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Casey’s Buys Nearly 200 Stores In Texas, Alabama, Florida And Mississippi
Ankeny, Iowa — The Ankeny-based Casey’s convenience store chain announced the acquisition today Friday of 198 stores in the southern US that includes 148 in Texas and 50 in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. Casey’s is purchasing the CEFCO convenience stores for more than one-point-one BILLION dollars. Casey’s CEO...
Focused on Mississippi: Mississippi Lions All State Band
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) – Members of the Pearl High School Band have been practicing this summer ahead of the first football game of the 2024 season. There’s another high school band that Mississippi fields every summer. It’s the Mississippi Lions All State Band. There are more than 140 members of the band. After an intense one week of […]
Tupelo Junior Auxiliary’s Clothes Closet helps students in need dress for success
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Tupelo's Junior Auxiliary is making sure every student has a pair of clean clothes and shoes for the start of the school year. The JA’s Clothes Closet allows counselors to refer students who might need everyday items like school-appropriate shirts, pants, and shoes. The...
2026 wide receiver Jase Matthews has good day at Juice Fest
Greene County (Miss.) High School 2026 wide receiver Jase Matthews camped at Juice Fest on Saturday to some rave reviews. Simply put, Thomas impressed Ole Miss coaches. Ole Miss is the only offer the 6-1.5, 182-pound, unrated 2026 wide receiver has at the moment. The Rebels offered last summer. We...
1 person killed, another being held in jail following crash in Fulton
FULTON, Miss. (WTVA) – A fatal crash in Fulton is under investigation. Fulton Police Chief Brad Rogers said the crash took place just before 4 p.m. Saturday at the South Adams and County Club Road intersection. The chief said one person was injured and was taken to the North...
Jackson State University Makes History As First HBCU To Receive Prestigious Award For Promoting Innovation And Invention
Jackson State University is the first HBCU to receive recognition from the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI is a nonprofit that promotes academic inventors. Established at the University of South Florida in 2010, the NAI has inducted 757 Fellows since 2012. To qualify as a Fellow, one must be named an inventor on at least one U.S. patent. Upon earning the Founder’s Award from NAI, JSU became the first Mississippi school to receive the honor. It is presented to institutions that contribute to the organization’s “success by enhancing its reach, promoting access, diversity and a commitment to innovation and invention.”...
Clay County judge increases prison time
CLAY COUNTY - A West Point man is sentenced to 70 years after judge witnessed misbehaving outside the court. 37-year-old, Amonty Young, prison timed increased after he caused commotion in a holding cell after being initially sentenced. Young, who plead guilty to attacking a woman was convicted of attempted murder...
Scattered thunderstorms Sunday with hotter temperatures next week
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue for some of us this evening and into tonight. As we look ahead into our Sunday, the rain continues with more widespread rain likely in the morning. Rain chances stick around for the beginning of next week, but will be more limited through the middle of the week. Temperatures will be on the rise with the mid to upper 90s returning!
Ole Miss Position Look | Lane Kiffin, Pete Golding have that ideal front seven to compete with anyone
Lane Kiffin, Pete Golding and the Ole Miss coaching staff went on a mission, a few weeks after getting buried in Athens by eventual SEC East Champion Georgia. They simply had to get bigger, faster and stronger across the board, with the depth to fortify their efforts against the best the country has to offer.
After mass deadly shooting, Delta town declares state of emergency
INDIANOLA, Miss. - A state of emergency has been declared in response to three people being killed and 13 more injured from a shooting spree July 21 in a Delta town in Sunflower County, Miss. The bold decision was made in a special called meeting of the City of Indianola...
Indianola enforces curfew after mass shooting
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Board of Alderman for the City of Indianola has approved a midnight curfew for Indianola residents. The Mayor and Board of Alderman announced the decision Friday after a shooting at a nightclub killed three people and injured over a dozen more last weekend. The emergency proclamation said that the decision was […]
Mississippi Highway Patrol releases the name of the fatal car accident on Highway 45
CLARKE COUNTY, Miss. (WTOK)—UPDATE: 7/28/24, The name of the deceased driving in the Kia Forte is 76-year-old Francis Lamar Moss of Enterprise. The family was notified of the fatal accident Sunday evening. On Saturday morning at approximately 10:58, the Mississippi Highway Patrol received a call about a two-vehicle crash...
Holmes County Sheriff’s Office faces employee shortage
HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The Holmes County Sheriff’s Office is facing some staffing shortages after several people were terminated at the county jail. Last month, Sheriff Willie March said a detention officer was arrested for distributing marijuana to an inmate. He said four others were fired for allegedly bringing contraband into the jail. The […]
Monticello’s Addie Carver is off to Hollywood for the 2024 Miss Teen USA pageant
Seventeen-year-old Addie Carver, Miss Mississippi Teen USA, is off to Hollywood, to compete in the national Miss Teen USA competition. Carver, a rising senior at Lawrence County High School, is the daughter of Dwayne and Kristi Carney, and the late Chuck Carver. She has danced at Showstoppers Studio of Dance in Brookhaven for 14 years, […] The post Monticello’s Addie Carver is off to Hollywood for the 2024 Miss Teen USA pageant appeared first on Daily Leader.
Oxford Board of Alderman members offer more affordable housing options
OXFORD - Oxford Board of Alderman members approved new overlay district in hopes it will offer more affordable housing options for the city. The new overlay will facilitate a dense, single-family residential neighborhood. Members have approved their first property location on Geroge G. Pat Patterson Parkway. The new overlay district...
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