Buckatunna, MS

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - After disaster struck Robb Elementary School last month, one Wayne County resident felt a call to honor those victims. Mary Taylor, a former educator, went to the Waynesboro City Council with an idea to answer that call. “We knew we couldn’t reach the families, but...

COFFEEVILLE, Ala. (WALA) - An investigation is underway after an infant was found dead near Coffeeville Sunday night. At this point, investigators do not know how the child died, but they say when they arrived on the scene the mother, who is not being identified, started acting erratically. The crime...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - AARP Mississippi announced that four Mississippi organizations will receive 2022 Community Challenge grants - two of which are located in the Pine Belt. According to AARP, they are part of the largest group of grantees to date with $3.4 million awarded among 260 organizations nationwide.

DALE COUNTY, Ala. (WDHN) — A 5-year-old has been life-flighted with injuries after being burned by boiling water in Dale County. The incident happened in the Whispering Lakes Trailer Park community in the Ozark-Newton area late Monday afternoon. The severity of the child’s injuries as well as if there are any criminal charges pending is […]

COFFEEVILLE, Ala. (WKRG) — A death investigation continues Monday in Clarke County after a two-year-old boy was found Sunday night unresponsive. “The baby was already blue. They attempted CPR. A nurse was attempting CPR and that was the first person who was actually on scene,” said Clarke County Sheriff DeWayne Smith. What started as a […]

CLARKE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) – Clarke County Sheriff DeWayne Smith confirms his office is investigating the death of a two-year-old Sunday night. Officials were called to a home on West Bend Road near Coffeeville around 6 p.m. The cause of death is unknown at this time. Sheriff Smith says...

WAYNESBORO, Miss. (WDAM) - The City of Waynesboro is preparing for its Independence Day celebration Friday. But before the show kicks off, Waynesboro Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Eric Bunch offered some safety tips for the upcoming holiday. “Fireworks can get dangerous, really fast,” Bunch said. “It’s always good to...

Authorities attempted to pull over the driver of a 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis due to a traffic violation. This caused Dallas Jordan to flee the scene and ignore a chase. The chase ended when Jordan crashed into an SUV driven by a Waynesboro police officer. The officer suffered injuries in...

SMITHVILLE • A Bigbee man has died after being hospitalized from a motor vehicle accident days prior. William Elbert Tallent, Jr., 53, was involved in a head-on collision June 17 on Highway 25 N inside the Smithville city limits. He was taken to North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, where he died at 11:52 p.m. on June 23.

WAYNESBORO, Miss. (WHLT) – A Wayne County woman was arrested following a chase that left a police car crashed in Waynesboro on Tuesday, June 21. The Laurel Leader Call reported a Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) trooper tried to pull over Dallas Jordan for a traffic violation around 2:30 p.m. on Highway 84 east. She was […]

WAYNE COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi Highway Patrol has released new findings into its investigation into Tuesday’s high-speed chase in Wayne County. According to reports, the chase happened on Mississippi Highway 184, and it involved the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department, MHP and the Waynesboro Police Department. According...

WAYNE COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - An intersection improvement project located on U.S. Highway 84 near Waynesboro is expected to wrap up in a few weeks. Work crews have been busy putting down new asphalt and new signal lights have been installed at the intersection. Turn lanes have been added for access to Reservoir Road and Magnolia Hill Road.