Eric Lampkin

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News Production Supervisor at WCBI-TV (Columbus, MS)

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Tennessee man receives 20 years for DUI/manslaughter in Oxford

1 week ago | wcbi.com | Eric Lampkin

OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – A Tennessee man will spend the next 20 years in Federal prison for driving under the influence and manslaughter. In January of 2025, Connor Milhorn pleaded guilty in Federal Court to Aggravated DUI Causing Death and Aggravated DUI Causing Serious Bodily Injury to a Minor Child. The charges stem from a May 11, 2024, crash on the Natchez Trace Parkway near Marietta. That crash killed Alan Lee Langford of Tupelo.
Lowndes County community helps officers protect k9 partners

1 week ago | wcbi.com | Eric Lampkin

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County residents are helping the Sheriff’s Office protect its four-legged officers. At the June 16 Board of Supervisors meeting, Sheriff Eddie Hawkins accepted a donation of just over $18,000 to buy two new ballistic vests for the Sheriff’s Office’s K-9s. The vests protect the dogs from bullets and knives while they are on the job.
Lowndes Co. Supervisors provide funds for MUW PR Firm

1 week ago | wcbi.com | Eric Lampkin

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors is helping Mississippi University for Women take its message to keep the Mississippi School for Math and Science statewide. Supervisors passed a resolution to provide up to $15,000 to help the MUW Foundation hire a public relations firm to get the word out as to why MSMS should stay in Columbus.
17-year-old reported missing in Prentiss Co.

1 week ago | wcbi.com | Eric Lampkin

PRENTISS COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The Prentiss County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help to find a missing teenager. 17-year-old Tristyn Skylar Shouse was last seen at about 10:15 pm on Sunday, June 15, at his home on Highway 366 in the Marietta Community. At the time, he was wearing a black shirt with a video game print on the front, green and black Under Armour shorts, and grey Under Armour shoes. Tristyn is autistic.
Vitalant teamed up with WCBI for Save Our Summer campaign

2 weeks ago | wcbi.com | Eric Lampkin

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – People were lining up outside of WCBI to give blood on June 13. We teamed up with Vitalant for this year’s Save Our Summer campaign. Vitalant’s mobile unit was set up outside the station from 12 pm to 5 pm to give folks in Columbus a chance to roll up their sleeves and give the gift of life. Donors received a t-shirt, a $10 gift card from Vitalant’s Rewards Store, and the chance to win one of two 10 thousand dollar gift cards to be given away.
Tupelo man accused of filming someone without consent

2 weeks ago | wcbi.com | Eric Lampkin

TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – A Tupelo man is being held without bond after being accused of videoing someone without their consent. On Monday, June 9, Tupelo Police were called to the Kroger on West Main Street about a man following a woman into the restroom. Witnesses said the man was filming the woman on his cellphone. Officers interviewed the victim and witnesses and arrested the suspect, Jairo Ramirez, on misdemeanor charges.
Two arrests made after a drug search in Itawamba Co.

2 weeks ago | wcbi.com | Eric Lampkin

ITAWAMBA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Efforts to curb the drug trade in Itawamba County resulted in two arrests. Deputies with the Itawamba County Sheriff’s Office, along with officers from the Fulton and Amory Police Departments and agents with the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, searched a home on Old Highway 25 North in Fulton on Monday, June 9. According to the Sheriff’s Office, that search uncovered a felony amount of methamphetamine. Law enforcement arrested Paul Gifford and Amanda Webb.
Oktibbeha fire leaves one man dead and the home destroyed

2 weeks ago | wcbi.com | Eric Lampkin

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – An Oktibbeha County man is dead after an early morning fire destroyed a home. Just after 2 A.M, the East Oktibbeha County Volunteer Fire Department was called to a house fire in the 8 thousand block of Curtis Chapel Road. Firefighters report being able to see the flames from a mile away. The 2 story home was completely engulfed in flames.
Suspect identified and wanted for a shooting in Brooksville

2 weeks ago | wcbi.com | Eric Lampkin

BROOKSVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Brooksville Police have identified a suspect in a late May shooting, now they’re asking for the public’s help in finding him. Police believe Edward Martinez Henley is responsible for a drive-by shooting in the town on Thursday evening, May 29. Henley has been accused of firing shots at someone at the T&D Barbershop on Highway 45 Alternate in Brooksville. No one was injured in that shooting.
One person dead and another injured after fatal crash in Alcorn Co.

2 weeks ago | wcbi.com | Eric Lampkin

ALCORN COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – One person is dead, and another seriously injured after a two-car crash in Alcorn County. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, a 2010 Ford Fusion, driven by 18-year-old Albert Kayden O’Neal of Sarah, was traveling west on Highway 72 when it collided with an eastbound 2021 GMC Terrain driven by 31-year-old Amanda Bain of Walnut. O’Neal was fatally injured in the crash and died at the scene.