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Update - Westbound lanes reopened after semi-truck fire near Myrtle
06/07/2022

Update - Westbound lanes reopened after semi-truck fire near Myrtle

MYRTLE, Miss. (WTVA) - Update - Lanes of traffic on I-22 near Myrtle...

Senior Supports Cancer Patients During Personal Health Journey
06/07/2022

Senior Supports Cancer Patients During Personal Health Journey

Oxford High School student, Addison Hunt, collected more than 60 blankets and more than 100 books for patients to use while receiving treatment at Baptist Cancer Center in Oxford. Hunt, a rising high school senior, observed a need while receiving treatment to manage her Crohn’s disease, a process ...

Columbus farmers market using $7,000 in grant money to bring more customers downtown
06/07/2022

Columbus farmers market using $7,000 in grant money to bring more customers downtown

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The Mississippi State University Extension Service is continuing to support and invest in local farmers markets across North Mississippi. The Hitching Lot Farmers Market has been a staple in Columbus since 1976. They received $7,000 from the MSU Extension Service to make s...

Starkville's Richardson wins Green Street Mile
05/07/2022

Starkville's Richardson wins Green Street Mile

TUPELO – Slater Richardson misses competitive running now that his days at Mississippi State are through. So he gladly made the effort to be on the starting line at 7 a.m. Monday for Tupelo's annual Green Street Mile. After all, he's been here before. At the finish line, the...

High gas prices hit Mississippians more than most
05/07/2022

High gas prices hit Mississippians more than most

NEW YORK -- Although Mississippi consistently ranks among the states with the lowest average gas prices, when prices skyrocket as they have in 2022, Mississippians are among those who suffer the most. As of Tuesday, the average price of a gallon of gas in Mississippi was $4.29, according to...

These 3 cities have gas for less than $4 per gallon, the cheapest on the Mississippi Coast
05/07/2022

These 3 cities have gas for less than $4 per gallon, the cheapest on the Mississippi Coast

Drivers can now find gas at several stations across the Mississippi Coast for less than $4 per gallon, just weeks after the state recorded it’s highest average price per gallon in history. In Gulfport, multiple standalone gas stations — as well as stations outside of Walmart and Sam’s Club...

Stop #8 – Smithville Seminoles
05/07/2022

Stop #8 – Smithville Seminoles

Smithville was led by a big senior class last year, now that they are gone, the responsibility falls on many of the juniors. “Our juniors are having to be our seniors this year and next year also,” coach Chad Collums said. “They’ve done a very good job of stepping in for...

Local Mental Health Clinic Offers Innovative Depression Treatment
05/07/2022

Local Mental Health Clinic Offers Innovative Depression Treatment

For many of the 16 million American adults affected by major depressive disorder, therapy and medication can ease symptoms and improve quality of life. But in some patients, traditional treatments just don’t work. Right Track Medical Group seeks to bring relief to these patients through transcrani...

Chapel Hart – Straight To The Top
04/07/2022

Chapel Hart – Straight To The Top

Mississippi trio Chapel Hart is on a glide path to country music superstardom and Pass Christian residents are fully invested in making that happen. From the very first time Chapel Hart performed at The Whiskey Bar, Pass residents have always come out in force to support these extremely talented sin...

Duke transfer Will Hoyle looking to aid Mississippi State baseball however he can
04/07/2022

Duke transfer Will Hoyle looking to aid Mississippi State baseball however he can

Mississippi State has been piecing together its roster out of the transfer portal in the last few weeks and added a surprise over the weekend in Duke’s Will Hoyle. The veteran infielder from Durham, N.C., wasn’t opposed to returning for one more year at Duke, but he was wanting to go...

Tupelo native Sam Gilliam leaves a legacy of artistic innovation
04/07/2022

Tupelo native Sam Gilliam leaves a legacy of artistic innovation

TUPELO • Sam Gilliam joined the heavenly ranks of Tupelo native sons whose artistic legacies traveled beyond those small city borders. During his 88 years of life, Gilliam became an internationally renowned abstract artist who innovated modern art. “Tupelo’s known for a lot of things, but I wo...

Mississippi State Baseball Named Most Prestigious Program of Last Five Years
04/07/2022

Mississippi State Baseball Named Most Prestigious Program of Last Five Years

The Diamond Dawgs have been hailed the most prestigious program in the nation over the last five years thanks to a long list of recent accolades.

Stop #5 — Booneville Blue Devils
04/07/2022

Stop #5 — Booneville Blue Devils

Seniors are important to Booneville football every year, but this season, the group of seniors are extra special to head coach Mike Mattox. “My daughter is a senior, too,” Mattox said. “So I’ve grown up up with these kids since they were in kindergarten and every one of them. It’s a...

Kosciusko School District fall registration set for July 18 – 19
03/07/2022

Kosciusko School District fall registration set for July 18 – 19

The Kosciusko School District has released details on registration for the 2022 – 2023 school year. Monday, July 18 – Tuesday,...

Stop #6 – Amory Panthers
03/07/2022

Stop #6 – Amory Panthers

The Amory Panthers had coaching turnover last year with Brooks Dampeer taking over the head coach position. But there was no trouble adjusting, with the team advancing all the way to the state championship. “It was a special time for our staff and myself but obviously our kids and...

