Highway Patrol announces holiday enforcement period
Jackson, MS–The Mississippi Highway Patrol will begin the 2016 Fourth of July Holiday Enforcement Period on Friday, July 1st at 6 p.m. and conclude Monday, July 4th at...
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Stop the Knock campaign aims to cut down on fatalities on state highways
JACKSON, MISS- The Mississippi Highway Patrol launched a campaign called “Stop the Knock,” which is aimed at reducing the number of fatalities on state highways. ...
MHP Officer Dies Over the Weekend
by Sarah Ulmer
LEAKE COUNTY, MISS– Mississippi Highway Patrol Officer Willie Triplett of Philadelphia died Sunday of a heart attack, says the Mississippi Highway Patrol. ...
Hit and Run: Man Hit and Killed While Walking in Madison County
by Sarah Ulmer
MADISON COUNTY, MISS— Mississippi Highway Patrol says Michael Harkins, 52, was hit and killed by a driver who then took off on Highway 43 in...
Sheriff Hurt While Responding to a Wreck, Attala Sheriff Nail in the Hospital
by kim
PHOTO: Courtesy Breezynews.com KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–The Attala County sheriff is in the hospital after getting into a wreck Saturday night. Sheriff Tim Nail was responding to...
Slippery Roadway Triggers Deadly Accident
by kim
RED BANKS, Miss. – Two people were killed in a weather related crash in Marshall County Thursday....