WCBI News at Six - February 25, 2020
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A lee county grand jury will decide if charges will be filed in a deadly monday shooting.
Terence deon shumpert died after he was shot during an argument at the a- 1 tire store in skyline.
Sheriff jim johnson says clyde wallace suffered injuries after he and shumpert opened fire on each other.
Wallace underwent surgery at the hospital.
A 3rd person on the scene was taken into custody as a person of interest.... but no charges have been filed.
Wipe to gfx a man wanted in connection to a macon apartment robbery is now behind bars.
Antonio roby, also known as "shakey" is charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault, and conspiracy.
Roby turned himself in earlier this afternoon.
The robbery happened february 3rd at cambridge manor apartments.
Investigators believe roby and two other suspects committed the crime.
One person has been arrested in the case.
An endangered---missi ng child alert is issued for a tishomingo county teenager.
15-year-old monica o'bryan was last seen in the 100 block of old highway 25.
O'bryan is 5'2 and weighs around 200 pounds.
She has dirty blonde hair and blue eyes.
Family members say she suffers from a medical condition that might impair her judgement.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call belmont police department.
A federal judge signs off on a settlement ending a lawsuit between a former calhoun city police officer and the town's former chief.
Greg sockwell was fired in 2017, months after answering a domestic disturbance call at the home of former chief tito lopez.
Sockwell claimed lopez targeted him after sockwell admitted he had discussed answering the disturbance call with other officers.
The terms of the agreement are confidential some area seniors show that emergency preparedness knows no age..
The arrington nursing home teamed up with columbus emergency responders to practice what to do if an active shooter were to come on the campus.
The police and fire departments... and ems were tested on their response time on arriving to the scene... and disarming the gunman.
Employees were instructed to coordinate with a public information officer for medical documents and necessities for their families.
Columbus police chief fred shelton says the drill can help save the lives of residents and employees.
" our goal is to see how well we get in there and how well we work together.
We'll see how we get in there and clear the building because ems can't go in until the scene is secure so we want to practice our capability of getting in there, getting in there real quick and getting the scene contained to the people that need help."
Chief shelton says emergency services try to run these drills as often as possible.
Take vo in monitor oktibbeha county supervisors take the next step in making repairs to a damaged dam at the oktibbeha county lake.
The board has approved up to two hundred and 50 thousand dollars for the county engineer to do an assessment to come up with a repair plan.
Our stephanie poole joins us live in the studio with more information.
County supervisors are still deciding what's best for the future of the lake.
But there's one thing for certain it'll come with a hefty price tag.
Repairing the dam at the oktibbeha county lake has moved to the top of the priority list for county supervisors , but there is one ábigá concern.
How to pay for it?
In a 3 - 2 vote, the board agreed to pay for half of the repairs on the levee and dam.
"if it cost 10 million dollars to do it and we have to get 5 million dollars in federal or state funds.
The county has already voted in the 3-2 to put up the other 5 million dollars."
Supervisor bricklee miller says the board now has to consider all its options to cover the cost.
"that's going to mean doing a loan, a high interest loan, and that means taking that funding from somewhere or doing a bond which will raise your taxes."
However, supervisor marvell howard says there's a way to complete the project without taxpayers being affected.
" i think i laid out a pretty solid plan last night of how we can see it forward and how we can get this funding in place and how we can take care of our debt without a tax increase.
There's something things and we'll have to look into the budget but the money is there without us having to raise taxes."
Butt sots " citizens would have another voice if they wanted their taxes raised.
It'd be three to four to five million dollars or even more we don't know exactly what it's going to cost yet."
County leaders say regardless of the price, their main concern is the safety of the public.
As of now, supervisors must wait for the county engineer to complete reconstruction plans.
" we're going out and gathering this information, developing the plans, then we'll have a clear path forward of exactly what it is we want to do.
But at this time, until our engineer finishes we don't have clear answers right now.
" take vo in monitor we'll continue to provide updated information on the lake as it progresses.
