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Tupelo Police begin enforcement of Kratom ban this weekend
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) - Tupelo Police are putting some city businesses on notice. The city's ordinance prohibiting kratom and kratom products takes effect Saturday, September 12th. The City Council passed the ordinance in February, but enforcement was delayed while challenges…
Lowndes County first responders perform annual disaster drill
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County first responders went through their annual disaster drill Thursday, September 10, at the Mississippi University for Women campus. The event featured different…
Suspect wanted in Columbus shooting surrenders
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - A shooting suspect wanted by Columbus Police has turned himself in. According to CPD, 22-year-old Antonio Thompson, Jr. surrendered to authorities Monday night at the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office. Thompson is a key suspect in in…
UPDATE: Victim in fatal shooting identified
VERONA, Miss. (WCBI) - We now know the name of the person killed in a shooting in Verona Wednesday. Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green has identified the victim as 29-year-old Timothy Price II. Price was shot Wednesday afternoon at the…
Columbus City Council working to finalize FY 2027 budget
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - We're nearing the end of budget season in Mississippi, and cities and counties are putting the final touches on their annual spending…
One man dead after shooting at Verona convenience store
VERONA, Miss. (WCBI) - One man is dead after a shooting in Verona. Verona Police were called to Super C on Raymond Avenue about a possible…
Lowndes County first responders perform annual disaster drill
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County first responders went through their annual disaster drill Thursday, September 10, at the Mississippi University for Women campus. The event featured different…
Suspect wanted in Columbus shooting surrenders
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - A shooting suspect wanted by Columbus Police has turned himself in. According to CPD, 22-year-old Antonio Thompson, Jr. surrendered to authorities Monday night at the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office. Thompson is a key suspect in in…
UPDATE: Victim in fatal shooting identified
VERONA, Miss. (WCBI) - We now know the name of the person killed in a shooting in Verona Wednesday. Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green has identified the victim as 29-year-old Timothy Price II. Price was shot Wednesday afternoon at the…
Columbus City Council working to finalize FY 2027 budget
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - We're nearing the end of budget season in Mississippi, and cities and counties are putting the final touches on their annual spending…
One man dead after shooting at Verona convenience store
VERONA, Miss. (WCBI) - One man is dead after a shooting in Verona. Verona Police were called to Super C on Raymond Avenue about a possible…
15-year-old charged with attempted murder in Starkville
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) - An argument leads to gunfire in Starkville -- leaving one injured and a teenager behind bars. Starkville Police got called to Brookville Garden Apartments on Everglade Avenue around 6:47 p.m. Tuesday, September 8. Investigators said one…
Bicycle chase leads to drug arrest in Baldwyn
BALDWYN, Miss. (WCBI) - A bike chase in Baldwyn leads to drug charges. Thursday,September 3rd, an agent with the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit attempted to stop a man on an electric bike near a Baldwyn park for alleged equipment and…
Supervisors don't anticipate millage increase for new budget
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - Cities and counties across Mississippi are finalizing their budgets for the next fiscal year. In Lowndes County, the County Administrator is still developing…
Solid social media strategy helps A Lux Boutique boost brick and mortar traffic
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) - The pink Bronco parked in front of A Lux Boutique on East Main has become a marketing tool for the business. "A…
Teen faces multiple assault charges in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - An 18-year-old is behind bars for an alleged shooting in Columbus. According to the Columbus Police Department, officers got called to the area of 501 Brooks Road about an altercation and shots fired. When officers arrived,…
WCBI's Midmorning moves to FOX 4
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - You may have noticed a different show come on at 9 a.m. on WCBI. That's because WCBI's Midmorning is now on our FOX Channel. The program will air at the same time, just on a different…
MUW ranks in top 20 for affordability
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - Mississippi University for Women is being recognized nationally for helping families and taxpayers save money. The magazine Washington Monthly ranked The W as number 14 in the South's category for the 2026 list of Best Colleges…
