https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comFri, 04 Sep 2026 23:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/counsel-for-death-row-inmate-willie-manning-raises-batson-challenge-with-mississippi-supreme-court/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/counsel-for-death-row-inmate-willie-manning-raises-batson-challenge-with-mississippi-supreme-court/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/fifth-circuit-upholds-dismissal-of-jacksonians-lawsuit-against-city-over-lead-in-water/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/fifth-circuit-upholds-dismissal-of-jacksonians-lawsuit-against-city-over-lead-in-water/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/recording-captures-attala-county-school-officials-admitting-strip-search-of-teen-students-might-not-have-been-legal/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/recording-captures-attala-county-school-officials-admitting-strip-search-of-teen-students-might-not-have-been-legal/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/trump-appoints-adam-telle-longtime-thad-cochran-adviser-to-lead-the-army/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/trump-appoints-adam-telle-longtime-thad-cochran-adviser-to-lead-the-army/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/new-clinic-opens-in-leland-expands-local-access-to-healthcare-in-the-mississippi-delta/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/new-clinic-opens-in-leland-expands-local-access-to-healthcare-in-the-mississippi-delta/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/medicaid-expansion-would-help-overcome-budget-shortfall-and-harms-of-big-beautiful-bill-physician-says/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/medicaid-expansion-would-help-overcome-budget-shortfall-and-harms-of-big-beautiful-bill-physician-says/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/eligibility-issues-are-not-new-in-college-sports-heres-the-proof/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/eligibility-issues-are-not-new-in-college-sports-heres-the-proof/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/crooked-letter-sports-its-finally-here/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/crooked-letter-sports-its-finally-here/  MELISSA ANN CANNON, 35, of Union, DUI – 1st, NCSO.  Bond $1,500.
 WHITLEY S DEARING, 33, of Philadelphia, Contempt of Court – Philadelphia Municipal Court, PPD.  Bond N/A.
 WILLIAM FORTENBERRY, 31, of Philadelphia, Transfer, Distribution, or Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell, PPD.  Bond $50,000.
 GREGORY HUDSON, 45, of Philadelphia]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/malicious-mischief-drugs-and-dui-arrests-in-philadelphia-and-neshoba-county/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/malicious-mischief-drugs-and-dui-arrests-in-philadelphia-and-neshoba-county/ The driver reported striking a bale of hay at the intersection of highways 35 and 19. He stopped near Dollar General and the River Bridge Store to inspect the damage when the truck began to burn and quickly became engulfed in flames.
The Attala County Fire Department and Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to the scene. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, but the tractor portion of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/semi-truck-catches-fire-on-highway-35-in-kosciusko/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/semi-truck-catches-fire-on-highway-35-in-kosciusko/  
As the Labor Day holiday gets underway, the local area will be back under a heat advisory but the worst is yet to come.   Today’s heat index will range from 105 in Kosciusko, Carthage and Philadelphia to 107 in Durant.  Saturday, it bumps up to 106 in Kosciusko and Carthage and 108 in Durant.  The forecast for Sunday is a heat index up to 110 areawide. 
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The Kosciusko Police Department offers its gratitude to the Internet Crimes Against Children division of the Attorney General’s Office]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/kosciusko-man-charged-with-child-exploitation-in-thursday-morning-arrest/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/mississippi/kosciusko-man-charged-with-child-exploitation-in-thursday-morning-arrest/ Judge Joseph Loper has sentenced Bryan Weaver to serve the remainder of his natural life in prison.
The verdict was handed down Thursday afternoon following a four-day trial at the Attala County Courthouse.
Tracy Weaver, 46, was found shot to death inside the couple’s home on August 28, 2023. Bryan Weaver was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in February 2025.
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