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Missing Child Alert issued for 14-year-old Prentiss girl
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – A Missing/Endangered Child Alert has been issued for a 14-year-old Prentiss girl. Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) said Kaycee Alexis Johnson was last seen on Wednesday, July 17 around 6:45 p.m. in the 5500 block of Highway 13 in Jefferson Davis County. Johnson was last seen […]
Ole Miss' answer to Judkins transfer may already be on roster in form of Ulysses Bentley
Ole Miss lost star running back Quinshon Judkins to the NCAA transfer portal over the off-season. You win some some and you lose some, we reckon. Judkins was a star for a reason. In two seasons at Ole Miss, Judkins tied Deuce McAllister's school record with 14 career 100-yard rushing games and set school single season records in 2022 with 1,567 rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns. He was named first-team All-SEC for the 2022 and 2023 seasons and was named CBS Sports' national freshman of the year in 2022.
The 8th annual Back 2 School Celebrity Basketball Game in Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) - The start of the school year is coming soon, and on Sunday in Vicksburg, the Young Executives organization decided the best way to bring in the new school year is with some basketball. The Warren Central gym was packed with students, parents, and athletes for the...
Estranged husband of Latasha Crump Coleman killed in shooting
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said the estranged husband of a missing woman was killed during a shooting at a gas station. The shooting happened at the Shell gas station on Suncrest Drive at McDowell Road on Sunday, July 21. According to Wade, 48-year-old Derrick Coleman and 37-year-old Jasvir Singh were […]
Clinton students head back to class to start the new year
CLINTON, Miss. — Monday is the first day of class for students in the Clinton Public School District. More than 5,000 students began the 2024-2025 school year at the district’s nine schools. Director of Communications for the district, Robert Chapman, said there are big expectations for the year.
Three killed, as many as 16 injured in weekend shooting outside Mississippi night club
Three teens were killed and many more people injured when during a shooting outside a local Mississippi club shortly after midnight Sunday. WTVA in Tupelo and The Enterprise-Tocsin newspaper are reporting that the mass shooting occurred after midnight Sunday at a club in Indianola. Officials from the Sunflower County Coroner’s...
Ragweed is great for deer
BROOKHAVEN — Lincoln County residents may start to notice more and more ragweed growing in disturbed areas. The plant is a great protein source for deer as they enter a crucial time of the year. Mississippi’s white-tailed deer population faces two high stress periods. The first is in late summer when plants start to lose […] The post Ragweed is great for deer appeared first on Daily Leader.
Previewing South Carolina's 2024 schedule: Ole Miss
After taking Akron in Week 4 of the 2024 season, South Carolina will enter a bye week and will remain at Williams-Brice Stadium the next week as it welcomes Ole Miss to Columbia on Oct. 5. South Carolina and Ole Miss have played twice since 2018 but the Rebels have...
VIDEO: Homeschool athletic program, Tupelo Titans finally approved to play public school teams
Tupelo Titans is a homeschool athletic program that gives kids the opportunity to play organized sports. It started back in 2020, four years later it's approved as a competitor to public school teams. Tags. Localnow. Homeschool athletic program, Tupelo Titans finally approved to play public school teams. Tupelo Titans is...
Gardner Watson property sold, contents up for grabs
TUPELO – Inside what was once the Gardner Watson Ice and Video store on Rankin Boulevard Extended in Tupelo are the remnants of the business that once had just about everything — appliances, videocassettes, and, of course, ice. But Charlie and Peggy Gardner Watson, who are both in the 80s, are ready to let it all go. In fact, they have to get rid of the remaining contents, as they've sold the ...
Community leaders, high school football team collab for backpack giveaway in Ocean Springs
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - Cars filled the parking lot of Macedonia Baptist Church in Ocean Springs on Saturday as families were lined up and ready to receive some backpacks for their children. It’s all thanks to the Distinguished Gentlemen of Ocean Springs and their reflection on what it was...
Borges Downs Nadal For First ATP 250 Title
BASTAD, Sweden, - Mississippi State five-time All-American Nuno Borges claimed his first ATP 250 Tour Championship on Sunday by defeating tennis legend Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2 to win the Nordea Open. Sunday marked Borges' first finals appearance and is just the fourth person to defeat Nadal in an ATP clay...
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