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1 week ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams
Mississippi's Most Wanted list has been relaunched to help law enforcement locate fugitives posing a threat to public safety. Commissioner Sean Tindell said the most wanted list is compiled by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation in collaboration with law enforcement agencies across the state, and features fugitives with felony charges who pose a significant threat to public safety. "We remain committed to enhancing public safety across our great state," Tindell said in a statement.
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1 week ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams
A 77-year-old was killed Tuesday in a crash in Pike County.The wreck was reported at about 9:30 a.m. on Interstate 55, according to a news release from Sgt. Craig James, with the Mississippi Highway Patrol.Willie Carter, of Kentwood, Louisiana, was traveling north on the interstate in a 2013 Buick Enclave when the vehicle left the road and crashed into a tree. Carter was pronounced dead at the scene, James said.The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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1 week ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams
A man has been arrested in connection with attacks on two hospital employees in Jackson.Hospital officials said a patient who had been discharged from the GV Montgomery VA Medical Center assaulted an employee there and then went to the University of Mississippi Medical Center and assaulted an employee there.
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1 week ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams
The Gluckstadt Police Department made a major drug bust on Tuesday. Officers arrested Kenderius M. Bass after discovering about 12,000 multi-colored pills suspected to be fentanyl during a traffic stop. Bass, who was in a black Chevrolet Camaro, was stopped for careless driving on Old Jackson Road near Church Road.
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1 week ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams
>> WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE’VE GOT A NEW 16 CUISINE ON THE WAY REAL SOON. A NEW RESTAURANT AT THE DISTRICT OF EASTOVER IS SET TO OPEN NEXT MONTH. EUDORA’S DOORS WILL OPEN IN THE FORMER LOCATION WHERE FINE AND DANDY WAS ON NOVEMBER 15TH. THAT RESTAURANT AND BAR WILL SPECIALIZE IN CRAFT COCKTAILS WITH FRESH INGREDIENTS AND AN ACTIVE HAPPY HOUR.
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1 week ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams
Two off-duty Jackson police officers were arrested after authorities said they were involved in a fight with an employee at the Walmart Supercenter in Ridgeland. Jackson Police Department officials said Jordan J. Lewis and Terrinesheya N. Dampeer are charged with disorderly conduct and are on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.The incident took place around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 24. Ridgeland police officers arrested Lewis, Dampeer and the unnamed Walmart employee.
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1 week ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams
The Jackson Police Department is investigating the death of a pedestrian on Memorial Day.Precinct 4 officers were called to Interstate 55, near the Beasley Road exit, after a body was found on the interstate, according to Detective Tommie Brown.
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1 week ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams
A man and his teenage son were killed in Holmes County when their vehicle crashed into a fallen tree.The wreck was reported at about 10 p.m. Saturday on Highway 14, according to a news release from Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Jose Watson.Watson said Calvin Cox, 37, of Lexington, was driving a 2004 GMC Sierra west on the highway when he hit the tree, which was partially in the road. Cox and his 16-year-old son, D'Kbryn Cox, were pronounced dead at the scene.
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1 week ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams
A precautionary boil-water alert is in place in Natchez after lightning struck the city's water plant. The strike during Sunday's storms caused the pumps to go off, leading to a loss of water pressure all over town, according to a social media post from the city. "High pressure pumps have been activated, and the situation has been resolved," city officials said.
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1 week ago | 
wapt.com | Angela Williams
ADMINISTRATION IS OPEN TO CONGRESS REINSTATING THE PROGRAM NEXT YEAR IF THERE'S A GREAT NEED FOR ASSISTANCE. <GIVE TIME> GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY MONDAY. SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED THIS MORNING FOR PARTS OF THE STATE WITH MORE ON THE WAY. SHOWERS WILL BE HIT AND MISS THROUGH THE MORNING WITH THE GREATEST RAIN CHANCES WEST OF I-55. A LEADING EDGE OF TORRENTIAL RAIN, HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS COULD IMPACT THE STATE BY THE AFTERNOON.
