The Highway Patrol Man Power Shortage: How the Ice Left Some Parts of the State Vulnerable
HATTIESBURG, Miss.–This week’s winter storm may have helped illustrate a point that the Dept. of Public Safety has been trying to stress for a number...
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The Message is Still Stay Off the Roads Along and South of I-20
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MERIDIAN, Miss.–The I-20/59 split is impassable, said Mississippi Highway Patrol Spokesman Warren Strain early Wednesday. Iinterstate 20 all the way to Newton is iced over...
Three Dead in Really Bad Wreck in East Miss.
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LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Miss.–It may have been one of the worst wrecks on record in recent years in the state. Three people died in a crash...
Two Big Wrecks in One Day in Yazoo, Including School Bus
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Photo: I-55 wreck, courtesy Dept. of Public Safety YAZOO CITY, Miss.–How many major wrecks can there be in one day in one county? Try for...
Child Kidnapped in Holmes County, Found Safe
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LEXINGTON, Miss.–It was an amber alert for six-year-old Sirvontez Adams, kidnapped by his father Monday night in Holmes County....
Watching Mississippi’s Highways: What Could Land You in Jail This Weekend
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JACKSON, Miss.–What could get you a huge fine and maybe even some jail time? drinking and driving this Labor Day holiday. Law enforcement across the...
Huge Drug Bust Nets Nearly Pure Crystal Meth
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RANKIN COUNTY, Miss.–Drugs in a hidden compartment of a car-not an unusual story, but what kind and how much this time may make you take...
Car Shortage, Trooper Shortage for the Highway Patrol
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JACKSON, Miss.–You’re still being protected, but there’s a risk to the way the Miss. Highway Patrol is operating. Many worn out cars with more than...
Ole Miss Player Lost to Wreck
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CHICKASAW COUNTY, Miss.–Grief, probably the best word to describe reaction on social media to the death of Ole Miss offensive lineman Park Stevens. The 20-year-old...