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Missing Columbia teen found safe, police says
COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - A teenager who has been reported missing from the Columbia area for about a week has been found safe, according to the Columbia Police Department. The police department posted on their Facebook page Wednesday morning that 17-year-old April Johnson was found safe. Columba Police Chief Michael...
Boy diagnosed with cancer helps BARL
BROOKHAVEN — The one year anniversary of a young Loyd Star boy being diagnosed with leukemia is approaching. Ledger Smith, the four year old boy, and his family is using the anniversary to make a positive difference and stopped by Brookhaven Animal Rescue League to drop off donations Wednesday afternoon. Caitlin Smith, Ledger’s mother, said […] The post Boy diagnosed with cancer helps BARL appeared first on Daily Leader.
Area residents winning big in lottery
A Prentiss woman won $1,000 today playing the Mississippi Lottery. She won a $20 Cash Blitz scratch-off ticket she purchased from the Fleet Way #167 in Sumrall. Last Thursday, a Lawrence County man won $100,000 on a Powerball ticket he purchased from B-Kwik #13 in Columbia. The same day, a New Hebron player won $1,000 […] The post Area residents winning big in lottery appeared first on Prentiss Headlight.
Gallery: Legislators, community grab breakfast
BROOKHAVEN — Mississippi State legislators Jason Barrett, Vince Mangold and Becky Currie returned from a long and grinding 120 day legislative session. Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce held a legislative breakfast at Mitchells Thursday to wrap up the 2024 session and preview the 2025 session. BankPlus, King’s Daughter’s Medical Center and Dungan Engineering sponsored the […] The post Gallery: Legislators, community grab breakfast appeared first on Daily Leader.
Awards presented at the annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet
The Jefferson Davis County Chamber of Commerce held its annual banquet Tuesday evening at the Rosenwald Building on the Prentiss Institute campus. Master of Ceremonies for the banquet was Robert Young. Entertainment was provided by Aiden Young. The first award of the night was the STAR Student and Teacher awards. The STAR Student must be […] The post Awards presented at the annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet appeared first on Prentiss Headlight.
Law enforcement explains process in investigating the missing
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Law enforcement in two communities of the Pine Belt said their departments are dealing with more runaway teen cases. It can be a dangerous situation when a social media post says that a teen has run away or gone missing. However, Lt. Stephen Graeser of...
Lawrence County man wins big on powerball
COLUMBIA — Mississippi Lottery Corporation reported a Lawrence County man won a big prize on May 9 and turned around a nice profit. The prize of $100,000 was won by a Lawrence County man on a powerball ticket. Mississippi Lottery Corporation reported the ticket was purchased from B-Kwik #13 in Columbia on April 29 for […] The post Lawrence County man wins big on powerball appeared first on Daily Leader.
Storm threat looms for this evening, Monday
BROOKHAVEN — Lincoln County could see more storms this evening into the start of the week. National Weather Service in Jackson warned of both severe storms and a flash flooding risk. A slight risk of isolated severe storms is forecast by the NWS Jackson office Sunday evening. The storms could bring damaging wind gusts up […] The post Storm threat looms for this evening, Monday appeared first on Daily Leader.
Columbia High moves graduation to Thursday, due to threat of bad weather
COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - Columbia High School hosted its 2024 commencement ceremony one day ahead of schedule. The Class of 2024 graduated Thursday night at Walter Payton Field. Originally, the Columbia School District had planned to host its graduation ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday, but concerns over the potential for...
Buffet of restaurants pass inspections
BROOKHAVEN — Mississippi Department of Health reported 12 establishments and two departments at Walmart passed health inspections last week. The two departments at Walmart made up half of the four establishments earning “B” ratings. Haven Hall, a nursing home facility, earned an “A” rating at 101 Mill Street. It is their 16th straight “A” rating […] The post Buffet of restaurants pass inspections appeared first on Daily Leader.
Estimated 2.4k Magnolia Electric customers without power in two counties
BROOKHAVEN — Magnolia Electric crews have made headway on restoring power to customers in Lincoln and Lawrence Counties but have further to go. Severe storms with strong winds knocked out power across the county but Magnolia Electric’s customer base was hit the hardest of all the power companies. Nearly 3,000 Magnolia Electric customers in Lincoln […] The post Estimated 2.4k Magnolia Electric customers without power in two counties appeared first on Daily Leader.
Area weather radio transmitter down
BUDE — Following severe storms, which damaged three homes in Lincoln County and injured a man in Lawrence County, National Weather Service reports one more loss. The area weather radio transmitter is down in Bude. The NOAA All-Hazards Transmitter radio station KIH-48 in Bude serves Southwest Mississippi including Lincoln, Franklin, Copiah and Lawrence Counties. NWS […] The post Area weather radio transmitter down appeared first on Daily Leader.
Local officers remembered during National Police Week
Flowers were placed at Prentiss City Hall and the Jefferson Davis County Courthouse on Peace Officers Memorial Day Monday in memory of local law enforcement officers that were killed in the line of duty while serving the Town of Prentiss and Jefferson Davis County. Prentiss Police Officer Ron Jones was killed on Dec. 26, 2001, […] The post Local officers remembered during National Police Week appeared first on Prentiss Headlight.
Lincoln County survives storms
BROOKHAVEN — Lincoln County survived some hefty storms Thursday night. The brunt of the storms hit the Jackson Metropolitan Area hard leaving about 19,000 people without power as of this afternoon in Hinds and Rankin counties. No outages are reported by Magnolia Electric, Entergy or Southwest Electric in Lincoln County at this time. Thunderstorms dumped […] The post Lincoln County survives storms appeared first on Daily Leader.
Volunteer Firefighters contain structure blaze
ZETUS — Volunteer Firefighters with Zetus Volunteer Fire Department continue to keep a smoldering fire contained to a structure in the 900 block of Denton Trail Sunday morning. The initial fire call came Saturday afternoon as a two-story structure full of t-shirts and hoodies burned. Firemen from several volunteer fire departments including Heucks Retreat, New […] The post Volunteer Firefighters contain structure blaze appeared first on Daily Leader.
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