Mississippi State News

Woman reporter must be joined by male colleague

A Republican candidate for Mississippi governor says he would not let a woman journalist follow him while campaigning unless she was accompanied by a male colleague. Larrison Campbell with the online publication Mississippi Today says she requested to "shadow" Robert…

Escaped inmates captured in Meridian

Prison officials say both men who escaped from a prison near Pearl have been recaptured. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said that 31-year-old Jonathan Blankenship and 25-year-old Christopher Benson High were caught Wednesday in Meridian. Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie…

Search continues for escaped inmates

The search continues into its fifth full day for two inmates who escaped from a Central Mississippi prison Friday. News 25 mentioned to you last night that authorities are concentrating their search for 31-year-old Jonathan Blankenship and 28-year-old Christopher Benson…

NTSB checking maintenance records on fatal Oxford plane crash

The National Transportation Safety Board is checking maintenance records and gathering other information about a single-engine airplane that crashed in Oxford and killed the 18-year-old pilot. Investigators Ed Malinowski says the board’s final report could take months. The Cessna 172…

Two escaped inmates suspected to be in Pearl

Police continue the search for two escaped Mississippi inmates near the prison where they went missing Friday. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety Spokesman Captain Johnny Poulos said today that agencies have credible information that 31-year-old Jonathan Blankenship and 28-year-old…

Three escape from two Mississippi prisons; two 'armed, dangerous'

Mississippi authorities are looking for three escaped inmates. They say two should be considered armed and dangerous. News agencies identify those two as 31-year-old Jonathan Blankenship and 28-year-old Christopher Benson High, who were in Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin…

Mississippi lottery launch date set

It’s now a sure bet for Mississippi residents to play the lottery and it could happen before the end of this year. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation says the anticipated launch date is December 1st. That’s when the scratch lottery tickets…