The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Thursday afternoon shooting. According to Sheriff Mike Arledge, at about 4:30 p.m. deputies responded to 508 Lehmberg Road after a reported shooting. When they arrived they found that someone had fired multiple rounds into a house. The homeowner was inside, but nobody was injured. Anyone with any information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-530-7151 or the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office at (662)...
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With the potential of a winter storm system hitting the Golden Triangle area tonight and tomorrow, 4-County Electric Power Association has implemented its Emergency Response Plan and is ready to respond if significant accumulations of snow, sleet and ice hit the area. This morning, 4-County crews were making extra preparations to prepare, organizing equipment and putting the final touches on planning for the potential event. Being prepared and planning ahead are critical components in weathering the storm, according to 4-County Manager of Operations Anthony Miller. “We’re ready,” Miller said this morning. “Our crews are trained and equipped to handle...
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Two area organizations are joining together to help local citizens that are suffering financially from the continued government shutdown. The Lowndes County United Way and Building Bridges of Hope are working to help over 40 area residents that are working without pay. Glenda Buckhalter, the Community Outreach Coordinator for the City of Columbus and Officer and Director of Building Bridges of Hope, a Mississippi 501(c)(3), is leading an effort to help these employees of the TSA from the Golden Triangle Airport, the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville and employee of the USDA in the area. All have been working...
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According to Sheriff Mike Arledge, Clark Earl Allen Jr., 20, of 47 Fulton Lane, Starkville, has been charged with capital murder in the Jan. 15 shooting deaths of three men in Artesia. Allen was a guest inside the home at the time of the murders, but investigators are not releasing any details about motive at this time, Arledge said. Deputies responding to a shots fired call on Mobile Drive in Artesia found three men dead at a trailer. Shortly afterwards, patrol deputies captured Allen nearby. According to the Lowndes County Coroner’s Office, the victims were Demario Anquan Snell, 31,...
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Two were injured in an accident involving a box truck at Highway 45 and Gatlin Road in Lowndes County. According to Mississippi Highway Patrol Sergeant Derrick Beckom, the accident occurred about 2 p.m. Jan.16 when a white 2019 International box truck driven by Sonya Melson, 44, of Guntown, was northbound on Highway 45. Melson collided with the left side of a white Chevy pickup entering the highway from Gatlin Road. Melson and the driver of the pickup, Carroll Houston, 59, of Pontotoc, were taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle with non-life-threatening injuries. A passenger in the pickup was not...
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