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Mississippi oficials looking for men in credit card fraud ring, buying large amounts of lumber. Have you seen them?
Mississippi authorities have released photos of two men reportedly involved in a credit card fraud ring. Officials from the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office are attempting to identify the two males, one Black and one Hispanic, who reportedly have made large purchases of lumber from several home improvement stores. They...
TikTok hosts influencer panel in Jackson, addresses safety concerns
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – TikTok is one of the largest social media platforms in the world, with over a million users in Mississippi and 42,000 businesses. User safety and privacy have continuously been called in to question in the United States. A bill passed in 2023 to block the...
Body of missing Belhaven man found by Capitol Police
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The body of a missing Belhaven man has been found. On Tuesday, Capitol Police announced they had found the body of Jeffrey Davis, 53, a Belhaven man who was reported missing around 11 o’clock the night before. According to Bailey Martin, spokeswoman for the Mississippi...
Mississippi Correctional Facility 3rd death of the month
EAST MISSISSIPPI - East Mississippi Correctional Facility, just 90 miles east of Jackson, Mississippi, has reported its 3rd death this month. Official for Management and Training Corporation stated, Clarence Gillie,59, was discovered unresponsive on Thursday. The facility medical staff responded immediately until emergency medicals arrived, soon after declaring Gillie as deceased.
Philadelphia Health Department to Combat West Nile Virus by Spraying in Pennypack and Fairmount Parks
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is taking action against the local mosquito population to mitigate the buzz and bite of summer pests. Scheduled for the evenings of July 31st in Pennypack Park and August 1st in Fairmount Park, Vector Control staff will administer aerosol treatments aimed at adult mosquitoes harboring the potential to carry West Nile virus. The specific streets where spraying will occur can be scoped out on the maps provided by the Health Department's announcement.
Your Mississippi forecast for Wednesday, July 31
www.supertalk.fm – Kelly Bennett – 2024-07-31 05:00:50 SUMMARY: The weather forecast for Mississippi indicates sunny conditions across all regions today, with temperatures reaching the mid to upper 90s and heat […] The post Your Mississippi forecast for Wednesday, July 31 appeared first on Biloxi Local News and Events. Related posts: Your Mississippi forecast for Tuesday, August 8 Your Mississippi forecast for Thursday, September 28 Your Mississippi forecast for Friday, September 29
Heat Warning for Parts of Local Area, Heat Advisory for the Rest
We’ll be seeing some of the worst of this week’s heat stress in this part of central Mississippi today with an excessive heat warning in Holmes and Carroll counties and a heat advisory for the rest of the local area. The heat index this afternoon is forecast to top out close to 111 in Durant, 110 in Kosciusko, 109 in Carthage and 108 in Philadelphia. Wednesday is expected to be just as miserable but the heat index is expected to drop down a few degrees on Thursday with some rain in the forecast this weekend for parts of the state.
TikTok hosts influencer panel in Jackson, addresses safety concerns
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - TikTok is one of the largest social media platforms in the world, with over a million users in Mississippi and 42,000 businesses. User safety and privacy have continuously been called in to question in the United States. A bill passed in 2023 to block the platform...
$100 million emissions reduction project announced in Yazoo City
A carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project is moving forward in Yazoo City. That was the word Thursday from CF Industries Holdings, Inc., the world’s largest producer of ammonia. The company announced that the project at its Delta facility, its second major decarbonization project, is expected to reduce carbon...
Another arrest made in former Lee County cold case
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Another arrest has been made in connection with a former cold case in Lee County. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson identified the suspect as Niki Hester, 36, of Detroit, Alabama. Investigators charged her with first-degree murder in the 2003 death of Wendy Benson, 35. Authorities...
Tunica County Deputies Search for Burglary Suspect Seen in Video
ROBINSONVILLE, Miss.–Video of a man the Tunica County Sheriff’s Dept. believes held up a business last Wednesday in Robinsonville is up on the department’s Facebook page. They’re asking if you were in the area to check it out and see if you can help ID the man.