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May 3, 2024
PETAL, Miss. (WHLT) - A Petal teacher, who received a $25,000 Milken Educator Award in 2022, has been charged with sex crimes. Petal police said they received a report in February 2024 from the Petal School District. In the course of an internal investigation for misconduct, Petal School District officials said they discovered several instances [...]
May 2, 2024
An award-winning educator in the Mississippi Pine Belt has surrendered himself to authorities for alleged sex crimes involving minors. First reported by WDAM, Tyler Shows turned himself in to Petal police on Thursday afternoon. Shows is charged with dissemination of sexually oriented material to a minor, and two counts of...
January 30, 2021
Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise speaks to Petal students Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise speaks to Petal students By Melissa Rademaker | January 29, 2021 at 7:00 PM CST - Updated January 29 at 7:00 PM PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - Students at Petal Upper Elementary had a special visitor through video chat Friday. Mississippi native and Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise spoke to classes. The NASA pilot and astronaut joined 5th and 6th graders to talk about his career and answer their questions about sp...