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Only a few area residents braved the icy roads at crosstown in Tupelo, Monday morning. Most of Northeast Mississippi awoke Monday morning to find roads covered in a sheet of ice, making driving conditions treacherous. By Monday at noon, emergency officials across the region were concerned continued sleeting might cause power outages.
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Shante Evans, of Tupelo, checks her phone as she walks home to her apartment on West Main Street after going to the store for a snack on Monday morning in Tupelo. Evans decided the roads were too bad to drive on and didn t take any changes getting behind the wheel.
Tishomingo County man died in house fire
The fire was reported about 1 a.m. Saturday morning.
Posted: Feb 14, 2021 10:49 AM
Updated: Feb 14, 2021 10:49 AM
Posted By: Melvin Carlock
BURNSVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) A Tishomingo County man died in house fire Saturday morning.
Coroner Mack Wilemon says Lonzo Wilkins, 74, of Burnsville was found inside the home by firefighters.
Wilemon said another person in the home work Wilkens after hearing a strange noise around 1 a.m. Saturday morning.
Wilkins discovered the home was on fire and attempted to put out the fire.
Wilemon said the other person made it out safely.
He said when firefighters arrived, Wilkins had not come out.
JACKSON ⢠Lawmakers halted legislation to partially privatize and overhaul Mississippiâs state parks system this year, but one Northeast Mississippi lawmaker warned his colleagues and the public on Friday that such a drastic step is likely still coming.
âAnyone who thinks this isnât an attempt to privatize the state parks is naive,â said Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory.
Senators on Friday passed legislation to create a study committee to research how best to improve Mississippiâs parks system, which has been in disrepair for years thanks to chronic underfunding.
Under Senate Bill 2486, five senators and five representatives would gather information and research various problems with the parks system before offering policy recommendations before the 2022 session.
TUPELO ⢠Narcotics officers looking for illegal synthetic cannabinoids arrested at least nine people Tuesday in a series of simultaneous raids across Northeast Mississippi.
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, along with the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit and a host of local agencies, have been investigating the use and sale of the illegal drugs for several months. On Feb. 2, law enforcement in Lee, Monroe and Tishomingo counties executed search warrants, mostly at convenience stores.
Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said law enforcement across the region had been hearing complaints of stores selling the synthetic drugs under the counter to both adults and juveniles. The oil-based products were sold in vape cartridges or as a liquid to add to e-cigarettes.