Head-On Wreck on Hwy. 80 Kills Two Men in Newton County
NEWTON COUNTY, Miss.–A head-on wreck on Hwy. 80 killed two men from Newton. The wreck happened near Lawrence Monday morning....
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Clarke County Hostage Situation Over, Man Taken Down by Highway Patrol SWAT Team
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CLARKE COUNTY, Miss.–Holding a man and a woman hostage for hours and tearing the woman’s clothes off is what got Verbie Watkins arrested in Clarke...
Two Deadly Wrecks in Jones County, One Head On, The Other a T-Bone
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JONES COUNTY, Miss.–There were two wrecks in Jones County this weekend where people died. One was a head-on near Ellisville. The other was a t-bone...
Sunday Night Wreck Kills Three in Leake County, Teen Killed in Jones County Crash
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LEAKE COUNTY, Miss.–A wreck Sunday night about 7:30 killed three people in Leake County, along Hwy. 500, which is in the southern part of the...
Keeping You Safe: Trooper School to Graduate 49 Thursday
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PEARL, Miss.–The Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper school will turn out 49 new state troopers Thursday in a graduation exercise at the Hinds Community College Pearl...
Ice Patch Being Blamed in Wreck That Killed Mom, Daughters
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NEW ALBANY, Miss.–A wreck Friday morning that killed a mother and her two daughters in Pontotoc County is being blamed on a patch of ice on...
Winter Weather: What You Need to Know for Thursday, Warning Extended
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OLIVE BRANCH, Miss.–If you don’t have an emergency and you have ice or snow on the roads in front of your house, you don’t need...
MEMA, Highway Patrol Warning You to Stay Off the Roads in Icy Areas AUDIO, VIDEO
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PHOTO: MHP BATESVILLE, Miss.–Icy roads may have been the cause of a few accidents overnight in the Batesville area on I-55. The interstate and plenty...
Over One Thousand Tickets, Nearly 50 DUI Arrests by Midday Thursday from MHP
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JACKSON, Miss.–Even though the holiday enforcement period for New Year’s has been a short one, the Mississippi Highway Patrol said Thursday that by mid-afternoon they...
For New Year’s Get a DD, Highway Patrol to Have Checkpoints and Extra Patrols
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JACKSON, Miss.–Don’t be tempted to drink and drive. Don’t carry your party to the car. That’s the message this New Year’s Eve from the Mississippi...