Nevin Whetstone is serving a life sentence for capital murder committed in Lee County. He remains on the loose from prison.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency continues to assess damage from this week's severe weather. The agency released video from Scott County, where damage has been reported to 45 homes.
According to the Mississippi Forestry Commission and the Rankin County Emergency Operations Center, an estimated 200 acres were burned after a planned fire grew into a wildfire in Rankin County.
The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department is responding to a forest fire south of Pelahatchie that consumed an estimated 200 acres, causing evacuations and roadblocks.