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A third inmate found dead within a month at East Mississippi Correctional Facility
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - An inmate has been found deceased at the East Mississippi Correctional facility. This is the third death within the month of July at the prison. According to Lauderdale County Coroner, Stella McMahan, the individual has been identified as 59 year old Clarence Gillie. He was found...
Paradise turns into uncertainty for Mississippians left stranded at airport for a week by global computer glitch
A group of 20 Mississippians was stranded in the Caribbean for nearly a week after a global computer glitch canceled their flight home. Delta will fly them home soon, and they will have quite the story to tell. Andrea Beeson Waldrop of Brookhaven has shared the saga in a series...
Pearl River man sentenced to 10 Years in prison
Jackson, MS – A Pearl River man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for incest on the Choctaw Indian Reservation. According to court documents, Ronnie Reed, Sr., 52, had a sexual relationship with a family member in the Pearl River Community of the Choctaw Indian Reservation. Reed was indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2023, and pleaded guilty to the charge in April 2024.
In Mississippi, student filmmakers tell Emmett Till's story through their lenses
Students pile out of a bus in Drew, Mississippi, with notepads and cameras tucked under their arms. This stop, on a hot Friday afternoon in June, is the third of many throughout the quiet farming region. One student, Amari Smith, listens intently to her instructor as she carries a tripod...
Emmett Till Memory Project launches new website
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Emmett Till Memory Project (ETMP), supported by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in Mississippi and The Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Institute in Chicago, launched a newly reimagined website and forthcoming mobile application. This coincides with what would have been Till’s 83rd birthday. Officials said the website offers an immersive, media-rich educational experience […]
Recent Founder’s Day Celebration
Mound Bayou held 137th anniversary event on July 12. With its theme of “Restore Our Ancestor’s Resilience,” the 137th Annual Founder’s Day Celebration for the town of Mound Bayou was held Friday, July 12, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Bethel A.M.E. Church. The celebration, which actually is observed for several days in the town, featured a keynote address by Congressman Bennie Thompson on Friday night, along with several other activities.
On this day in 1964
Unita Blackwell became the Issaquena County delegate for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which fought to replace Mississippi’s all-white delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. “We had no idea that we were changing the whole political future of America,” she said. “We were going because we didn’t have...
Alabama Man Claims Million Dollar Jackpot In Florida Lottery
This is exactly why I never miss an opportunity to buy some scratch-off tickets when I'm on my way to the beach, or anywhere else that sells scratch-off tickets. The 500X THE CASH game is a $50 game with a top prize of $25 million, which is the largest ever offered on a Florida Scratch-Off game, and the best odds to become an instant millionaire. The game's overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.50. Scratch-Off games are an essential part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, accounting for around 77% of ticket sales. Scratch-Off games have generated more than $17.69 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) since their inception.
3 face murder charges in Mississippi for Southern student who disappeared before custody hearing
WOODVILLE, Miss. — A trio—including an ex-girlfriend—who allegedly plotted to kill a former Southern University sophomore found shot dead, now face murder charges in western Mississippi, the Wilkinson County Sheriff said Friday. Derek Terrell Hollins Jr., 21, Calajia Jack, 20, and Allyah Martin, 21, each face first-degree...
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MDWFP to unveil new state park campground and cabin renovations. Here's where it is
Enjoy newly renovated cabins, campsites and more when this state park reopens next week. Percy Quin State Park has received many upgrades recently with more on the way and the Grand Reopening is scheduled for 8 a.m. Aug. 2. "It has 102 campsites there," said Brian Ferguson, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks...
Friday rain chances are better this evening
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Best chances for rain are Friday evening. Today highs linger in the upper 80s for most of us, with mostly cloudy skies and a chance for rain in the late afternoon and early evening. This will be more like our usual summer patterns, rather than the frontal systems we’ve been contending with for the past week or more now.
Clinton teens seek gold medals in the 2024 Junior Olympics
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - While the Olympics are underway in Paris, a group from Clinton is already competing in the Junior Olympics. The teenagers are participating in the USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships. Three Clinton teenagers in the Trust the Process Track Club are running this track...
15-year-old Mississippi murder suspect captured in his mother’s Texas apartment
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WLBT) - A teen connected to a murder at a Mississippi apartment complex has been captured by the U.S. Marshals. Christian Collins, 15, was wanted in connection with a shooting at a Brookhaven apartment complex that left a 23-year-old dead in June. Collins was captured in his mother’s...
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