Belen, MS

PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) — An overturned 18-wheeler has shut down all southbound lanes of Interstate 55 south of Batesville. The accident is just north of the Hentz Road exit. Drivers are advised to exit off of the interstate in Batesville and get back on the internet at Hentz...

COMO, Mississippi — Investigators in Como, Mississippi, are trying to find the suspects who shot and killed on person and injured a second very early Friday morning. The Panola County Sheriff’s Office said Como Police officers were called to a shooting about 1:35 a.m. on Railroad Street in the Como city limits. They found two people shot. One of them died and the other was shot in the lower leg. That victim’s condition was not released.

Photo: Both northbound and southbound lanes of I-55 in Southaven north of Church Road were blocked during the investigation and clearing of Thursday morning’s fatal crash. (MDOT Traffic image) One person has died in a three-vehicle wreck Thursday morning on I-55 in Southaven. DeSoto County Coroner Josh Pounder identified...

COMO, Miss. — One person is dead and another injured after a shooting in north Mississippi. The shooting happened near Main and Railroad Street in Como, according to law enforcement. Investigators said early Friday morning they were still at the scene. The injured victim was taken to Regional One.

PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. (WMC) - One person is dead and another is fighting to stay alive after an overnight shooting in rural Mississippi. Panola County Sheriff’s Office says two men were walking in the area of Railroad and Church Street in Como when they were hit with gunfire around 1:30 a.m. Friday.

On Monday, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a stolen vehicle in the area of County Road 517. An investigation began regarding the stolen vehicle, and on Wednesday investigators arrested Thomas Ray Gray, 34, of Como for motor vehicle theft. Gray is currently being housed at...

BATESVILLE, Miss. (WMC) - It’s been a month since the launch of the application process for the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program (MMCP), and potential cultivators, or growers, who’ve applied for a license say they could be getting word back from the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH) at any moment now.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police have confirmed that one person has died after a shooting in Como, Mississippi early Friday. The Panola County Sheriff’s Office says two men were shot shortly after 2 a.m. in the area of Railroad Street and Church street. One man died on the scene and one man was rushed to Regional Medical […]

Nine-year-old Matson Fyfe of Clarksdale, Miss., had the experience of his young lifetime in Omaha, Neb. at the College World Series as he watched his favorite team, the Ole Miss Rebels, win their first ever baseball national championship. Parents Jerrie Marie and Charlie Fyfe of Clarksdale, Miss., have been Ole...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One person was injured during a shooting in Hickory Hill on Friday morning. Officers responded to a shooting at a home on Valleydale Drive off of Hickory Hill. One person was taken to the hospital but police have not released any information regarding their condition. No arrests have been made. This is […]

When Dr. Mike Huggins partnered with Oxford-based investment and management firm EquiPro Holdings to launch Life Dental Group, he had a clear mission in mind: Empower world-class dental care in communities across the southeast by building partnerships with dentists. In 2017, Huggins and the team from EquiPro opened their first...

Florida State Professor Davis Houck — one of the country's leading scholars on the life and horrific death of Emmett Till — happened to be in Sumner, Mississippi, for a filmmaker’s workshop in late June when he got a call from a research associate with a bombshell development. The 1955 unserved arrest warrant for Carolyn...

Randell Glen Sullivan, 87, died Monday, June 27, 2022. He was born on April 11, 1935, in Weir, to W.O. And Hazel Sullivan. During his college he worked as a pharmacist for Burnley’s Drug Store in Batesville, MS and upon graduation from pharmacy school in 1957, he purchased Burnley’s Drug Store from Mrs. Burnley, and became the owner of Sullivan’s Drug Store.

Arkansas PBS can now be watched on a new broadcast signal in eastern Arkansas. On Tuesday, network executives and political leaders gathered in West Memphis to celebrate the new channel going on the air. With a tower located near Forrest City, the signal extends east to the Tennessee border. Other...

Reid Dorr, 94, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2022, at his home in Sardis. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced tomorrow morning once finalized by his family.

Emergency responders were summoned to the crossing of MS-6 and Macedonia Road. The collision was reported at around 5:39 p.m. The injured parties were hospitalized for treatment. The investigation into the cause of the collision is being led by local authorities. Our thoughts are with the injured victims and their...

The City of Batesville Planning Commission on Monday approved a request to rezone the property located on the north side of the Hwy. 51N and Tiger Drive intersection from residential to commercial. City officials say the Dollar General corporation wants to build a retail store at the location. Larry Montgomery...

Mattie Imogene Jones Hester, 91, passed away at Panola Medical Center in Batesville on June 28, 2022. A service of celebration will be 11 a.m. Saturday, July 2, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will begin receiving friends at 10 a.m. prior to the service. Rev. Jim Scruggs will officiate. Those honored to be pallbearers are Gavin Coy Beard, Trevor Pittman, Brent Pittman, Noah Bowles, Austin Redd, and William Cornwell.

10:53 a.m. – Dabney St., 93 year old female not feeling well. 12:49 p.m. – Vance St., apartments, 77 year old female unresponsive, subject is breathing. 2:26 p.m. – Gay St., 50 year old female with medical emergency. 6:24 p.m. – I-55 Northbound, vehicle crash with car...