused escapees yesterday denied on camera hopping a fence at the county…
Two inmates escaped from Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman
The search is still on for two inmates who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. The two prisoners went missing late Sunday night or early Monday morning. Forty-one year-old James Sanders and 22-year-old Ryan Young should be considered…
Columbus police officer resigning after video released
A police officer in Columbus is resigning after video from his body camera showed him berating a black motorist during a traffic stop and saying he could shoot into the car if the man failed to keep hands on the…
Jackson public schools take over
A spokesman says Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant will carefully consider whether to declare an extreme emergency in the state’s second largest school district. The State Board of Education voted Thursday to recommend that Bryant make the declaration about Jackson Public…
Pickering: MAEP underfunded by $732,757
According to the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor, preliminary calculations by Mississippi Department of Education underfunded the MAEP formula by more than $732,000. In a letter addressed to legislative leaders and Governor Phil Bryant, State Auditor Stacey Pickering outlined…
Four new cases of West Nile reported
Today, the Mississippi State Department of Health reports four new human cases of West Nile Virus, bringing the state total to 45 this year. The new cases were reported in Calhoun, Clay, and Lee counties. So far this year, cases…
School test results released
The Mississippi Department of Education says students fared better in the second year of a new standardized test than they did in the first, especially in math. The results released are from last spring’s Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, the second…
Governor Bryant on state flag controversy
A spokesman says Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant won’t call legislators back to the capitol to consider removing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag. The Legislative Black Caucus says Bryant should set a special session because white supremacists marched…
Twenty five total cases of West Nile in Mississippi
Six new cases of West Nile Virus bring the state’s total this year to 25. State Health Department officials say the death toll remains at one. The new cases were in Clay, Forrest, Hinds, Leake, Lowndes, and Rankin counties. Hinds…
Child safe after 17-year-old takes car in Jackson
Mississippi police say they’ve found a three-year-old boy who was taken with a car and he’s unharmed. The search began at midday Monday after Sharon Knight told police that a 17-year-old she identified as Mike sped away in her car…
Bond denied for accused killer in boy’s death
A Mississippi judge is still denying bail to one of three teenagers charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a six-year-old boy. Madison County Circuit Judge Bill Chapman denied the request made today by 17-year-old Dwan Wakefield who…
West Nile cases triple in Mississippi
Mississippi health officials are reporting seven new cases of West Nile virus, bringing the state total to ten this year. The state health department says three of the new cases are in Hinds County and the others are in Covington,…
The Dangers Of Spice
The first synthetic spice blends went on sale in the early 2000’s and have since been banned by many state legislations.
Three-year-old beating death in Meridian
A Mississippi father is charged with capital murder after beating his toddler to death while teaching her a lesson on numbers. Meridian police say Joshua Salovich told them he used a bamboo rod and a cell phone cord to beat…
Two military members killed identified
The families of two of the Marines killed in a military plane crash in Mississippi have identified their loved ones as victims of the tragedy. The family of 31-year-old Staff Sergeant Joshua Michael Snowden tells NBC affiliate KXAS in Dallas…
Military plane crashes, kills at least five in Leflore County
A large military plane has crashed in Mississippi, killing several people on board. The Marines have posted on their Twitter page that the plane was one of their KC 130 refueling aircrafts. Authorities say it took off from Memphis with…
Hinds County sheriff in federal court
Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason was in federal court in Gulfport today for a follow up on the county’s jails that are just outside the state’s capital. Since 2015 the facilities have been under investigation for violating prisoner’s civil rights.…
Lottery for education scholarship accounts
The Mississippi Department of Education will hold a lottery on July 14th to award 58 education scholarship accounts for next school year. The ESA program provides scholarships to parents of students with disabilities who want to remove their child from…
Internet sales tax under consideration in Mississippi
Months after Mississippi’s top tax official proposed requiring large online sellers to collect taxes on internet sales, he still hasn’t enacted the rule. A spokesperson for Revenue Commissioner Herb Frierson says that Frierson is still considering the proposal. Frierson has…