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WDAM 7 Morning Commute for Friday, June 28 - Green Light Alert
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - The Pine Belt is heading into a holiday week, and construction is in full swing. Here are the traffic updates and alerts you need to know!. ROAD WORK: I-59 between U.S. 49 and Exit 80 (Moselle-Seminary Road) - load restrictions apply, alternating lane closures. ROAD...
Death investigation launched after body discovered near Mississippi creek
A death investigation has been launched after human remains have been found near a Mississippi creek. Officials with the Jones County Sheriff’s Department are investigating after the discovery of human remains near Tom Windham Road near Tallahala Creek. Authorities are currently gathering evidence at the scene of the discovery...
WDAM 7 Morning Commute for Thursday, June 27 - Green Light Alert
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - It’s a “Green Light Alert” day in the Pine Belt, but drivers should always use caution and stay alert on their commutes. The Mississippi Department of Transportation reported a crash in the northbound lanes of I-59 just before Monroe Road (EX 73) around 6 a.m. on Thursday. Emergency crews have blocked off the right lane of traffic as they work to clear the scene and assess the situation.
Sources say foul play suspected after body discovered in county
Human remains were found on the side of a little-used old roadway just outside of the Laurel city limits, off Tom Windham Road, near Tallahala Creek, on Wednesday morning. Bike riders made the grisly discovery and called authorities to the paved trail, which runs off Slaughter Pen Road. Sheriff Joe Berlin and investigators with the Jones County Sheriff’s Department were there processing the scene before Jones County Coroner Burl Hall arrived to recover the body. Foul play is suspected, sources said. More information will be released when it becomes available, Berlin said. (Photos by JCSD)
Human remains found near Jones County creek
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – Jones County deputies are investigating after human remains were discovered. Authorities said the remains were located near Tom Windham Road near Tallahala Creek on Wednesday, June 26. Investigators said the remains have been identified as 35-year-old Desmond Frost, of Waynesboro. His death is being investigated as a homicide. EMSERV Ambulance Service […]
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