Amory, MS

CALEDONIA, Miss. — A Mississippi man was arrested for allegedly killing his mother’s fiance hours after he graduated from high school. WCBI says Justin Robert Coggins, 18, was arrested Monday just days after he allegedly killed his mother’s fiancee, Dustin Hoffpauir, 33. The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office’s Sheriff Eddie Hawkins told WCBI that the shooting happened hours after Coggins graduated from Caledonia High School.

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Narcotics agents and Tupelo police officers seized methamphetamine, Ecstasy, marijuana and guns during a drug bust on Wednesday, May 18. According to a Tupelo Police Department news release, officers investigated allegations of drug activity at a tire shop on Cliff Gookin Boulevard. Police did not initially identify the business. But WTVA confirmed the business is called the Used Tire Shop.

Hours after graduating from high school, a Mississippi teenager was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of his mother’s fiancé. Justin Robert Coggins, 18, stands accused of murder. According to the Lowndes County Sheriff, the incident occurred sometime on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Coggins had just graduated...

ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI) – As educators in Mississippi watched the horror of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas unfold Tuesday, some of them couldn’t help but think of the children under their protection. “I would do anything to protect the students here,” says Dr. Shanika McKinney, assistant...

TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – It is not every day you see life-size dinosaurs being carted into the Bancorpsouth Arena, but it’s happening. It is part of the setup for “Jurassic Quest.” The show hits Tupelo this weekend and features life-size dinosaurs, painted and animated. There is...

TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – A partnership between a business and the city of Tupelo allows people to get rid of those old computers, CD players and cameras that are taking up space. Exceed Technology and “Keep Tupelo Beautiful” joined forces to host an electronics recycling drive. Today...

TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – A Tupelo man is accused of taking thousands of dollars in furniture from a factory where he worked. 36-year-old Antone Neal has been charged with embezzlement. Amory police investigators tell WCBI that Neal was a truck driver for a furniture operation in Amory. The investigation...