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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...
Mass shooting at nightclub in Mississippi leaves 3 people dead, a dozen more injured
Authorities confirmed three 19-year-olds were killed and more than a dozen people were injured in a weekend shooting outside an Indianola nightclub in Sunflower County. Indianola Mayor Ken Featherstone told the Clarion Ledger there was a large crowd of people gathered around a local club before the Sunday midnight shooting on Church Street. Sunflower...
Shooting outside a Mississippi nightclub kills 3 and injures more than a dozen
INDIANOLA, Miss. (AP) — Authorities say three 19-year-olds were killed and more than a dozen people were injured in a weekend shooting outside a nightclub in Mississippi. The police chief in Indianola told The Enterprise-Tocsin that a large crowd had gathered outside a club near the Sunflower County courthouse. Officers were putting up barriers to help with traffic flow before the shooting broke out. The Sunflower County coroner says those killed early Sunday in Indianola were Areon Butler of Indianola, Cameron Lee Butts of Greenville and Marquette Baites of Greenville. More details are not immediately available. Indianola is in Mississippi’s largely rural Delta region.
Community leader reacts to Mississippi mass shooting that leaves 3 dead, 13 others injured
INDIANOLA, Miss. - Three teenagers killed and 13 other people injured after a mass shooting in Mississippi early yesterday morning. FOX13 told you this happened just after midnight Sunday in Indianola. That's about two hours south of Memphis. "The last couple of years we’ve had a lot of gun violence,...
Six teens convicted of setting fire to school in Mississippi Delta
SUNFLOWER COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Six teens were convicted of setting fire to a school in the Mississippi Delta. The fires happened in October 2023 at an abandoned school, near Drew. Two 14-year-olds and four 15-year-olds were convicted of charges ranging from first-degree arson to criminal trespass. All of...
Six teenagers receive punishment for setting fire to historic school in Mississippi Delta
DREW, Miss. (WTVA) — Six teenagers finally face justice for setting fire to a historic school in the Mississippi Delta, the Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) announced on Wednesday, July 17. The two separate fires happened on Oct. 14, 2023, and Oct. 15, 2023, at an abandoned school in Drew.
Five Minors Convicted of Arson in Drew Fire
DREW, Miss.–The school that burned in two fires in October was considered historic and was in the process of being placed on the Historical Register in Sunflower County. But, the second fire on Sunday, October 15, put an end to the school. NHow six people are paying for the fire, which was intentionally set, says the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Indianola Fire Department fights machine shop blaze
On Thursday, July 10, 2024 at 7:08pm, the Indianola Fire Department responded to a fire in a welding and machine shop in the 1200 block of US Highway 82 East. At 7:24pm, an additional alarm was struck for the Sunflower County South Fire Task Force, bringing three additional engines, the county fire coordinator, both deputy coordinators, a county division chief, and MedStat EMS.
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