Houston School Board to Establish Criteria for New Superintendent with Input...
HOUSTON, Miss. (WCBI) — The Houston community will have a tremendous say-so in the selection of the new school superintendent. After declining to renew current superintendent Steve Coker’s contract,...
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MSU Community Service Efforts Repeat with National Honors
STARKVILLE, Miss. (Press Release) — Recognized once again for continuing commitments to community engagement and service-learning, Mississippi State is listed on the latest President’s Higher...
View ArticleFederal Health Officials Face Tough Questions on Flu Vaccine
BY LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are facing questioning about why this year’s flu vaccine isn’t giving good protection against the winter menace. This is a...
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MCSD Nets 7 Drug Arrests Following Multiple Traffic Stops
Cantrell Meisenholder Roye Langley MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) — Seven individuals are behind bars on drug-related charges following separate traffic stops. According to a press release provided by the...
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6 Arrested in Connection with Columbus Motel Disturbance
Jones Thorsen Stephenson COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) — What started as a response to a possible disturbance involving a gun turned into a mass arrest. Police responded about 3:31 a.m. Tuesday to the Plaza...
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Aberdeen Man Sought for Questioning in Monroe County
Carouthers MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) — Monroe County authorities are trying to weed out an individual wanted for questioning. Per a release provided by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department,...
View ArticleMSU Welcomes High School Students, Speakers to Zacharias Conference
STARKVILLE, Miss. (Press Release) — More than 100 high school juniors and seniors from around the region will participate this weekend in Mississippi State’s 15th annual Donald W. Zacharias Leadership...
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MSU Chef Gains Prestigious Culinary Certification
Huerkamp STARKVILLE, Miss. (Press Release) — The executive chef of Mississippi State University Dining now holds Pro Chef II certification from the Culinary Institute of America. Greg D. Huerkamp was...
View Article‘Spies of Mississippi’ Presentation at The W Looks at Civil Rights Movement
COLUMBUS, Miss. (Press Release) — Award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter, director and producer of “Spies of Mississippi,” will be the featured guest this month for Mississippi University for Women’s...
View ArticleVideo: Late-Afternoon Collision Sends 1 to Hospital
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) — A late-afternoon accident sent one to the hospital with minor injuries. Authorities are investigating the accident which took place shortly after 3:40 p.m. on 18th Avenue near...
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MSU Honors National Alumnus, Other Alumni at Banquet Friday
Deavenport Jr. STARKVILLE, Miss. (Press Release) — Mississippi State will recognize 1960 chemical engineering graduate Earnest W. “Earnie” Deavenport Jr. of Kiawah Island, South Carolina, as its...
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MSU Researcher, Alum Among Those Working on New Flu Vaccine
Wan STARKVILLE, Miss. (Press Release) — In the midst of one of the worst overall influenza seasons, a Mississippi State researcher is part of an international effort to develop next season’s vaccines....
View ArticleRegulators: Design Flaws Led to DuPont Plant Deadly Gas Leak
HOUSTON (AP) — Federal regulators say problems in the design of a network of pipes and valves at a Houston-area DuPont chemical plant contributed to a poisonous gas leak that killed four workers in...
View ArticleEthanol from Derailed Train Leaking into Mississippi River
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) – Railroad officials say it’s unclear how much ethanol has leaked into the Mississippi River following a train derailment in eastern Iowa, but that they’re working to monitor the...
View ArticleMiss. Could Set Penalties for False Reports of Child Abuse
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Making a false report of child abuse could become a crime in Mississippi. The state Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would set a penalty of up to $5,000 and a year in jail...
View ArticleSenate Bill Aims to Strengthen Freedom of Information Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee has approved legislation to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act. The bipartisan bill won unanimous support Thursday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The...
View ArticleVideo: House Resurrects Texting-While-Driving Ban it Killed in 2014
BY JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — House members are moving ahead with a ban on texting and social media use while driving, after killing a similar bill in the closing moments of the 2014...
View ArticleFor Police Body Cameras, Big Costs Loom in Storing Footage
BY BRIAN BAKST and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The rush to outfit police officers with body cameras after last summer’s unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, threatens to saddle local...
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BREAKING NEWS Spokeswoman: Republican Rep. Nunnelee of Mississippi Dies
Nunnelee BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — A spokeswoman says U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee of Mississippi, a fiscal and social conservative elected to Congress in a Republican wave...
View ArticleMSU Mourns Death of U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee
STARKVILLE, Miss. — U.S. Rep. Patrick “Alan” Nunnelee, R-Tupelo, who recently was re-elected to his third term as Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District representative, died today [Feb. 6] at the age...
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