LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) - Emergency management officials in the Pine Belt are warning neighbors to be prepared for severe weather on Wednesday, April 10. James Smith, director of Lamar County Emergency Management, expects flooding in areas near creeks and rivers due to heavy rain. Before the storm, neighbors are encouraged to pack an emergency [.]
DURANT, Miss. (WJTV) - A Durant man was sentenced to 44 months in federal prison for bank robbery. Prosecutors said Curtis Lee Williams, 22, was also ordered to pay $6,506.00 in restitution to the bank. According to court documents, Williams robbed a Durant bank on July 7, 2022. The same day, one of the $50 [.]
CANTON, Miss. (WJTV) - A mother of a student who was allegedly assaulted in Canton wants justice. Catanna Francois, 15, is a student at Nichols Middle School. The teenager said she was physically and verbally assaulted on Thursday, April 4 by the school's resource officer. Francois claimed she was cursed at, choked, and dragged down [.]
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - Yazoo County authorities said neighbors in one subdivision should evacuate immediately. On Wednesday, the Yazoo County Sheriff's Office posted on social media that the Eastbrook subdivision on Highway 16 should evacuate as soon as possible. According to the sheriff's office, the levee is about to break on the lake, and [.]