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Marshall County schools to stifle student phone usage using Yondr locking pouches
HOLLY SPRINGS - The Marshall County School District will kick the 2024-25 school year off with a new policy — all student phones will be bagged in sealed pouches, preventing students from using them during the school day. The district announced the new policy in a Facebook post on June 17, letting parents know that the goal was to make MCSD schools into phone-free environments. Yondr pouches ...
Mississippi Republicans love at least one project Trump now calls a ‘green new scam’
Some of Mississippi’s top Republicans, namely Gov. Tate Reeves and U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, traveled last week to Marshall County in north Mississippi, a stone’s throw from the state line with Tennessee, to celebrate the groundbreaking for a new electric vehicle battery plant. “Today we broke ground on...
Mississippi Republicans love at least one project Trump now calls a ‘green new scam’
Some of Mississippi’s top Republicans, namely Gov. Tate Reeves and U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, traveled last week to Marshall County in north Mississippi, a stone’s throw from the state line with Tennessee, to celebrate the groundbreaking for a new electric vehicle battery plant. “Today we broke ground on...
Shots fired, police pursuit in north Mississippi
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man in northern Mississippi was arrested after allegedly firing shots at his ex-girlfriend. A little after 9 p.m., a woman called the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office and said she and her friend, who is the ex-girlfriend of the suspect, were being shot at. Gunshots could be heard during the call. When deputies arrived […]
Heat blamed for Mississippi man’s death
MARSHALL COUNTY, Miss. — A coroner has confirmed that sweltering heat is to blame for the death of a man in the Lamar community over the weekend. “He stayed outside too long and really, you need to limit yourself when you’re outside in the heat,” Marshall County Coroner James Anderson said. Anderson isn’t releasing the […]
MS: Vehicle Battery Production Facility Breaks Ground in Marshall County, Creating 2,000+ New Jobs
Amplify Cell Technologies broke ground in Byhalia, Miss., last week on a billion-dollar vehicle battery production facility, a new joint venture from three commercial vehicle manufacturers: Accelera by Cummins, Daimler Truck, and PACCAR. The joint venture will localize battery cell production for commercial vehicles, invest $1.9 billion into a Marshall...
Stepfather finishes race for son who was shot and killed
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Sunday, the racetrack in Holly Springs, MS brought together different families that were joined by tragedy, it was a race day to remember. Engines revved up and drivers prepped their cars for the memorial race in Holly Springs honoring Tarvis Shields, a Mississippi man who was killed in a 2022 shooting in Marshall County.
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