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Aberdeen alderwoman faces charges related to poll worker incident
ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI) – An Aberdeen alderwoman was arrested and being held in jail for different alleged incidents. 64-year-old Lady Garth was served with two misdemeanor warrants for simple assault and disturbance of an election. The charges stem from an incident with an election worker during the city elections...
MS man charged in $70 million Medicare fraud scheme
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – An indictment was unsealed last week in Florida charging a Mississippi man for his alleged role in a more than $70 million fraud scheme. Prosecutors said the scheme involved the payment of kickbacks and bribes to obtain doctors’ orders for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME). Joel Rufus French, 46, of […]
Hamilton Lions baseball sweeps North Side in round one of the playoffs
Hamilton is moving onto the second round of 2A baseball playoffs. Hamilton Lions baseball sweeps North Side in round 1 of MHSAA playoffs. The Hamilton Lions baseball team hosted the North Side Gators in the first round of the class 2A MHSAA playoffs.
Aberdeen business owner named as Main Street Merchant of the Year
ABERDEEN, Miss. (WTVA) – An Aberdeen business owner named Flora Outlaw is being recognized as the Main Street Merchant of the Year. Outlaw, who has been running Flora's Collections in the downtown area for 30 years, just bought the building she had been working out of. Mississippi Main Street...
Family to honor ATV crash victim with ceremony
WEST POINT, MISS. (WTVA) - A family and community will honor and remember the victim of an ATV crash with a ceremony Wednesday. The family of Anihya Nesbitt will hold a white coat ceremony. They plan to release lanterns in her honor. The event is scheduled for 5 p.m. at...
HS Softball: Hatley sweeps North Side in first round of playoffs
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI) — Hatley defeated North Side in both games of its doubleheader to advance to the second round of the 2A playoffs. The Tigers won game one 15-0 and knocked off the Gators in game two 16-0. Hatley will play the winner of Union and Water Valley...
Former Ole Miss football player accused of defrauding Medicare
TAMPA, Fla. (WTVA) — A federal grand jury has indicted a former Ole Miss football player accused of scamming Medicare out of millions of dollars. Prosecutors in Florida identified him as Rufus French of Amory, Mississippi. The indictment says French was part of a more than $70 million fraud...
Columbus woman working to preserve Lowndes County’s history
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WTVA) — A Columbus woman is looking to preserve the history of Lowndes County as seen through the eyes of its women. Shannon Evans is collecting journals and letters from women from 1880 and onward and digitally preserving them. Her work is already underway with two items...
Auburn men win Mossy Oak Collegiate while sweeping top 5 individual spots
There’s a reason Auburn is the top-ranked team in men’s college golf. The Tigers won the Mossy Oak Collegiate on Tuesday by 34 shots, shooting 46 under to win at Mossy Oak Golf Course in West Point, Mississippi. It’s Auburn’s fourth consecutive win and the seventh of the season, but perhaps more impressive is how the Tigers finished on the individual leaderboard. The five players in Auburn’s lineup finished T-1, T-1, 3, 4 and 5. That’s right. The Tigers swept the top-five spots in the individual competition. And their individual placed T-7. J.M. Butler and Brendan Valdes shared medalist honors, shooting 12-under 204....
Students build, donate dog houses to animal shelter
OKOLONA, Miss. (WTVA ) – Hands-on lessons are becoming life-long skills as students in the construction class at Okolona Career and Technical Complex build dog houses. The houses will be donated to a local humane society, with each home being built to fit small to medium-sized canines. All six...
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