Rain at Least Through the Weekend, Brief Tornado Confirmed, Flood Shelter Opens
COLUMBUS, Miss.–Heavy rain caused flooding in Lowndes County Tuesday, forcing people to leave their homes. A shelter has opened for people who were forced out...
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Miss. News Briefs: Two Sisters Take a Trip (And Worry Their Family to Death); Fugitive Picks a Nice Place
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NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss.–Imagine your grandmother taking a trip without telling you where she’s going, and leaving her pills behind. That happened to a Mississippi family...
Nightclubs Scene of First Murder of 2015 and Other Shootings
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COLUMBUS, Miss.–Some people go to nightclubs for a good time. Others go looking for trouble. For some people, trouble finds them. Whatever the case for...
Time Running Out for KiOR Plant, Over $70 Million Owed to the State
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COLUMBUS, Miss.–Time could be running out soon for the KiOR plant in Columbus, which was set up to made fuel out of wood chips and...
Almost Miss America: Jasmine Murray Makes the Top Ten and Makes Home Proud
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.–It was the Top Ten for Miss Mississippi Jasmine Murray Sunday night. She wowed the crowd, and made home proud, but Miss New...
“Larger Than Life”: State Sen. Terry Brown Remembered After Losing Battle With Cancer
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COLUMBUS, Miss.–“Larger than life” is how Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves described his friend Terry Brown in a statement released Thursday evening. Brown lost his battle...
Trailer Set on Fire to Conceal a Killing: Woman’s Body Found Inside Burned Home
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LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss.–Imagine laying in the bed around 3 a.m. and a loud noise wakes you up. You look outside and see your neighbor’s trailer...
Miss. News Briefs: Neighborhood Shot Up and Where the Water is Still Nasty
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COLUMBUS, Miss.–You might be pretty irate if somebody decided to destroy the peace in your neighborhood by shooting up a house, especially one with people...
Miss. News Briefs: Baseball Stadium Stalled, Turtles Get Their Home Protected
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BILOXI, Miss.–If you just can’t wait to take the kids to the “ole ball game” in Biloxi, you might have to learn some patience and...
Pot Plants Found: Miss. Highway Patrol Says New Chopper Responsible
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TCHULA, Miss.–You could hear the buzz of the engine and feel the air beating the ground as a brand new blue and gray chopper flew...