Okatoma Fest attracts 12,000 visitors to Collins
Okatoma Fest attracts 12,000 visitors to Collins By Charles Herrington | May 4, 2021 at 8:54 PM CDT - Updated May 4 at 10:12 PM
COLLINS, Miss. (WDAM) - Organizers of the Okatoma Festival on Saturday are more than pleased with the number of visitors who came to town.
The Covington County Chamber of Commerce estimates more than 12,000 people took part in the event, which featured live music, carnival rides, a car show and lots of different types of food.
“People were parked for blocks and blocks away and the crowd continued to come into 7 o’clock, so it was a wonderful day,” said Marie Shoemake, executive director of the Covington County Chamber of Commerce. “The weather was perfect and people were ready to get out.”
Robber convicted in execution-style killing of Shelby County store clerk; jury recommends death sentence
Updated 11:46 AM;
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A Shelby County jury convicted Michael Anthony Powell, who was a convicted robber at the time of his arrest in the deadly shooting, of capital murder in the killing of 54-year-old Tracy Latty Algar at the Kirkland Chevron that Sunday morning more than four years ago. Algar was killed execution-style in the bathroom of the convenience store. Only several hundred dollars were taken in the holdup.
The trial lasted more than a week and when it was over, the jury recommended Powell be sentenced to death, said Shelby County District Attorney Jill Lee. Presiding Circuit Judge Bill Bostick will sentence Powell on May 24.
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Almost $11,000 of stolen Dollar General merchandise found
May 2, 2021 GMT
COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (AP) Law enforcement in a Mississippi county say they found around $11,000 worth of stolen Dollar General merchandise hidden in a shed and truck at someone’s home.
Covington County Sheriff Darrell Perkins told WLBT-TV his deputies were working with an investigator hired by Dollar General after a string of recent thefts.
Perkins said Dollar General officials believed a delivery driver was taking merchandise out of trucks and keeping it, according to WLBT.
Their investigation led them to home in the northeast part of the county. A storage shed and truck contained nearly $11,000 of stolen goods.
Nearly $11K in stolen Dollar General merchandise found in Covington Co. Covington County investigators found a storage shed loaded with thousands of dollars worth of stolen Dollar General merchandise. (Source: Covington County Sheriff s Office) By Chris Thies | April 30, 2021 at 5:29 PM CDT - Updated April 30 at 9:41 PM
COVINGTON COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Investigators in Covington County uncovered a large cache of stolen Dollar General merchandise worth thousands of dollars on Thursday.
Sheriff Darrell Perkins said his deputies were working with an investigator hired by Dollar General to crack down on recent thefts when they made the discovery.
Perkins said Dollar General believed a delivery driver was taking merchandise out of trucks and keeping it.