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Original log cabin where United Methodist Church in Mississippi began discovered. Woman lauded for efforts to preserve it.
The origins of the United Methodist Church in Mississippi are preserved behind the walls of a seemingly ordinary-looking house just north of Natchez. Within the structure are the intact walls of a log cabin where the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church was first established. Virginia Salmon, a former...
‘I feel God here’; Oldest Southern Baptist church on the coast celebrates 150th anniversary
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - For 150 years, Handsboro Baptist Church has opened its doors to new, and long-time guests. Sunday marked the 150th-anniversary celebration. Members representing decades as early as the 50s sat in the Handsboro Baptist Church pews once again. “I love it, it is like coming home,” Patty...
Saturday Domestic Situation, Man Not Caught
KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A woman called Attala County deputies on a man who was at her house about 10:30 Saturday morning when she and her two-year-old child felt unsafe and left while he stayed in the house. It was unclear if the woman or child were injured during the incident, which...
Kyle Flessner Named Assistant Baseball Coach
WESSON, Miss. – Kyle Flessner begins his first season as assistant baseball coach with the Wolves where he will work primarily with pitchers. Flessner is a native of Thomasboro, Illinois and graduated from Rantoul Township High School in Rantoul, Illinois. He also played pitcher and outfielder for the Eagles during his high school baseball career.
Mississippi officials warn of scam targeting utility customers
The Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) has alerted the public to a new scam targeting utility customers across the state. Scammers are impersonating PSC employees, claiming to collect bank account numbers to deposit refunds for alleged overcharges from utility companies. The scam came to light on Thursday afternoon when a...
Louisiana man identified as victim of fatal Hwy 607 crash in Hancock Co.
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol has released more information about a fatal crash that took place on Highway 607 in Hancock County late Saturday night. Around 10:30 p.m., a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 42-year-old Benjamin Harrison of Mandeville, La. was traveling northbound in the southbound...
First Alert Forecast: The heat turns up this week
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Tonight: Showers will begin to taper off the rest of this evening as things dry out overnight and for the start of next week. It will still be quite muggy overnight with temperatures still only falling into the middle and upper 70s. Monday: Rain chances begin...
Hattiesburg man quits his job to make videos on TikTok. Here's what happened next
Do you want to know what used vehicles have the best value or how to book a cruise for much less than the asking price? A lot of TikTok users are turning to Hattiesburg whiz Garner Ted Leverette for answers to those questions and others on how to better manage their money. Garner...
Community protests for Jackson gas station to be shut down
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Councilman Kenneth Stokes was joined by many in the community for a protest on Sunday against the Texaco gas station on Medgar Evers Boulevard after the recent homicides and crime in the area. He says he will be bringing up a vote of no confidence against...
Harness and Running Horse Races at The Neshoba County Fair
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (WTOK) - Day three of the Neshoba County Fair welcomed Harness and Running Horse Races at the racetrack. Hundreds gathered in the stands and around the track to watch the harness and running horse races. From people who own horses to spectators, everyone was gathered to have a...
ACSO Special Operations agents discover drugs, guns, cash in bust; two charged
NATCHEZ — Adams County Sheriff’s Office on Friday morning arrested two men — one with a litany of previous charges — during a drug bust at Holiday Apartments. In the early hours of Friday morning, agents from the ACSO Special Operations Unit executed a search warrant at Holiday Apartments, 601 Old Washington Road, Apartment 24B. […] The post ACSO Special Operations agents discover drugs, guns, cash in bust; two charged appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper.
Pontotoc's Nikki Williams owns restaurant and boutique
PONTOTOC – Nikki Williams retired from the first job she got right after college with U.S. Foods, where she was most recently a territory sales manager. But at only 42, she's as busy as ever. She owns two businesses in Pontotoc, and they couldn't be more different. "They're like night and day," Williams said. On Thursday, she celebrated the grand reopening of Ella Ivy, a women's clothing ...
Lametra Rogan makes a career in radio
TUPELO — Lametra Rogan, known professionally as DJ Gucci Girl, was raised on gospel music by her grandmother in Ripley. These days, she shares the same joy that music brought her as a child through the classic hip-hop and R&B tunes she plays for listeners on The Pulse 104.3 FM in Tupelo. Rogan, 35, was introduced to DJing in her teens by Gill Johnson and Allen Christmas who would DJ events in ...
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