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Pre-Season Preview: Meridian Wildcats
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The Wildcats are entering their season under new head coach Shelton Gandy. This marks Gandys 35th year of coaching. The Wildcats have had a lot of change this off-season. From a new coach to a new field this season is already surrounded by excitement. Coach Gandy...
4 fatal shootings by Mississippi law officers were justified, state's attorney general says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The use of force was justified in four fatal shootings by Mississippi law enforcement officers last year, Attorney General Lynn Fitch said Wednesday. Fitch based her findings on investigations conducted by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. One shooting happened May 16, 2023, and involved four Meridian Police Department officers, the attorney general said. A man entered the lobby of an assisted care facility and threatened employees with a pistol before officers were called. The man barricaded himself inside the facility, and officers killed him after encountering him with a weapon, police said. On June 3, 2023, a Union County Sheriff’s Department deputy responded to a call about a domestic disturbance in Myrtle and killed a man who had a shotgun. Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said the deputy fired multiple shots and retreated.
Medicaid awards managed care contracts after two-year stalemate
Three companies will begin new contracts to manage the care of Mississippi Medicaid beneficiaries in July of 2025, barring further legal holdups. For-profit, incumbent companies Magnolia Health and Molina Healthcare and new, nonprofit TrueCare were each awarded four-year, $3.8 billion contracts beginning Aug. 12. The contracts were stalled for two...
Former Mayor Percy Bland announces 2025 run in Facebook post
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - In a post on his Facebook page, former Meridian Mayor Percy Bland announced he’s running again in 2025. Bland, a Democrat, served two terms as Mayor, from 2013 to 2021. He lost to current Mayor Jimmie Smith in 2021′s Democrat Primary.
Mississippi State Medical Examiner Teams with Othram to Identify a 2023 John Doe
In December 2023, the skeletal remains of an unidentified individual were discovered inside a car in a wooded area off MS Highway 589 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Hattiesburg is about 90 miles southeast of Jackson and about 70 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico coast. When the Lamar County Police Department arrived at the scene, they found the driver's side door of a white Nissan Altima ajar, with the remains of an unidentified individual positioned in the driver's seat. Circumstantial evidence available at the scene led investigators to believe that the remains were those of a male whose identity could not be confirmed. The remains were then taken to the Mississippi State Medical Examiner for further analysis.
Hosemann launches State Fiscal Policy Study Group co-chaired by Hopson
JACKSON — Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann on Tuesday named a third select study group in the Senate on state fiscal policy. The study group will be co-chaired by Senate Appropriations Chairman Briggs Hopson and Senate Finance Chairman Josh Harkins. “Our ultimate goal is always to lower the tax burden and ensure taxpayer dollars stay in […]
Child kidnapped out of Louisiana found safe in Mississippi
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Police said a six-year-old child, who was kidnapped in Louisiana, was found safe in Mississippi. According to Ridgeland Police Chief Brian Myers, the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) alerted his department about a possible custodial kidnapping out of Louisiana. Myers said a Ridgeland officer located a vehicle matching the description, and […]
Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy on display at this year's DNC in Chicago
It was appropriate that a strong, horn-mad voice from yesteryear became among the most powerful at another national convention of the Democratic Party. One after the other, Democrats at the recent gathering in Chicago invoked the voice and image of legendary Mississippi Civil Rights Movement icon Fannie Lou Hamer, a firebrand Sunflower County sharecropper. ...
ATM burglary suspects returned to Clarke County to face their charges
CLARKE COUNTY, Miss. (WTOK) -Earlier this month, Clarke County Sheriff Anthony Chancelor shared information about the arrest of two suspects responsible for ATM burglaries in the area. The two suspects in the August 8th ATM burglary at Great Southern Bank in Enterprise were returned to Clarke County on Tuesday to...
Very hot and humid air returns Wednesday, storms are back beginning on Thursday
Wednesday: The area of high pressure aloft will remain over us on Wednesday, so that means more heat. It will be sunny with higher humidity levels. High temperatures will be in the upper 90s to around 100. The heat index will be around 100-105+. Thursday: The high pressure will move northeast of Alabama on Thursday, […]
Groundbreaking date announced for new Warren County Jail
A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Warren County Jail has finally been announced. Following years of questions about when the new jail will be constructed, the Warren County Board of Supervisors has announced ground will be broken on the facility Monday, Sept. 16 at 11:30 a.m. The new jail is being constructed to replace the […]
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