First look stinger first look out there in many sides today you have to enjoy the weekend at and today we assess all of the sunshine tomorrow more clouds more rain times are now going back to the 50s and many spots start will however select 61 to the scene invariably can't hear no major problems eventually while on the clock offer for these areas of rain mid-forties in the morning you been more nasty weather coming our way for our wednesday easy to sow his building during the course of the night so have a plan for some wet weather for the morning commute and will have some sours arounda congressional candidate makes a swing through the area to introduce himself and his platform to voters..
Republican candidate james tulp is running for the 3rd congressional district seat... the madison native wants to focus on improving infrastructure, prioritizing vocational education, and controlling illegal immigration to protect american jobs.
"i'm running to be accountable to the citizens.
I'm not accountable to the elites, i'm not accountable to the donors and the lobbyists, i'm running for every citizen and that's who's going to be my boss, that's who's going to decide to hire me, that's who's going to decide to fire me if they think that i'm not doing a good job.
I'm running to put citizens over elites, to put america first, and to make sure that mississippi is leading the fight for life, for borders, and for second amendment."
Tulp is running against incumbent michael guest on the republican party ticket... party primaries are set for march 10th.
An old building in starkville is getting new life thanks to some local entrepreneurs// glo, a company that started by 2 mississippi state students in 2015, will soon be calling the old rex theatre home..
Our bobby martinez was in starkville this morning for the announcement.
Bobby, what more can you tell us?
It all started as class project for hagan walker and anna barker in 2015.
Fast forward to today... that project has turned into a company that continues to expand.
So moving into the old rex theater.
Allows them to have more work space.
And..
Keep the company in the city where it all began.
"during christmas we had people sitting on the floor to pack boxes because we just didn't have any room."
But that will soon change.
Glo, a company that sells light up drink cubes... will have a new place to call home.
The old rex theater.
Mark castleberry, the developer for this project, says this location is the perfect fit for glo for many reasons.
"they can utilize the space.
They can also use the size.
Approximately 7,000 feet is what will be occupied.
They had a strong desire to be downtown."
The building itself is owned by abert masonic lodge 89.
The lodge, built in 1931, has since rented out space to numerous businesses including the rex theater since it's inception.
So this opportunity for the owners of glo, is something that means a lot to them.
Sot - hagan "it's not everyday that you know young company like us gets the opportunity to move into a building like this.
I think it's a little surreal.
Sot- barkerthe picture that it presents is so amazing right.
Because the redevelopment of the rex theater is a great way to honor the history of starkville.
But also, is going in their as a young start up at the university is also kind of looking forward to the economic development that starkville worked really hard for."
Castleberry says this 1.2 million dollar project is scheduled to be complete by the end of this year.
Take vo off top two north mississippi plants are part of the merger of two of the country's largest foam and mattress materials manufacturers.
Final okay was given tuesday for fxi, which has a plant in baldwyn, to complete the 850 million dollar merger with innocor.
Innocor owns a tupelo production facility but not for long.
The federal trade commission ordered innocor to sell its tupelo site to a company called future foam.
The f-t-c says having baldwyn and tupelo plants under the same ownership provided too much market share to fxi in a region that depends heavily on foam and foam related products.
Stinger a disaster response team from north mississippi is wading in to help residents in the jackson area clean up and rebuild..
We check in with we check in with them when we come back... a group from north mississippi is in jackson repairing damage caused by massive flooding.
// w-c-b-i's allie martin is following the rapid response team with 8 days of hope as they reach out to victims. he joins us live from jackson.
Stinger staging area in raymond mississippi now today about 50 or 60 volunteers from all over the country have been out in the jackson area they've been helping folks flood victims from last week's record bloods here in jackson what is is gail manning he is a part-time investigator with union county sheriff's department retired us marshall and he's been with a dismal on some trips thank you so much her being with this i know you're busy today tell us what did you do today will answer mr. westbrook trounced two properties after that we went and almost marked out for you which is consistent on the drywall out all for you with what you get out of the house so it is run that's right and that's important that's what the rapid response guys at the key because they come in to get everything ready without me maybe there the possibility of mold growing you want to keep the mold from growing anymore don't you know what you are screwed project for use with outside the house and our community with friends and fires in the work of a shockwave spray and try to cure what moves growing in motion from the moment is growing what you like about doing this development because of serving the lord always been good the movies blessed me so many times my soldier back to him and his hands and feet are like we are commanded to try and about the bad dinner in the area really really good food somebody said it is a house of hope is like i want to be updated this is called also so you have some really good food and good fellowship it's a fun time is it is the most commonly found so it is when i get back from the television left and feel that i believe in really well that's a good day melt all right thank you so much all right we're going to be here to be our teams tomorrow and will have some stories from the volunteers and also from the homeowners in our in raymond mississippi was in the back to you in the studio i think i better start cleanup process and its licensees will store for a family so columbus to laverne and joseph on the design is summary: a quick moving weather maker will give us cool, showery, and breezy conditions on wednesday.
