https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comTue, 20 Oct 2026 08:48:00 +0200 Firefighters battled multiple grass fires on HWY 35 N, woods fires on Attala Roads 1116 and 2135, and a fire on Attala Rd. 4106 that involved woods, a structure, and a vehicle. Fortunately, the home was unoccupied and no injuries were reported. One of the HWY 35 N fires also involved a downed power line]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/burn-ban-ignored-as-attala-firefighters-battle-multiple-fires-costly-charges-pending/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/burn-ban-ignored-as-attala-firefighters-battle-multiple-fires-costly-charges-pending/ The post Neshoba County Under Burn Ban appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/neshoba-county-under-burn-ban/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/neshoba-county-under-burn-ban/ “Free Bird” intro
FAA Official:  “The aircraft was making an instrument flight rules flight from Greenville, South Carolina to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  The pilot reported that he was low on fuel and the aircraft was then routed to McComb which was a nearby airport.  At 7:47 Eastern Daylight Time, the aircraft disappeared from the radar scope and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/whats-the-connection-between-kosciusko-and-the-lynyrd-skynyrd-plane-crash/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/whats-the-connection-between-kosciusko-and-the-lynyrd-skynyrd-plane-crash/ Despite growing evidence that midwife-led birth centers improve outcomes for mothers and infants, Mississippi remains one of 10 states with no centers. Mississippi is also among the states with the fewest midwives per births in the nation, according to a new report by th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/report-finds-birth-centers-improve-outcomes-mississippi-has-none/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/report-finds-birth-centers-improve-outcomes-mississippi-has-none/ Southern Poverty Law Center President Ryan Haygood told Mississippi Today on Monday that his organization is prepared to fight the Trump Justice Department’s indictments in a trial set for April.Haygood was in Jackson for the start of the organization’s &ldqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/splc-president-during-jackson-visit-says-organization-is-ready-to-fight-doj-prosecution/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/splc-president-during-jackson-visit-says-organization-is-ready-to-fight-doj-prosecution/ Joseph Cranney is a reporter with the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/mississippi-attorney-general-clears-senatobia-police-officer-who-shot-killed-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/mississippi-attorney-general-clears-senatobia-police-officer-who-shot-killed-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/ Joseph Cranney is a reporter with the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/attorney-general-clears-senatobia-police-officer-who-shot-killed-kohen-wiley/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/attorney-general-clears-senatobia-police-officer-who-shot-killed-kohen-wiley/ Joseph Cranney is a reporter with the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The New York Times. Mukta Joshi is an investigative reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow examining]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/attorney-general-clears-senatobia-police-officer-who-shot-killed-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/attorney-general-clears-senatobia-police-officer-who-shot-killed-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/ Congratulations Conor, you are the winner of our weekly Friday Night Food Spot Prize, a $15 gift card to Sonic!
You, too, could be a winner. Just be sure to submit your picks by 6:00 p.m. on Friday to be eligible!
Week 9 picks can be found here.
Remember to play each week for a chance to win the season prize, a Turtlebox Grande Blue]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/kicks-picks-week-8-winner-is-connor-bell-of-carthage/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/kicks-picks-week-8-winner-is-connor-bell-of-carthage/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/doj-reaches-settlement-with-lexington-police-department-over-civil-rights-violations/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/doj-reaches-settlement-with-lexington-police-department-over-civil-rights-violations/ Highlights include:Morning Events: Visual Art Show, Baseball/Softball highlights, and the Career & Transfer Fair at McDaniel Hall.
Workforce & Tech Expo: Touch-a-Truck displays featuring the lineman truck, welding trailer, and emergency vehicles.
Alumni Honorees: Recognizing Alumni of the Yea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/audio-katherine-ellard-talks-2026-holmes-cc-homecoming/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/audio-katherine-ellard-talks-2026-holmes-cc-homecoming/ A community send-off is scheduled for Saturday morning at Kosciusko High School. Supporters are asked to gather along both sides of the KHS driveway at 11:20 AM as the band departs. Attendees are welcome to bring signs, posters, and noisemakers.
