WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI) – Several folks gathered in West Point to march in honor of MLK Day. Participants began their route on Dr. Martin Luther King Street and walked more than a mile to the former Mary Holmes Community College. Alice Jones participated in the march and said that today would not be the same without the civil rights…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County students will pack their backpacks and head into the 2023-2024 school year with a new calendar. Classes will start the last week of July and school will run through the end of May. One of the biggest changes is a two-week intersession break in October and another in March. Students and staff will…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – A Day of Service in Columbus included people from across the city and county. The breakfast at Lion Hills was the kickoff to a day of helping others. Keynote Speaker Tyson Cunningham talked about progress and work yet to be done. Cunningham said he hopes to see people in the community take the spirit of service…
PONTOTOC, Miss. (WCBI) – A volunteer organization based in Pontotoc is sending help to storm victims in Selma, Ala. Eight Days of Hope is deploying its Rapid Response team to Selma, Ala. to provide resources to people affected by the EF1 tornado that hit the area Thursday. The group will go to Selma on Wednesday. Volunteers will provide heavy equipment,…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – “Amplifying the Dream.” That’s the story that Lee Brand Jr. shared with a large crowd this morning as the Unity Breakfast returned to the Mill in Starkville. This is the 29th time Mississippi State has hosted the event. Brand, a pastor, is a graduate of MSU and now serves as senior pastor of Faith Baptist Church…
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – A 5-year-old child is dead in Tupelo and police are trying to determine what happened. Investigators are calling it a death investigation. Officers responded to a home on Gun Club Road Sunday morning around 10:30 and found the child had died. Investigators have not released the name of the child or many details surrounding the death….
LOUISVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A Louisville Teen has been missing since Wednesday night. Many people in the Winston County area in search of Montevious Goss, and his family along with Louisville Police are asking for the community’s help in getting answers about where he may be. “That’s all I am asking, just please give me my son. Please give me…
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ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI) – Customers of Aberdeen Public Utilities will notice major changes when they need to pay their bills in person or make a visit to the offices. The offices, warehouse, and equipment are all in a new location. As front office staff are busy answering calls, workers are busy in the warehouse. Aberdeen Public Utilities has been in…
ATTALA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- Law enforcement in Attala County recently searched night and day for a man from Vicksburg. He was lost and in unfamiliar surroundings. “He was 80-something years old an elderly black man who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and he was traveling I believe from Vicksburg the night of the storm and he became lost,” said Attala County…
LAMAR COUNTY, Ala. (WCBI) – One person is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Lamar County this morning. Our Winston Reed joined us live from Vernon with what we’ve been able to learn. Multiple sources told WCBI Friday that this started as a pursuit inside the town of Vernon and went into the southern part of Lamar County. That chase…
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – The hometown of Elvis Presley is in shock over the unexpected death of his only child. Tom Brown is a morning host on Sunny 93.3 and he also emcees the Tupelo and Nashville Elvis festivals. Brown is also a co-host of “The Gates of Graceland”. He said he has heard from listeners from around the world…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – It was just a normal Friday at schools in Columbus and Lowndes County, but early morning bomb threats changed the entire day. Students and teachers at Columbus High, New Hope Middle, and West Lowndes High school were evacuated from classes this morning. Aaliyah Porter, a 7th grader at West Lowndes, was in her second-period class….
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lee County deputies made an arrest in the fiber vandalism we first told you about earlier this week. Now, 53-year-old Jeffery Anderson is charged with two counts of felony malicious mischief. Sheriff Jim Johnson said the charges come after a search warrant was done on President Street in Tupelo. Anderson had been under investigation for…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Columbus police are still searching for the armed robbers that held up a VFW Post. The incident happened at the Columbus VFW in the 2800 block of 7th Avenue North, just before 7 Thursday night. Investigators said two armed people came inside the bar area demanding money from customers. One person was injured after being hit…
NOXUBEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Noxubee County man has been airlifted to a Jackson hospital following a serious truck accident earlier today. According to friends and family, and to social media posts. Noxubee County First Responders – Fire, Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical Responders, and LifeCare EMS responded to an 18-wheeler log truck one-vehicle accident this morning. The accident happened…
VERNON, Ala. (WCBI) – One person is injured after a shooting today in Vernon. The shooting happened off Tower Road. We are told one person is being detained in the investigation. The victim was taken to a Columbus hospital. No information has been released about the incident, which is unrelated to the officer-involved shooting earlier in the day. For 24/7…
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Oktibbeha County deputies made an arrest in a December shooting. Donovan Lindsey was charged with two counts of shooting into a dwelling. Investigators said the incidents happened on December 20 on Rock Hill Road. That’s where two homes were struck by bullets. The shooting is still under investigation. Bond for Lindsey was set at $100,000….
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Bomb threats disrupted class time at several Lowndes County schools this morning. Sheriff Eddie Hawkins said the threats were called into New Hope Middle School, Columbus High School, and West Lowndes High School. Bomb-sniffing dogs from the sheriff’s department and Columbus Air Force Base cleared New Hope and West Lowndes. Columbus High was also determined…
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Nearly a thousand people are in Tupelo for a festival celebrating theatre and the arts. At the same time, those at the event are mourning the loss of a force in the Mississippi Arts community. As you walk into the Lyric Theatre, the registration area for the Mississippi Theatre Association Festival is to your right, and…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – T’is the season to file your taxes. And as you get ready to file, you want to stay clear of ghost tax preparers. WCBI spoke with a tax preparer who has been in the business for over three decades and wanted to sound the alarm. If you’ve been on Social Media lately, you may think everybody…