Pretty nice weather sets up for the end of the work week and for the upcoming weekend with gradually moderating temperatures.
Early next week looks to be mild but rain and storms chances will be going back up.
There could be more strong to severe storms in the region next tuesday or wednesday.
Tuesday night: variably cloudy during the evening with increasing clouds and the chance of showers by daybreak.
Lows in the mid 40s.
Wednesday: mostly cloudy, breezy, and cool.
A 60% chance of showers.
Highs in the mid to upper 40s.
Wednesday night: gradual clearing.
Much colder lows in the upper 20s to around 30.
Thursday: mostly sunny and cool.
Highs in the upper 40s.
Thursday night: partly cloudy.
Lows near freezing.
Friday: sun & clouds.
Highs in the low to mid 50s.
Friday night: partly to mostly cloudy.
Lows in the 30s.
Saturday: partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 50s.
Saturday night: mainly clear.
Lows near 40.
Sunday: partly cloudy.
Highs in the low to mid 60s.
Monday: mostly cloudy and milder.
Highs in the upper 60s to around 70.
Areas of showers are possible with the chance of rain about 40%.
Tuesday- wednesday: the next major weather system for us may weather wrap stinger another must-win matchup for mississippi state....the crimson tide rolling into starkville more on tonight's sec showdown, next in sports... spx mississippi state and alabama meet again on the basketball floor tonight...the bulldogs looking for revenge after the blowout loss to the tide in tuscaloosa back in january alabama shooting nearly 50% from the field in the 90- 69 win....ben howland saying confusion defensively was the main culrpit in the loss howland says both teams are very much different from the meeting back in january....but alabama still presents a big challenge, coming off a 25-point win on the road at ole miss "our defense was really something to be desired in that game.
So, i think that we're better than we were the first time we played.
Obviously, they are as well.
They are very talented.
You look at how they're shooting.
They've just gotten better and better.
They're coming off one of their most impressive wins of the year at ole miss where they thoroughly dominated the game.
They won by 25 on the road which is really hard to do in this league."
College basketball for tonight... ole miss going on the road for a rematch against #15 auburn...the tigers winning a double overtime comeback thriller in oxford back in january....big opportunity for ole miss and the night cap, mississippi state taking on alabama inside the hump....tipoff at 8 pm tune in for highlights and recap tonight at 10 on wcbi sports a big week for rickea jackson gets the nod from the sec, being named freshman of the week for a career week jackson averaging 24.5 points per game against auburn and alabama....while shooting 60% jackson setting a career high 34 points in the win over auburn, tied for the second most every by a mississippi state freshman she's the only freshman in the sec to eclipse the 30-point mark this season sticking with hailstate hoops...senior guard jordan danberry named a semifinalist for the naismith defensive player of the year honor danberry ranks 22nd in the nation in steals with 71, and 32nd in steal per contest, at 2.5 per game...danberry recording multiple steals in 19 of 28 games this year when we return...chief meteorologist keith gibson will have a last look at your forecast.
You are watching wcbi news at six.
The big easy comes to columbus for fat tuesday.
Annunciation catholic school held its "magical mardi gras parade" today.
Students wore magical themed clothes and traditional mardi gras colors.
The kindergarten and 7th grade classes hosted the parade, throwing out beads, moon pies, gifts, and candy to fellow students.
This is the school's last big celebration before the lenten season starts tomorrow with ash wednesday.
Last look stinger