Author: Josh

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, joined by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, has taken over the probe into a Maryland Heights Apartments shooting that killed 29‑year‑old Deja Davis and left 26‑year‑old Kurtavious Knight seriously injured.

A Natchez man died after a wrong‑way crash on I‑55 that injured three others; charges are expected. Meanwhile, Mississippi’s new law requiring cameras and crisis‑intervention training in special‑education classrooms is now in effect.

Natchez won $2M toward replacing the Canal Street Bridge, and Ascension Parish broke ground on a $30M River Parishes training campus for the incoming Hyundai steel mill. Also: Mississippi ballot‑initiative action and enhanced Carnival driving enforcement in Louisiana.

Work begins this month on a nearly 2‑mile recreational bike trail at Duncan Park after the Natchez Board of Aldermen approved a $110,000 bid; the federally funded, donor‑supported project is due this summer. Also in the roundup: Louisiana congressional hopefuls, three more Mississippi storm deaths, and a bill targeting AI deepfake child abuse images.

Adams County Sheriff Travis Patton asks the state to co-fund a regional jail on donated land near Natchez to serve southwest Mississippi. Also in the local roundup: a Louisiana candidate shifts races, Gov. Reeves seeks disaster aid after a winter storm, trout stocking, and rising Mississippi River levels.

Adams County supervisors promise property tax cuts next year and urge residents to contest this year’s bills if they suspect overvaluation. The update also covers Entergy’s continued power restorations after severe weather, new storm-related deaths in Mississippi, and arrests in a multi-agency child exploitation probe.

Natchez secured $1.1M in federal funds to rebuild failing drainage beneath State Street; other headlines: a Louisiana bill to end passenger inspection stickers, states weighing permanent DST, and LaSalle Parish drops homework.

Natchez officials are asking the Mississippi Legislature for nearly $6 million to replace the deteriorating, heavily used Canal Street Bridge — city leaders say it has only about four years of serviceable life left.

Natchez will collect ice‑storm tree debris curbside (size/volume limits apply); most Entergy customers have power, but about 500 rural co‑op accounts remain without electricity as crews continue repairs.

Ice and sleet have left at least 12 people dead and hundreds of thousands without power across Louisiana and Mississippi. Warming shelters are open — including the Adams County safe room at 323 Liberty Road in Natchez — as volunteers deliver supplies and officials urge residents to avoid travel and seek shelter.