4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (183+ words) Published 12: 41 pm Friday, June 19, 2026 A Mississippi man faces kidnapping charges after allegedly holding his girlfriend captive for days and threatening her with a firearm, according to the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office. Emerson Samael Roderiquez, 33, was arrested Tuesday following a SWAT…...

8+ hour, 28+ min ago  (115+ words) Published 10: 48 am Friday, June 19, 2026 A Mississippi mother is dead, and three of her children were injured in a Wednesday evening wreck. WTVA News in Tupelo reports that Jakiya Smith, 26, was killed in a crash on Highway 25, south of the Monroe…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (303+ words) Published 6: 13 am Friday, June 19, 2026 The arrest of two Mississippi teens may help one small community resolve nearly 30 recent vehicle burglaries. On June 15, the Brookhaven Police Department arrested Jaylen Xavier Thomas, 19, of Penn Street, on a city warrant and one charge…...

9+ hour, 7+ min ago  (190+ words) Published 5: 19 am Friday, June 19, 2026 Mississippi officials say they have corrected a printing glitch that has caused barcodes on newly issued driver's licenses to fail at TSA checkpoints and retail vendors. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS) says the fix…...

9+ hour, 7+ min ago  (123+ words) Published 5: 05 am Friday, June 19, 2026 Two Mississippi men drowned after they went into a Louisiana canal on Thursday. Officials from St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana report that Richard Robertson, 67, of Brandon, Mississippi, and Hugh Parker, 76, of Madison, drowned after they went…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (88+ words) Published 1: 22 pm Thursday, June 18, 2026 A teen escaped after he lost control of his vehicle and ended up in a rain-swollen ditch Thursday morning. Officials say the 19-year-old ran his car off of Star Road in Rankin County at approximately 6 a. m. Thursday....

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (84+ words) Published 1: 27 pm Thursday, June 18, 2026 The body of a Mississippi man who was reported missing in Grenada County has been found. Officials report that they found the body of Jeff Gann, 66, at approximately 11 a. m. Wednesday in the area of Redgrass Road, where…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (138+ words) Published 5: 35 am Thursday, June 18, 2026 Authorities are searching for a driver who fled the scene of a fatal pedestrian accident on Maddox Road on Wednesday night. The victim, identified as 47-year-old Christopher Scott Dunn, died at the scene. Hinds County Coroner…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (88+ words) Published 5: 38 am Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Mississippi authorities are investigating after a woman was found dead inside a vehicle Monday afternoon. According to Pearl Police Chief Nick Mc Lendon, officers responded to the 700 block of Old Whitfield Road around 2 p. m. on June 15, where…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (249+ words) Published 3: 09 pm Tuesday, June 16, 2026 SENATOBIAToddler fatally shot by police respons " A tragic shooting in a Mississippi Walmart parking lot has left a one-year-old boy dead and a woman critically injured after police opened fire on a fleeing vehicle. The victim,…...