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Greenville, Mississippi -Washington County is preparing for a drive-thru mobile food pantry event, scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Starting promptly at 11 a.m., the distribution of essential resources will be held at the Washington County Convention Center, located at 1040 S Raceway Rd in Greenville. In...

Two Mississippi elementary students were critically injured after a crash involving an ATV and a car Sunday. On Monday, the members of the Pisgah community came together at Pisgah Elementary School to hold a prayer service for Myleigh “Lou” Dittus and Keigan Norwood. Both Dittus and Norwood were...

CLEVELAND, Miss. – Michael Tucker, from Greenville, is expected to graduate from the Robert E. Smith School of Nursing at Delta State University in December 2023. Get to know him in this Statesman Spotlight. Why did you choose your major?. Nursing involves two things that I find interesting and...

A distressing incident unfolded on May 20th, prompting a response from officers the Greenville Police Department. Dispatched to the 800 block of Walthall in response to a report of a person who had been shot, the officers arrived to find a tragic scene that would ultimately lead to the arrest of a suspect.

Crossett, Ark. (KTVE/KARD) — Ashley County will be holding its annual Crossett Riding Club Rodeo on May 31st-June 3rd, the club started in 1948 and has since become a tradition in Southeast Arkansas. The club is part of the PRCA Southeastern circuit. The Crossett Riding Club Rodeo is sponsored by the local community. There will […]

Greenville High School’s Pursuit of Excellence Awards Ceremony was held Monday night at the Paul T. Matthews Auditorium. In addition to the recognition of the graduating class’s Top Ten students and the disbursement of student awards, ten students were awarded with scholarships from local organizations. These scholarships help...

And we have new information this morning on those deadly shootings over the weekend in Greenville that left three dead. Many residents asking how and why something like this could happen in their community. Delta News reporter Tony Fruits shows us how police are hitting the streets looking for those responsible.

GREENVILLE, Miss. – The Greenville Police Department swiftly responded to a report of gunshots in the 1200 block of Fairview Street on Friday afternoon, May 19. Authorities received the call shortly after 1 p.m., prompting officers to rush to the scene. Upon arrival, law enforcement discovered a 20-year-old African American male who appeared to have sustained gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to Delta Health Systems for medical attention. Presently, there is no updated information regarding his condition. However, police have confirmed that their investigation into the reported shooting is currently ongoing.

After multiple escape attempts from the McGehee City Jail over the weekend, an Arkansas man has been located and brought back into custody.

The Greenville Police Department (GPD) is actively working to piece together the details surrounding the city’s most recent homicide. Responding to reports of a shooting, officers swiftly arrived at the scene located at the intersection of Broadway and Union. Tragically, a 24-year-old African American male victim had sustained gunshot wounds and was swiftly transported to the Delta Health System’s Emergency Room.

LELAND, MS – The Board of Directors of the Mississippi Wildlife Heritage Foundation have announced the 2023 Outdoor Hall of Fame inductees. The six honorees will be celebrated at an in-person  Meet & Greet from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. with an induction ceremony following at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Mississippi Wildlife […] The post SIX SELECTED FOR MISSISSIPPI OUTDOOR HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2023 appeared first on Picayune Item.

We begin this morning with a series of shootings in the Delta over the past days...leaving police concerned and people keeping a watchful eye out. Multiple investigations are underway, including one involving the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation as officers look into four separate shootings in two counties. A weekend of...

William Alexander Percy wrote his own story, published as Lanterns On The Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son just one year before he died in his hometown of Greenville in 1942. Introducing his autobiography, he reflected that “reminisce arises … from the number of those who meant most to you...

The meeting will be at 4:30 p.m. in the administrative conference room at the Municipal Building. Texarkana Emergency Center, Texarkana Funeral Home, Eagle Distributing, Farmers bank, and Crossties are hosting a First Responder’s Day Luncheon from 11:30 until 1:30 pm Wednesday the 24th at Crossties. New Boston, Texas- The...

“I was lucky. Journalism opened the whole world to me and allowed me to go places and meet people I never would have known – all new and different.”. Born in Greenville in 1940, Curtis Wilkie moved with his family so many times during World War II that he discovered what he considers his hometown only during elementary school. Summit, in Pike County, that's where his stellar career in journalism and as a writer originated, not in Greenville, which claims to have birthed “more published writers per capita” than any other town in America.

Sunny skies will be seen across the majority of Mississippi today, with cooler temperatures to follow overnight. Clear skies will be present throughout the northern portion of Mississippi today with temperatures expected to sit in the lower 80s. As night falls, mostly clear skies will progress into the night as temperatures drop to the lower 60s. After midnight, patchy fog will be seen until the morning.

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Oktibbeha County deputies made an arrest in an apartment complex shooting. 19-year-old Ralpheal Henry of Greenville was charged with shooting into an automobile. The gunfire happened at The Hangout apartments on Mary Lee Lane back on May 10. One person had non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators...

Facing the adversity known as mother nature, the Stringer Red Devil baseball season came to an end Monday night as they fell to the Scott Central Rebels 2-1. “Number one is how wonderful these kids are and have been. They play their guts out every single day and do whatever you ask them to. They never complain or get complacent. They are all great competitors. I couldn’t be any more proud of them as a coach. I’m proud of them for everything they’ve accomplished this season. They showed resiliency, even tonight, with the weather, runners on base, hitting hard balls and it not going through, no matter what, they just stayed the course,” said an emotional Stringer head coach Mason Grissom as he reflected on the series and Game 3 loss.

One person has died in a plane crash in Northwest Arkansas. The twin engine plane went down in the Southern part of Washington County on Wednesday, killing the pilot, who was the only person on board. Federal aviation officials say the plane had taken off from University-Oxford Airport in Mississippi....

After multiple escape attempts from the McGehee City Jail over the weekend, an Arkansas man has been located and brought back into custody.