Clarke County, MS

Brad Sellers celebrated his 40th birthday in the local jail in Quitman, Mississippi. He’ll probably be there for his 41st birthday as well. He has been in the Clarke County Jail since June of last year, charged with aggravated assault on a local police officer. A psychiatrist he saw...

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - This week has been very quiet with no severe weather, thank goodness for that. However, over the past several weeks, we’ve had a series of severe weather events, and even some tornado outbreaks. The National Weather Service recently released a preliminary tornado count for Mississippi....

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The tornado that heavily damaged southern Lauderdale County and northern Clarke County was about a mile wide when it hit the Clarkdale area. That’s according to the damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Jackson. Top winds were 120 mph, giving the tornado...

PEARL, Miss — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says six injuries have been reported from severe storms that blew through the state Wednesday. The agency says Friday that three of the injuries were in Tippah County and two were in Alcorn County, both in the northern part of the state. One was in Clarke County in eastern Mississippi.

JACKSON, Miss. — Wednesday's storms produced at least five tornadoes, one of which was an EF2, according to the National Weather Service. An NWS damage survey team said the EF2 tornado was confirmed in northern Clarke County. The tornado was also associated with damage in northern Jasper and southern Lauderdale counties.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – An updated report on Friday, April 15 from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) showed that six people were injured and six tornadoes formed during the Wednesday, April 13 severe storm. One injury was reported in Clarke County, two in Alcorn County and three in Tippah County. At least six tornadoes […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WTOK) - The National Weather Service began damage surveys Thursday in portions of east and central Mississippi. An EF-2 tornado was confirmed in Clarke County. The assessment of Lauderdale County was delayed. It’s at least an EF-2 but could possibly have strengthened coming into Lauderdale County. Other assessments were being done for Neshoba, Winston, Jasper, Leake and Noxubee counties for severe thunderstorms that moved through the state Wednesday.

PEARL, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said Friday that six injuries have been reported from severe storms that blew through the state Wednesday. Three of the injuries were in Tippah County and two were in Alcorn County, which are both in the northern part of the state. One was in Clarke County in eastern Mississippi.

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - There are multiple reports of damage in the Clarkdale Road area in Lauderdale County, as well as multiple trees down in both Lauderdale County and Northern Clarke County. Officials are asking folks to stay off of the roads unless you have an emergency. There are many...

CLARKDALE, Miss. (WTOK) - Wednesday’s severe weather heavily impacted the southern part of Lauderdale County and the northern part of Clarke County. “It happened fast, man. You could hear it coming. You had a matter of seconds to find a place,” said Richard Thomas who rode out the storm.

City leaders are looking to revamp one of the busiest streets in Meridian which is estimated to cost $28 million. Storm downs trees, causes power outages and flooding in Clarke County. The Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors discussed their options to allow medical marijuana dispensaries outside city limits or not.

CLARKE COUNTY, Miss. (WTOK) - Parts of Clarke County saw damage from Tuesday morning’s storms. One family is thankful no one was injured when their property suffered damage. “All of a sudden it was like, holy crap, and I had to run because I saw it forming,” Rebecca Stallings said.

QUITMAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Bond has been denied for a Clarke County man charged with murder. Sheriff Todd Kemp says Michael “Mike Mike” Tillman faces one charge of first degree murder. Tillman is accused of shooting and killing 32-year-old Roderick McCarty on Apr. 1. Officials said the two...

CLARKE COUNTY, Miss. (WTOK) - One man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in a shooting death early Friday. Clarke County Sheriff Todd Kemp said Michael “Mike Mike” Tillman was taken into custody around 2:00 p.m. Friday. Tillman is accused of killing Roderick McCarty, 32, around...