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Mississippi man arrested for allegedly strangling and holding a gun to woman’s head
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A man from Mississippi has been arrested after he allegedly strangled a woman and held a gun to her head in Destin on Friday night, according to a Facebook post from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. 24-year-old Gabriel Castillo, from Laurel, Mississippi, has been charged with aggravated assault and domestic […]
Witness intimidation alleged in case of Mississippi woman claiming contamination caused her cancer
LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Witness intimidation is being alleged in a new public court filing as part of a decade-long civil lawsuit arguing that unsafe practices at an oilfield wastewater disposal site caused a Jones County woman’s cancer. Deidra and Marlan Baucum live next to an old oilfield wastewater...
Mississippi Again Sets Historic New Records for Employment
JACKSON, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves announced that Mississippi set multiple new records in July for employment numbers in the state. First, the state reached a new record low unemployment rate of 2.7%. Additionally, total non-farm employment reached a record high with 1,192,200 jobs. Furthermore, at only 33,443 Mississippians, the state reached a record low for the number of unemployed individuals.
First death reported in Mississippi from West Nile Virus in 2024
The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed the first death from a human case of West Nile Virus in the state this year. The MSDH does not provide details of the specific age, gender, or location of the death out of respect and privacy for the family, but the patient in this case had […] The post First death reported in Mississippi from West Nile Virus in 2024 appeared first on The Oxford Eagle.
Hot, Stormy Sunday Forecast for Local Area
This part of central Mississippi can expect dangerous heat stress again today along with storms which could be packing damaging winds this evening. Much of the local area remains under an excessive heat warning with afternoon highs forecast to be close to 100. Heat index readings are expected to range from 108 in Philadelphia to 109 in Carthage and 110 in Kosciusko and Durant. The entire area is under a Level-2 “slight” risk of severe storms with the possibility of wind gusts of 60-70 miles an hour and hail as big as golf balls from late afternoon through midnight.
Summit focuses on changemaking and civil rights history
JACKSON, Miss. — Saturday was the final day of a three-day summit honoring the 60th anniversary of Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964. The Southern Poverty Law Center hosted "The Road to 60: Organize, Mobilize, Defend and Win Training Summit," which focused on bringing together members of the community to honor veterans of the Civil Rights Movement and the state's deep civil rights legacy.
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