Manhunt underway after inmate escapes from Central Mississippi Correctional Facility

RANKIN CO., Miss. (WLBT) – A manhunt is underway after an inmate escaped from the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. Michael Wilson, 51, escaped on Sunday. The Rankin County Sheriff’s Office is assisting the MDOC in searching for Wilson. Officials have set up roadblocks at Monterey Road, the Outpost, and the railroad tracks near the prison […]

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UK MoD selects L3Harris SDR with Special Forces among likely users

09 March 2022 by Andrew White A US Army ranger equipped with L3Harris’s AN / PRC-163. (US Army Special Operations Command) The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) will procure an undisclosed number of Falcon IV AN / PRC-163 software defined radios (SDRs) from L3Harris Technologies, the company announced on 7 March. L3Harris revealed

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Families of law enforcement officers and firefighters will receive death benefits

JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – Families of law enforcement officers and firefighters who died after contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty will receive full state health benefits. Governor Tate Reeves signed House Bill 779 into law at a ceremony earlier today. The law will take $ 5 million from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund

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Traffic stop lands two people in Lee County Jail for drug related charges

LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Two people are in jail after a drug bust unfolded during a traffic stop. Deputies pulled over a vehicle on Highway 371 with 58-year-old Robert Cayson and 21-year-old Amberly Hatch inside. Investigators found marijuana, a marijuana grinder, two bongs, a glass pipe, oxycodone, and a small mirror with a white

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