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LEAKE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - A Mississippi highway has been damaged due to the recent storms. Officials with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) said Highway 427 near Carthage experienced significant damage. The agency plans to have the highway repaired by next week. In the meantime, officials said crews are working out logistics and alerting [...]
A Leake County man was arrested and charged in connection with an armed robbery in a Philadelphia motel room last week, the authorities said.
Chief Cyrus Ben says he is ready for the challenge after being re-elected to a second term as chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
A 22-year-old Texas inmate who escaped prison over the weekend was captured 250 miles away in half a day. Officials believe the escapee stole a vehicle after climbing over a fence.
Suspects are being sought in the case of a box trailer stolen from a Philadelphia auction earlier this month that was recovered in Leake County last week, the authorities aid.