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City puts restrictions on 'criminal loitering, aggressive panhandling'
TUPELO — With the rise of summer comes more panhandling both nationally, and Tupelo is no exception. Officials with the All-America City hope to curb what they’re calling “aggressive panhandling” with new rules that criminalize people who continually bother pedestrians or the flow of traffic to ask for money or services. “It is a kind of two-pronged approach,” Assistant City Attorney Stephen ...
Calhoun City alderman arrested for assault, strong armed robbery
CALHOUN COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) - Law enforcement arrested and charged a Calhoun City alderman after a recent assault. Tony Herrod faces aggravated assault and strong armed robbery charges. Sheriff Greg Pollan said another agency in the county asked his office to investigate a reported crime. A victim reported two or...
SP alum named new coach for Ole Miss track & field
Ole Miss track & field has added Morrie Turner as its new sprints and hurdles coach for the upcoming 2024-25 school year, head coach Connie Price-Smith announced Friday. Turner – a native of nearby Batesville – owns a decade of experience coaching the sprints and hurdles in the collegiate ranks, including most recently at South Carolina in […] The post SP alum named new coach for Ole Miss track & field appeared first on The Panolian.
Mississippi State baseball lands first power conference transfer of the offseason
Things had gone quiet for Mississippi State baseball in the transfer portal. The Diamond Dawgs, who are attacking the portal hard out of necessity this offseason, hadn't gotten a commitment in over a week. But now they've seemed to have picked up some steam. Houston transfer Ace Reese commits to...
Zaxby’s to open drive-thru only restaurant in Laurel
LAUREL, Miss. (WHLT) – Zaxby’s will open Mississippi’s first drive-thru only restaurant in Laurel. Located at 705 N. 16th Avenue, the new Zaxby’s is owned and operated by licensees William Young and Austin Young. The Laurel Zaxby’s is scheduled to open on Monday, July 8. “We are very excited to bring the first drive-thru only […]
Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport celebrates its 50th birthday
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Leaders in Jones and Forrest counties gathered Tuesday morning for a special birthday party for the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport. It opened on July 1, 1974. PIB has provided commercial, charter and private air service to hundreds of thousands of people over the last five decades.
JA standouts are transferring to Germantown
MADISON, Miss. — Mike and Mason Williams, who starred at Jackson Academy, are now transferring to Germantown High School. The two brothers are sons of JSU head basketball coach and NBA Champion Mo Williams. They led JA to a 36-1 record and their first overall MAIS title since 2006 this past season. Now they will join one of the top players in the country in the 2026 class in Sam Funchess at Germantown.
Receiving Stolen Property and Domestic Violence in Attala and Leake
HUNTER ADAMS, 28, of Carthage, Resisting Arrest, Public Drunk, Disorderly Conduct – Failure to Comply with LEO, Obstruction of Public Streets – Willful Obstruction by Impeding Traffic, LCSO. Bond $0, $0, $0, $0. CLARISSA L BROWN, 47, of Camden, Felony Indictment, LCSO. Gond $10,000. BRUCE L CHAMBERS, 86,...
Waynesboro murder victim’s mother speaks at suspect’s bond hearing; bond set at $1M
WAYNE COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - On Tuesday, inside the courtroom at the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, you could hear the reaction from the family of Brandon Cartwright as Jaylen Mayfield stood for his initial appearance. “I felt I would have a little bit of relief when all of this...
9 stolen vehicles found at Jackson salvage yard
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A total of nine stolen vehicles were found Tuesday at a salvage yard in Jackson. According to police, around 11 a.m., they were called to Autoplus Towing and Salvage for a report of a stolen vehicle. While investigating, they recovered a total of nine stolen vehicles....
Puerto Rican Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Ship Narcotics Across State Lines
A Puerto Rican man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 2000 grams of methamphetamine in the Southern District of Mississippi in connection with shipments of drugs across state lines. 32-year-old Ricardo Roman Rivera Santana, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court...
Historic Mississippi Newspaper Seemingly Intentionally Tricked People Into Thinking Archie Manning Died With Quirky Headline For Clicks
Archie Manning, the former NFL quarterback and father of Peyton and Eli (and Cooper) Manning, is alive and well at the age of 75 years old — which, if he were running for President, would also make him the youngest candidate! Based on a recent headline published by the long-running Mississippi newspaper the Clarion Ledger, […] The post Historic Mississippi Newspaper Seemingly Intentionally Tricked People Into Thinking Archie Manning Died With Quirky Headline For Clicks appeared first on BroBible.
Mississippi Arts: “Lanterns on the Levee” original manuscript donated to MDAH
This article first appeared on the Magnolia Tribune. The bestseller bridges the interval between the semi feudal South of the 1800s and the anxious South of the early 1940s. William Alexander Percy, born in 1885 in Greenville, Mississippi, was a Harvard Law School graduate, poet, and owner of Trail Lake Planting Company. His estate has donated the original handwritten manuscript of Percy’s 1941 autobiography and bestseller, Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter’s Son, to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH).
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