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A Columbus man will spend the next three decades in prison for murder
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – A Columbus man will spend the next three decades in prison after being convicted of murder. Judge Lee Coleman handed down that sentence this morning in Lowndes County Circuit...
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Columbus police are investigating two shootings that are possibly related
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Columbus police are investigating two shootings that investigators believe are related. The first shooting happened at the intersection of 14th Avenue North and Railroad Street...
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Oktibbeha County deputies are searching for a missing man
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Oktibbeha County deputies are asking for your help to find a missing man. 39-year-old Darryl Harvey was last seen on May 15th. He is about five foot five inches tall,...
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Maben man charged with touching a child for lustful purposes
MABEN, Miss. (WCBI) – A Maben man is accused of a child sex crime. 43-year-old Tommy Williams is charged with touching a child for lustful purposes. Oktibbeha County deputies say Williams turned...
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Columbus man arrested after snatching a woman’s purse and pushing her to the...
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – An accused purse snatcher is quickly arrested after knocking a woman to the ground. 26-year-old Johnathan Hendrix of Columbus is charged with robbery. Columbus Police Chief...
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Lowndes County jury found man guilty of child sex crimes
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Lowndes County jury finds a man guilty of child sex crimes. Ryan Scott Perrigin’s sexual battery case started earlier this week. Jurors returned the guilty verdict on...
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Monroe Co. Sheriff’s Dept. makes record-breaking meth bust after joint...
ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI) – Tuesday, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department announced the details of an arrest in a major drug bust they say is the result of a joint investigation over the last few...
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Inmate escapes from Chickasaw County Jail
CHICKASAW COUNTY, Miss. (Miss.) – An inmate from the Chickasaw County Jail has escaped. Chief Deputy Keith Roberson said the inmate, Marcques Clinton, escaped around 1 a.m. Thursday. He was being held...
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Woman facing three counts of aggravated assault in Oktibbeha Co.
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A woman is indicted on four charges after a shooting in Oktibbeha County. Taylor Hill is facing three counts of aggravated assault and one count of shooting into an...
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An argument at a party ended in gunfire in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – An argument at a party in Columbus ends in gunfire and one person sent to the hospital. The shooting happened in the 800 block of 14th Street North on Wednesday night. Columbus...
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Ryan Scott Perrigin was sentenced to 50 years in prison
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Lowndes County man is sentenced to 50 years in prison for child sex crimes. Ryan Scott Perrigin was sentenced this afternoon in Lowndes County Circuit Court. A jury...
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Columbus man takes plea bargain, will spend next 10 years in prison
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – A Columbus man takes a plea bargain and will spend the next ten years in prison for manslaughter. Eric Lamar Brewer was indicted for first-degree murder in the shooting death...
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Woman has purse snatched in Trinity Place parking lot
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – For the second time in less than three days, someone tries to take a woman’s purse in a parking lot in Columbus. This morning’s incident happened at the apartments at Trinity...
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Continuance denied in Starkville capital murder trial
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – A continuance is denied in a Starkville capital murder trial that involved a shooting inside of Walmart. Judge Lee Howard made the ruling in Lowndes County Circuit Court this...
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West Alabama man is dead after shooting Sunday evening
REFORM, Ala. (WCBI) – A west Alabama man is dead after a shooting inside of a car. The shooting happened Sunday evening in the 500 block of 6th Avenue Northwest in Reform. Police Chief Richard Black...
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One person is in jail after fatal Aliceville shooting
ALICEVILLE, Ala. (WCBI) – We now know the name of the man killed in an Aliceville, Alabama shooting. Pickens County Coroner Chad Harless says 21-year-old Venson Barnes Jr. died at a hospital. Barnes...
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Lowndes Co. Sheriff’s Dept. hosting series of community meetings during June
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department is hearing concerns from the people it serves and protects. Sheriff Eddie Hawkins and his command staff will host three community...
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Multi Agency Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Virginia Man In Alleged Phone Scam
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – A multi-agency investigation leads to the arrest of a Virginia man, accused of scamming an elderly Tupelo couple out of $19,000. The investigation started when an elderly couple...
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A Choctaw County man was shot after walking up to a burglary
CHOCTAW COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Choctaw County man walks up on a burglary and is shot. Now, deputies are searching for the gunman. The shooting happened this past Saturday evening on Bywy Road....
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Lamar Co. deputies looking for suspect involved in the stealing of a trailer
LAMAR COUNTY, Ala. (WCBI) – Three thefts in southern Lamar County have deputies searching one suspect. There is surveillance video of what investigators believe is a truck pulling a stolen trailer on...
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