George and Kerri Barnett said they were in the car with their two sons Monday night, headed to visit George’s mother, when Kerri saw one of the escaped rhesus monkeys in Mississippi crossing the street. “[I was] just coming up to see mom,” he said. “Never thought we would be on a safari.” Barnett went three minutes up the road to his mother’s house to grab his gun and drop off his two sons. As all of this unfolded, Kerri waited in the car, unsure of what would come next. “So, I immediately start

One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi highway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she feared for the safety of her children. Jessica Bond Ferguson said she was alerted early Sunday by her 16-year-old son who said he thought he had seen a monkey running in the yard outside their home near Heidelberg, Mississippi. She got out of bed, grabbed her firearm and her cellphone and stepped outside where she saw the monkey about 60 feet away.

Video captured the moment a car crashed into a safety patrol vehicle shortly after it helped clear another crash. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured. | WTOK-TV

An officer was suspended after a video appearing to show him chasing a man with his patrol car went viral. | WTOK-TV

Congrats! An elementary school teacher in Madison has become the latest winner in Mississippi of the prestigious Milken Educator Award and was also gifted a $25,000 prize. Mannsdale Upper Elementary School third-grade teacher Kayla Saxton, a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, was presented with the award on Thursday. | WTOK-TV