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Entergy Mississippi helps customers keep cool and save money this summer
* Customers in Jackson received energy efficiency kits and box fans at a drive-thru event held in partnership with. -- Extreme heat can increase electricity use and costs, and the past two summers have brought record-level temperatures to our service area and high electricity usage by our customers. Entergy Mississippi.
MS Cherokee group: Industrial pollution threatens families
A rural Mississippi community is fighting to protect the health of some Cherokee residents threatened by industrial pollution. Barbara Weckesser, treasurer of the group Cherokee Concerned Citizens, and some of her neighbors formed the group in 2013 to address noise, dust and odor stemming from the Bollinger shipyard and Chevron refinery, just a few miles from the Gulf of Mexico community.
‘We just don’t want you to give up’: Parks Director outlines plans for Jackson Zoo
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson City Council members are raising more questions about the administration’s decision to count some $677,000 in city appropriations as revenue for the Jackson Zoological Park. “Is it going to be your practice... that revenue-generating enterprises within this city, if the city gives it $1.6...
Jackson Prep soccer coach breaks career win record
FLOWOOD, Miss. (WLBT) - Last week, the Jackson Prep girls’ soccer team defeated Heritage Academy 7-0. With the win, Prep head coach Jon Marcus Duncan earned his 832nd career win, cementing him as the new all-time leader for a high school soccer coach in Mississippi. Duncan, who graduated from...
Suspect flees from traffic stop, police chase follows
PEARL, Miss. (WLBT) - A man fled from Capitol Police officers when they attempted to make a traffic stop in Jackson Thursday around 6:30 p.m. The driver of the vehicle failed to stop, leading officers on a pursuit from Ellis Avenue to Knight Road in Pearl, Mississippi. The driver, 38-year-old,...
DA announces ‘Memphis gangster’ indicted in 2023 high-profile gun store burglary
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (WMC) - DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton says that a 23-year-old “Memphis gangster” has been indicted on charges related to a high-profile burglary of a Southaven gun store and jeweler that occurred more than a year ago. Thieves were caught on surveillance video ransacking the...
Little Sturgis a big deal in Oktibbeha County
STURGIS, Miss. (WCBI) – Bikers are already rolling into Sturgis. Sturgis, Mississippi that is. The Little Sturgis Motorcycle Rally kicks off Thursday and rolls through the weekend. There will be live music, food and merchandise vendors, bike shows, and more. Sturgis Mayor Leah Brown says they are expecting as...
Councilman Stokes says Angelique Lee won't be last city official to be prosecuted this year
After now former Ward 2 Jackson City Councilwoman Angelique Lee pleaded guilty to accepting bribes, which were for her vote on a downtown development, Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes told reporters she may not be the last Jackson official standing before a judge this year. "I believe there's going to be a number...
Hattiesburg poultry plant settles with OSHA after teen’s death
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – Attorneys announced Mar-Jac Poultry settled with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after the death of a 16-year-old boy at the facility. According to the attorney for the family of Duvan Perez, Mar-Jac agreed to pay $164,814 in fines and implement numerous safety measures at the […]
Man running from deputies faces felony charges
On Aug. 13, deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department responded to a reckless driver on HWY 7 S. A Deputy located the vehicle in question and initiated a traffic stop. During the traffic stop, the driver fled in his vehicle. Deputies pursued the car until it came to a stop on Oxford Way. Deputies […] The post Man running from deputies faces felony charges appeared first on The Oxford Eagle.
IHL approves administrative cuts at Delta State, clearing another budget hurdle
Delta State University’s governing board approved more budget cuts at its regular meeting Thursday — this time, at the administrative level. The regional university in the Mississippi Delta now has three colleges instead of four as part of its quest for financial sustainability under the current president, Daniel Ennis.
Mississippi mom says daughter locked up after she was bullied on birthday
DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. — A DeSoto County parent who claims her daughter was bullied at Horn Lake Middle School says her daughter was taken to the Juvenile Justice Center in Hernando and remains there. She says not enough is being done to address the problem of bullying. “I am mad. I’m upset. I’m probably every […]
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