Suspect wanted in Columbus shooting surrenders
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - A shooting suspect wanted by Columbus Police has turned himself in. According to CPD, 22-year-old Antonio Thompson, Jr. surrendered to authorities Monday night at the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office. Thompson is a key suspect in in…
15-year-old charged with attempted murder in Starkville
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) - An argument leads to gunfire in Starkville -- leaving one injured and a teenager behind bars. Starkville Police got called to Brookville Garden Apartments on Everglade Avenue around 6:47 p.m. Tuesday, September 8. Investigators said one…
Teen faces multiple assault charges in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - An 18-year-old is behind bars for an alleged shooting in Columbus. According to the Columbus Police Department, officers got called to the area of 501 Brooks Road about an altercation and shots fired. When officers arrived,…
Teen charged as adult in sexual assault case
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) - A Lee County teen is behind bars for burglary and sexual assault charges. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, Sunday morning, deputies got called to a home in the Auburn community about reports of…
Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrests two accused of trafficking meth
MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) - The Monroe County Sheriff's Office makes 4 arrests connected to an operation that was reportedly moving a considerable amount of meth out of the Athens community. Tuesday, deputies arrested Ronald D. "Pepsi" Herrington and Jatarvis…
First District District Attorney announces major drug and weapons operation in North Mississippi
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) - A multi agency effort gets narcotics, illegal firearms and criminals off the streets throughout Lee County. First District…
Nettleton man faces burglary charges in Tupelo
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) - A Nettleton man is facing multiple charges after Tupelo Police say he was caught entering vehicles in a neighborhood over the weekend. Officers responded to…
Mother arrested for accessory in shooting; son still on the run
COLUMBUS, Miss., (WCBI) -- The Columbus Police Department has arrested one in connection with a Thursday shooting. And needs the public's help finding another person with alleged involvement. According to a release, Columbus Police responded to a shots fired called…
Columbus Police need help locating missing woman
COLUMBUS, Miss., (WCBI) -- The Columbus Police Department need the public's help in locating a missing woman. Pamela Denise Shepherd was last seen on July 24 at a home on Military Chapel Road in Columbus. The last time anyone spoke…
Three men plead guilty to narcotic offenses in Lee County
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) - Three men plead guilty to serious narcotic offenses in Lee County this week. According to the First Circuit District Attorney's Office, 49-year-old Tellie Mairidith pled guilty to two charges of trafficking methamphetamine on Monday, August…
Nigerian national arrested in Mississippi sextortion case
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) - A Nigerian man is now in a Mississippi jail facing Federal charges for his role in a sextortion case that led to the passage of "Walker's Law" in Mississippi. …
Corinth man sentenced for trafficking child sexual abuse material
CORINTH, Miss. (WCBI) - A Corinth man will spend the next 10 years in a Federal prison for trafficking child sexual abuse material. Zachary Alan "Zach" Little was found with almost 4,000 files displaying children under the age of 12 engaging…
Five year sentence on immigration charges
A Honduran national with previous federal convictions has been sentenced to almost five years in prison on immigration charges. Friday's Ramos Serrano also known as Carlos Roberto Galvez of El,…
Man accused of breaking into vehicle
One county man already facing charges. He has auto burglary added to the list. Last Friday, Tupelo police were called to car lock Toyota on Cross Creek Drive about the burglary of…
Man charged with grooming of a child
A Kentucky man is behind bars in Lee County facing charges of child exploitation. Chad Eugene Brinkley of Ludlow, Kentucky, was picked up by the U.S. Marshals Service on…
Montgomery County Justice Court Judge set for trial
A Montgomery County Justice Court Judge will stand trial for a September 2025 case involving his funeral home. And the daughter of a former Circuit Clerk was given another chance to get things right...
Tupelo Police make an arrest in an April domestic violence case
Lamarrion Randle of Prairie was arrested and charged with Aggravated Domestic Violence...
Longtime North MS lawman Billy Voyles passes away
In a Facebook post, the Chickasaw County Sheriff's Office released that Constable Billy Voyles had died...
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