Homemade ice cream courtesy of Grandma Bah, a wild child-turned-wild woman with taste
03/07/2022

Homemade ice cream courtesy of Grandma Bah, a wild child-turned-wild woman with taste

In "Bibi's Gulf Coast Kitchen," columnist Bibi Hutchings takes you on a culinary journey across the coastal south. Come for the great food writing, stay for the delicious recipes. In order to give you my Grandma Bah's recipe for homemade ice cream, I must introduce you to her. She was...

Diamond Dawgs keep portal momentum going with another Mercer slugger in Bill Knight
03/07/2022

Diamond Dawgs keep portal momentum going with another Mercer slugger in Bill Knight

Over the years Mississippi State has had some success with former Mercer players and Chris Lemonis is dipping back into that well. After the success in the past from Nate Lowe and recently first-team All-SEC second baseman RJ Yeager last season, the Bulldogs nabbed another one in Bill Knight out of....

Food banks struggling with food supply as inflation drives demand
03/07/2022

Food banks struggling with food supply as inflation drives demand

Aberdeen Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry found food hard to come by for the past six months. A month ago, the pantry served 450 households, up from an average of serving 350 to 400 households a month. The nonprofit staved off big jumps in demand throughout much of the pandemic, but rising inflation ha...

Southside Blues Festival is back in full swing this weekend
02/07/2022

Southside Blues Festival is back in full swing this weekend

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – There’s a saying in the Blues world – The best cure for the Blues is the Blues. And Southside – Townsend Park is the place to kick those Blues this weekend. The Southside Blues Festival is back in full...

Florida basketball sets home and road matchups for 2022-23 season
02/07/2022

Florida basketball sets home and road matchups for 2022-23 season

Florida men’s basketball, along with the rest of the SEC, gained a better idea of what the 2022-23 schedule will look like after the conference announced its member schools’ home and road designations on Wednesday. The Gators are set to face the Georgia Bulldogs, Kentucky Wildcats, Vanderbilt Co...

Deion Sanders' Hiring of Tim Brewster Pays Off Early for Jackson State
02/07/2022

Deion Sanders' Hiring of Tim Brewster Pays Off Early for Jackson State

Deion Sanders' hiring of assistant head coach is paying off early for Jackson State.

Deion Sanders Thanks Ja Rule For Donation To Jackson State Football, 'Blessing'
02/07/2022

Deion Sanders Thanks Ja Rule For Donation To Jackson State Football, 'Blessing'

Deion Sanders is giving big thanks to Ja Rule -- after the rapper just announced he'll be donating money to the Jackson State football team!!. The New York rapper shared the news on Friday via Instagram ... saying some of the money he makes off his upcoming NFT collection will...

Elvis Presley’s childhood home is up for auction
02/07/2022

Elvis Presley’s childhood home is up for auction

Elvis Presley’s childhood home is up for auction, giving fans a chance to live the life of the king wherever they want. Presley lived in the blue-planked home from 1943 to 1944. It was originally located at 1241 Kelly Street in East Tupelo, Mississippi, up until five years ago. In 2017,...

REPORT: Lane Home Furnishings laying off 300, changing how Amory plant will be used
01/07/2022

REPORT: Lane Home Furnishings laying off 300, changing how Amory plant will be used

TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — Another local furniture manufacturer is cutting jobs and making a big switch in how its plant in Amory will be used. Furniture Today reports the company known...

Emmett Till's family calls for justice after finding an unserved arrest warrant in his case
01/07/2022

Emmett Till's family calls for justice after finding an unserved arrest warrant in his case

Family members of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black teen whose murder in the Jim Crow South spurred the civil rights movement in America, say they have unearthed an unserved arrest warrant for the White woman who accused him of making advances toward her, sparking the events that led to his death.....

Confetti, beers and The Square jam-packed: Inside Ole Miss baseball's championship parade
01/07/2022

Confetti, beers and The Square jam-packed: Inside Ole Miss baseball's championship parade

OXFORD — It should come as no surprise that the fanbase that traveled more than 700 miles to buy more than 18,000 Jell-O shots turned up in big numbers for Ole Miss baseball's championship parade. Thousands of fans packed North Lamar Boulevard, The Square, University Avenue and Swayze Field on Wed...

Neshoba countians trek to Omaha for the Rebs
01/07/2022

Neshoba countians trek to Omaha for the Rebs

Ole Miss baseball fans were in no hurry to leave Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb., Sunday afternoon. The Rebels baseball team had just completed its two-game sweep (10-3, 4-2) of Oklahoma and claimed the first College World Series National championship in school history. “We didn’t want the m...

Elvis Presley’s childhood home is headed to auction — but you have to put it together
01/07/2022

Elvis Presley’s childhood home is headed to auction — but you have to put it together

Presley and his family lived in the Mississippi home in the 1940s.

Elvis Presley's One-Time Mississippi Home Will Go Up for Auction: 'Incredibly Special'
30/06/2022

Elvis Presley's One-Time Mississippi Home Will Go Up for Auction: 'Incredibly Special'

Elvis fans now have a chance to own the king's one-time home. The house was located in East Tupelo, Mississippi, for almost a century before being meticulously dismantled in 2017 and preserved for eventual reassembly at a location of the auction winner's choice. A press release from Rockhurst Auctio...

Film director of ‘Blues Brothers,’ ‘Animal House’ and Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ visits Mississippi museum
30/06/2022

Film director of ‘Blues Brothers,’ ‘Animal House’ and Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ visits Mississippi museum

Noted film director John Landis and his wife, Deborah, stopped by the Old Courthouse Museum this week while visiting Vicksburg. Landis is known for his work on many classic films, including “The Blues Brothers,” “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music vi...

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