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A firefighter sprays crossties with water after a crane lowers them from flaming freight train hopper cars to the ground near Swan Lake Tuesday night, June 6, 2023. Four Canadian National Railway cars hauling railroad crossties were involved in the fire. (Photo by Robert Riley)

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Train fire draws massive response

By CLAY MCFERRIN CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,06/08/23-12:01PM, 2,554 Reads 6,155 Statewide
SWAN LAKE — Dozens of firefighting apparatuses from over a dozen fire departments battled the flames of freight train cars whose cargo of wooden railroad crossties burned relentlessly Tuesday.
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Sorority treasurer gets 45 months for wire fraud

By SUSAN BRADLEY SUSAN BRADLEY - Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Mississippi
Mon,09/19/22-4:46PM, 2,552 Reads
Oxford – An Oxford woman was sentenced last Friday to 45 months in prison for wire fraud committed while she was a volunteer for the Kappa Delta sorority at Mississippi State University.
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Heat advisories remain in effect for Thursday and Friday.

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2 men die from heat

By BRENT MAZE BRENT MAZE - The Greenwood Commonwealth
Thu,07/30/26-1:00PM, 2,552 Reads 44,954 Statewide
Two Greenwood men have reportedly died from heat-related illnesses, Leflore County Coroner Debra Sanders said.
A 45-year-old man was found dead Friday afternoon inside his home on the 200 block os Young Street
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Postpartum women never lost Medicaid coverage during the pandemic. But the state told them they did.

By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,09/07/22-9:00AM, 2,551 Reads 25,852 Statewide
Thanks to misleading letters sent by the Mississippi Division of Medicaid in recent years, tens of thousands of new moms may have chosen to forgo health care after giving birth – even as the federal government was sending Mississippi extra money to help pay for their care during the pandemic.
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