<body><div>JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Scott Colom’s US Senate win has the state’s Democratic party looking at 2027 elections with a new perspective, the City of Brandon is preparing a Christmas themed light show that includes over 2 million lights, and questions are raised around the alleged perpetrator of the Hideaway nightclub mass shooting. Here’s a look back at the news that made headlines this week in Central Mississippi.<h2>Mississippi Dems now look to 2027</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=48fr1h_1H5NgZ9V00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=48fr1h_1H5NgZ9V00" width="1300" height="730" ><figcaption>Colom said he wanted to speak to every Mississippian, whether they voted for him or not. (wlox)</figcaption></figure>Scott Colom’s U.S. Senate victory has Mississippi Democrats looking ahead to 2027, and Democratic lawmakers said they hope the party builds on the win. The qualifying deadline is in early January. That is when the slate of candidates will be known for certain.<h2>Brandon city crews and Magic of Lights workers build a 2-million-light show</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1BE7GT_1H5NgZ9V00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1BE7GT_1H5NgZ9V00" width="1300" height="539" ><figcaption>Brandon city crews and Magic of Lights workers build a 2-million-light show (WLBT)</figcaption></figure>Crews from the city of Brandon and Magic of Lights are in the third week of setting up more than 2 million lights at Brandon Amphitheater for the drive-through holiday show, which opens Nov. 20.Mayor Butch Lee said the work is a combined effort. Magic of Lights workers guide the process and provide labor, and the city adds its own crews.This year’s displays include a 32-foot-tall animated Mattel’s Barbie, Prehistoric Christmas with life-sized dinosaurs, Big Foot Monster Trucks and Winter Wonderland.<h2>Questions around alleged Hideaway nightclub shooter</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0RMJ2W_1H5NgZ9V00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0RMJ2W_1H5NgZ9V00" width="1300" height="732" ><figcaption>Eddie Collier, 22 (Hinds County Sheriff's Office)</figcaption></figure>Pearl Police Chief Nick McLendon says probation officers likely were aware that the alleged Hideaway shooter was arrested on separate charges by his department in June, but he doesn’t know why a hold wasn’t placed on him.McLendon spoke with 3 On Your Side on Thursday about Eddie Collier’s June 4 arrest following a traffic stop on Interstate 20.Collier was charged with possessing a Glock switch, a device that converts a handgun into a machine gun, and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.At the time, Collier had been on probation for three months after being released from the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Intensive Supervision Program in March in connection with a 2022 conviction.However, probation officers with the agency did not petition the court to revoke Collier’s probation until November 4, days after the deadly Hideaway shooting, and he was released on a $70,000 bond.Collier was arrested on November 1 and charged with two counts of capital murder and seven counts of aggravated assault in connection with an early morning mass shooting at the Hideaway, a Northeast Jackson nightclub.Want more WLBT news in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Please click here to report it and include the headline of the story in your email.</div></body>

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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Scott Colom’s US Senate win has the state’s Democratic party looking at 2027 elections with a new perspective, the City of Brandon is preparing a Christmas themed light show that includes over 2 million lights, and questions are raised around the alleged perpetrator of the Hideaway nightclub mass shooting.

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