The championship performance will take place at Pearl High School at 3:30 PM. Spectators]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/community-send-off-planned-for-saturday-as-kosciusko-big-red-band-heads-to-state-competition/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/community-send-off-planned-for-saturday-as-kosciusko-big-red-band-heads-to-state-competition/  DEMARRIUS J CARR, 22, of Kosciusko, Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling, Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon, KPD.  Bond $100,000, $50,000.
 KENDRICK R CARTER, 43, of Kosciusko, Shoplifting – 2nd, KPD.  Bond $2,300.
 SKUYLER J ELLINGTON, 18, of Kosciusko, Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling, KPD.  Bond $100,000.
 JESSICA L GOOLSBY, 39, of Morton, Felony]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/shooting-into-an-occupied-dwelling-many-felony-drug-arrests-and-domestic-violence-in-kosciusko-and-attala-county-arrests/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/shooting-into-an-occupied-dwelling-many-felony-drug-arrests-and-domestic-violence-in-kosciusko-and-attala-county-arrests/ SAN FRANCISCO – These eight women and their families fought in a war known as America’s Civil Rights Movement. Over the weekend, they gathered, perhaps for the last time, as former President Bill Clinton and others cheered their courage and their grace.&ldquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/bill-clinton-and-others-pay-tribute-to-women-warriors-of-the-civil-rights-movement/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/bill-clinton-and-others-pay-tribute-to-women-warriors-of-the-civil-rights-movement/ Marlena Jenkins is a public high school teacher who loves helping kids ask the right questions. Jenkins, 47, knows what happens when kids don’t learn that skill. At 18, Jenkins had a baby after graduating high school in Hattiesburg in 1997 with no sex educatio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/mississippi-tops-us-for-medicaid-enrollees-prescribed-birth-control-some-say-is-linked-to-brain-tumors/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/mississippi-tops-us-for-medicaid-enrollees-prescribed-birth-control-some-say-is-linked-to-brain-tumors/ School Honor Roll Announcement★ Superintendent’s Honor List
First Grade: Faith Moore, Kayson Price, Aleah Scott
Second Grade: Emily Mayers, Journee Miller, Austin Rayford
Third Grade: Kyden Riley, Malachi Teague
Fourth Grade: Lily Mayers
Fifth Grade: Mickayla Roby
Sixth Grade: Jamarris Barnes, Morgan Harmon, Mariyah Wash★ Principal’s Honor List
First Grade: John All]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/long-creek-elementary-announces-first-9-weeks-honor-roll-students/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/long-creek-elementary-announces-first-9-weeks-honor-roll-students/ Burn bans remain in effect for 34 counties in Mississippi including Attala, Leake, Holmes, Winston, Carroll and Montgomery.
The post Wildfire Danger Continues This Week appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/wildfire-danger-continues-this-week/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/wildfire-danger-continues-this-week/ House Speaker Jason White – or at least the poll he commissioned – does not seem to be embracing what has become known as the “Mississippi miracle” that references the state’s dramatic gains on some national education tests.While Mississippi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/jason-whites-poll-on-vouchers-ignores-strong-test-results-in-mississippi-public-schools/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/jason-whites-poll-on-vouchers-ignores-strong-test-results-in-mississippi-public-schools/ An ambulance was called, as well as Kosciusko Police.
Airbags were reported to have deployed anbd one person was holding their face.
The post Two-Car Wreck on the Putskirts of Kosy Saturday Night appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/two-car-wreck-on-the-putskirts-of-kosy-saturday-night/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/two-car-wreck-on-the-putskirts-of-kosy-saturday-night/ An ambulance was called, as well as Kosciusko Police.
Airbags were reported to have deployed anbd one person was holding their face.
The post Two-Car Wreck on the Outskirts of Kosy Saturday Night appeared first on BreezyNews.com - Kosciusko News 24/7.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/two-car-wreck-on-the-outskirts-of-kosy-saturday-night/Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/two-car-wreck-on-the-outskirts-of-kosy-saturday-night/