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Suspended police officer fired after unanimous vote by Columbia aldermen
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - The Columbia Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to fire a suspended police officer under investigation for misconduct. Former Officer Zach Rodney is named in an ongoing civil lawsuit for alleged First Amendment violations and brutality. Rodney is also under investigation for allegations of police misconduct in a separate incident.
Mississippi Today
‘That wasn’t my question:’ Jackson voters seeking answers contend with candidate ‘ego’ at forums
A baby cried as Gwendolyn Chapman wrote down a question in precise pencil script. A former mayoral hopeful, Chapman was just another voter Monday night. She’d gone to the candidate forum at the Afrikan Art Gallery, a space for Jackson’s activist community and one of the few surviving businesses on historic Farish Street, historically the center of Black business in the city.
WLBT
New restaurant headed to E. County Line Road
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A vote by the Jackson City Council has cleared the way for a new restaurant to come to East County Line Road. At a zoning meeting on Monday, the council voted unanimously to approve a use permit for Randall McClanahan, who is planning to open “The Corner Pocket Restaurant” at Pear Orchard Village.
KPLC TV
Woman dies in Mississippi tornadoes just days after moving from SWLA
OAK VALE, Miss. (KPLC) - A former Southwest Louisiana resident was killed in a tornado outbreak in Mississippi this weekend. Suzette Tolbird, 56, died, along with a family member, Ryan Tolbird, 36, on Storey-Parkman Road in Oak Vale, Mississippi, according to Jefferson Davis County (Mississippi) Coroner Dedra Johnson. Suzette died...
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Nick & Al’s Pizzeria temporarily closing, saying ‘We have fired the majority of our staff’
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - On Monday, a local restaurant said it is closing its doors temporarily. On Monday, Nick & Al’s N.Y. Style Pizzeria took to social media to express some issues they were having at their restaurant. The restaurant stated on Facebook, “We have fired the majority of...
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USM student hit by vehicle at 4th Street crosswalk
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A student was hit by a car at the University of Southern Mississippi on Monday afternoon, the Office of University Communications confirmed. The student was struck at the crosswalk by the dormitories on West 4th Street. The victim sustained minor injuries. They were transported to Forrest...