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A search warrant executed on April 15 for an Itawamba County residence led to the arrest of three individuals on felony drug charges. Itawamba County Sheriff’s Deputies, in coordination with the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, made three arrests at 141 Brickhouse Road in Itawamba County. During a search of the premises, unspecified amounts of both methamphetamine and marijuana, U.S. currency and a vehicle associated with the sales and distribution of narcotics in both Itawamba and Lee Counties were seized by law enforcement officials. Joseph Michael Worthey (47), Christy Dawn Little (4...

Guest opinion: Protecting victims remains a Florida priority © Special to The News-Press Amira Fox The past few years have brought many changes to our justice system, one of the most impactful being the passage of Marsy’s Law for Florida. Victims have constitutionally protected rights to notification and, importantly, now have the option to protect their personally identifiable information from being released without their consent.    Our responsibility as leaders in our communities and enforcers of the Florida Constitution is to ensure that victims are protected, while protecting the...

By working together and following the guidelines set forth in Florida’s Constitution, our circuit has been able to increase protection for victims and their families.

You could get paid to help get rid of an invasive species off the Southwest Florida coast Published: February 12, 2021 3:42 PM EST Updated: February 12, 2021 10:39 PM EST Recommended A Southwest Florida business wants to pay you to catch Lionfish. FWC is also getting behind this effort. Lionfish are an invasive species not usually found in Lee, Charlotte or Collier Counties. Here’s what you need to do to cash in on the new program. Roland Salatino and Aarav Chavda are divers. “We are two guys that have been divers forever, we love the environment and we saw this problem with the Lionfish,...

A winter storm is expected to take shape over South Central Texas tomorrow. Credit: KENS 5 Published: 7:08 AM CST January 9, 2021 Updated: 7:08 AM CST January 9, 2021 SAN ANTONIO — A winter storm is expected to take shape over South Central Texas this Sunday. Very light amounts of snow accumulation will be possible for parts of Edwards, Kerr, Gillespie, Kendall and Blanco counties on Sunday. Accumulations less than an inch for our region with higher totals north. Much of the KENS 5 viewing area will just get rain. #KENS5Eyewitnesspic.twitter.com/1kn1Xh6LNT�...