Mississippi State News

Uptick for retiree checks in 2021 amid coronavirus worries

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security recipients will get a modest 1.3% cost-of living-increase in 2021, but that might be small comfort amid worries about the coronavirus and its consequences for older people.…

47-year-old inmate convicted of manslaughter dies in Jackson

JACKSON, MISS. (WCBI) – An inmate convicted of manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon dies in prison. Mississippi Department of Corrections says 47-year-old Krysta Lesherri Chewe died Sunday at Merit Health Central in Jackson. MDOC says Chewe had already been hospitalized there once this year. Chewe was sentenced in December of […]

MEMA releases preliminary Hurricane Delta damage reports

MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency releases preliminary Hurricane Delta damage reports. Those early reports are coming in from southwest Mississippi. Adams County, where Natchez is located, is reporting damage to 27 homes. Three of those houses were destroyed. One business had major damage. Claiborne County had six homes impacted. Jefferson, Lincoln, and […]

Mississippi child molestation suspect is arrested in Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities say a Mississippi man accused of child molestation has been arrested in southern Arizona. They announced Sunday that 62-year-old Augustus Brook was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Tucson. Authorities say Brook allegedly…

2 drown in rip currents in Northwest Florida over weekend

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WXXV) — Two people are dead after drowning in rip currents at beaches in Northwest Florida over the weekend. Red or double-red warning flags were flying along the coast throughout the Florida Panhandle, signaling the waters were closed…

Masks a 'matter of preference' at the Mississippi State Fair

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/ Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Preparations for the Mississippi State Fair's grand opening moved forward Wednesday amid criticism that masks will not be required at the event after the governor repealed the statewide…