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Meggan Monday: Former Gulfport High friends reconnect through kidney transplant
On this week’s Meggan Monday we are raising awareness about organ donation, specifically live organ donation. Did you know that according to the National Kidney Foundation, 12 people in the US die every day waiting on a kidney. Cragin Gilbert was on that list. He suffers from type one diabetes, but he now has his perfect match and is getting a new kidney tomorrow. Thanks to a very special friend.
Rutledge building wall collapse blocks Highway 10
Traffic through Rutledge on U.S. Highway 10 was halted Tuesday afternoon by what appears to be a weather-related explosion. At approximately 3:15 p.m. on July 16, Amber Olney, a clerk at the Rutledge Post Office reported debris in the road to local law enforcement. The incident occurred on Lee Street, directly across from the Rutledge […] The post Rutledge building wall collapse blocks Highway 10 appeared first on Luverne Journal.
Woman pleads not guilty after abducted child found dead in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The woman charged in connection to the abduction of two Louisiana girls, which ended with one of them deceased in Mississippi, appeared in court for her arraignment on Tuesday, July 16. According to the public defender for Victoria Cox, she pled not guilty in Hinds County Circuit Court. A Hinds County Grand […]
Woman Loses Her Job Working With A Congressman After Saying She Wished Trump Shooter Had Better Aim
Congressman Bennie Thompson has terminated Jacqueline Marsaw, a case manager and field director, for posting controversial statements on social media following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The shooting incident that left the former president injured occurred at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Thompson, who represents Mississippi’s 2nd...
5 high school graduates receive thousands of dollars in Croom scholarships
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Five high school graduates from Tuscaloosa and Mississippi were awarded thousands of dollars worth of college scholarships today, all made possible by the Kennis Croom Foundation. The five graduates walked away with a combined total of $45,000. Mallory Rucker will apply her $10,000 Kennis Croom Foundation...
Damascus Road: Drug court changing lives, saving taxpayers ‘boatload of money’
Michael Fisher gives his testimonial during the 15th Circuit Intervention Court graduation at Woodlawn church in Columbia, Miss., on Friday, May 31, 2024. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today. By his own analysis, Michael Fisher, 39, just a few years ago was a “dope-selling, drug-addicted failure … homeless with a needle in...
Missouri fugitive captured in Booneville
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) – A Missouri fugitive was captured in Prentiss County on Monday morning. Authorities were able to locate and arrest 33-year-old Joshua Mullins without incident in Booneville. Mullins was wanted for kidnapping, robbery, assault, and fraudulent use of a credit/debit device. He is awaiting extradition back to...
School-record number of Bulldogs head to Paris Olympics
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi State University (MSU) will send its largest delegation in school history to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The university will be represented by nine athletes and one coach. The athletes will represent eight countries in four different sports beginning on July 25, a day before the Opening Ceremony. Five Bulldogs […]
City councilman says donors offered to fund demolition of dilapidated North Jackson hotel
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Jackson city councilman says private donors have approached him about funding the demolition of a dilapidated hotel along I-55 North. On Tuesday, Ward One Councilman Ashby Foote asked for an update on the city’s efforts to tear down the Hotel O, saying donors are willing to help fund its demolition.
Walls Man Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder of Cousin in 2023
A Walls man was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Monday for murdering his cousin in 2023. The DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office announced that 21- year-old Jaheem Cunningham was sentenced after pleading guilty in DeSoto County Court to one count of second-degree murder. On March 16, 2023,...
The blessings of an association with Mississippi College
Mississippi – and particularly, Clinton, Mississippi – residents are truly blessed to have a nationally known and recognized institution of higher education in our midst. While graduates of the most expensive Ivy League colleges and universities in the nation emerge, confused and ill-equipped to contribute to society, Mississippi College graduates enter adulthood with enthusiasm, anxious to do their part to conquer the world’s problems and make life better for others.
Zebra born at Hattiesburg Zoo doing well, zoo officials say
Hattiesburg Zoo on Sunday welcomed a new member to its family with the birth of a female zebra. The female foal was born to 3-year-old Samira and 7-year old Bakari. It was Samira's first foal, zoo officials said. “We have been watching and monitoring Samira, and following her pregnancy quite...
Activities and amenities at The Orchard Retirement Community
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Sandra Strain, Director of Community Relations, joined Studio 3 to talk about the awards The Orchard has received, as well as many of the activities and amenities offered to all the residents there, specifically those battling memory loss and dementia in the Rose Garden. Want more...
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