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WCBI New at Six - 05/06/2020

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WCBI New at Six - 05/06/2020
WCBI New at Six - 05/06/2020
WCBI New at Six - 05/06/2020

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A tupelo high school senior who was set to graduate today, is dead and a chickasaw county man charged with murder.

Allie martin brings us up to date on the fatal shooting and how the victim is being remembered.

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Osborne has a message for young people.

"violence don't solve anything, walk away from violence, put the guns down, guns don't solve anything" williams worked at a local fast food restaurant.

His body has been sent to the state crime lab for an autopsy, as family and friends now make plans for his funeral.

In tupelo, allie martin, wcbi news gfx tag police have arrested 20 year old jacquez dominique calvert of houston in connection with the case..

He faces a preliminary charge of murder..

Bond hasn't been set.

Columbus police say a carjacking at walmart led to a chase and ended with the vehicle crashing into a church// officers spotted the stolen vehicle about 3 this morning// the chase ended at friendship missionary baptist church on 12 street south// police chief fred shelton says the incident started in the parking lot of walmart yesterday evening// after the stolen vehicle slammed into the church, the suspects ran from the scene.

Shelton says no arrests have been made.

If you have any information, call golden triangle crime stoppers.

Wipe to vo a standoff in lowndes county lands one person in jail.

It happened at this home on jess lyons road about 3-30 this morning// investigators say they went to the home after getting a call that a person had been shot.

Brent swan with the lowndes county sheriff's office says when deputies got there, they learned a 27 year old man had been beat-up but not shot.

Investigators say 24-year-old nicholas vaughn refused to come out of the home.

About three hours after the 9-1-1 call, the lowndes county swat team was able to get vaughn to surrender.

He's now charged with aggravated assault and burglary of an auto.

Bond has not been set for vaughn.

First look stinger first look summary: sunny and pleasant weather is going to dominate through the middle of the month.

The one speed bump will be areas of rain and thunder on friday with a cold front.

That is the only chance of rain over the next 7 days.

Wednesday night: mostly clear and cool.

Lows in the low 40s.

Winds taper and become calm.

Thursday: mostly sunny to partly cloudy.

Highs in the low to mid 70s.

Winds 5-10 mph becoming southerly during the afternoon.

The state of mississippi continues down the road of a health and economic crisis// governor reeves the state of mississippi continues down the road of a health and economic crisis// governor reeves telling mississippians the threat of the virus and its impacts are not over// in his daily briefing, the governor warned people that it was not time to go back to what we'd call day to day life.

He's asking families to stay home if you can and when have to get out to places like the grocery store...only one family member needs to go.

Governor reeves says the goal of the state's approach in fighting the coronavirus was to not overwhelm the state's healthcare system in which he feels the state has been successful.

Starting tomorrow more businesses will open up and the governor says mississippians need to keep their personal safety in mind// "we're moving to removing government decision making for individuals.

That does not remove individual responsibility to act appropriately knowing there is still virus throughout many areas in mississippi.

We want to give people the ability to open their smalls businesses to rehire people."

The governor is also extending the state tax deadline to july 15th for mississippians.

Wipe to vo the state department of health is reporting 217 new cases of covid-19.

43 of the new cases are among residents in long- term care facilities.

The new cases bring the state's total to over 84- hundred cases.

32 new deaths are also being reported today.

5 of those deaths are from death certificate investigations.

There are now 374 total coronavirus deaths in mississippi.

Over 80-thousand mississippians have been tested for the coronavirus.

It was an emotional morning for some seniors at choctaw county high school.

It's been a hectic final semester due to the corona virus..

Now, some of them are not happy with their school's send-off.

Bobby martinez speaks to some of the class of 20-20 as they protest their unorthodox graduation.

Seniors at choctaw county high school took to the streets of ackerman...with signs in hand..upset they won't be having a traditional graduation.

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"they deserve a graduation.."

"instead of bringing us together we are all getting divided and growing a part."

Disappointment and frustration.... sot - allie morris - sr. choctaw county high school "they are having a drive thru graduation..

That is like going to mcdonald's when you can go to a five star restaurant."

Those were some of the emotions expressed by choctaw county high school seniors wednesday morning.

A letter sent out to the seniors on april 29 by the high school.

Announced the school's graduation plans in the midst of covid-19..

Something senior devaugh miller is torn up about.

"graduation is supposed to be a time where all the seniors come together and because it's your last day together you're supposed to experience that last year together and the graduation they're giving us is not."

According to the letter..

Rules for the drive thru ceremony include: one vehicle per family.

Each graduate must pull up to the front of the building and walk up the stairs to get their diploma... the entire ceremony will also be streamed on facebook and on the local radio..

But to some seniors... there is a better alternative..

Sot - jasmine woods - sr - choctaw county high school " i feel like that's not fair for us because we have the venue we have the location everything is in place they are just not ready to make that choice in order to give us the correct graduation.

It's not fair.

It feels like we are not together and i just don't like it.."

Sot - allie morris - sr. choctaw county high school "in all honesty there's enough room on the football field even to just space us out for the guidelines."

"i feel like we are missing out on a lot.

Just with the quarantine as it is and now we won't be able to see each other graduate and walk across.."

On cam tag i also had a chance to speak to superintendent glenn beard of choctaw school district off camera.

Who says if the governor does increase the amount of people allowed in one area..

They will consider having a normal graduation..

Reporting in choctaw county bobby martinez wcbi news with school out until further notice, some area teachers are turning to "unorthodox" learning methods.

In the starkville oktibbeha consolidated school district it's a new twist on a classic that has kids and parents talking..

You may remember flat stanley, a paper doll that students take on adventures and then mail the pictures back to their teacher.

Tassie rosamond, a fourth grade teacher at henderson ward stewart, is doing something similar... but instead of flat stanley, she's mailing her students a "tiny mrs. rosamond" complete with a list of activities to complete.

"i took my bitmoji, to be cool with the kids, and my picture, and decided to mail myself to my kids and go on adventures and connect with students that way and the response has been tremendous."

"i sent them a letter and some instructions and an activity board with activities if they couldn't come up with their own, and to be honest, a lot of my students that have responded have come up with their own activities."

Rosamond says the project coincided with the kick-off of teacher appreciation week.

Of teacher appreciation week.

Stinger an area manufacturer an area manufacturer expands its outreach in the community..

We have an update on their efforts when five hundred families from across north mississippi were able to get food today, thanks to toyota mississippi.

Cars were lined up at 4 thirty this morning at the prentiss county ag center for a mobile food pantry organized by the car manufacturer.

Toyota mississippi bought the food from the mid south food pantry.

Toyota team members handed out food, and made sure traffic kept flowing while showing care and concern for their community.

""everybody who works at toyota is proud of the product that we make but we're also extremely proud of the fact we're dedicated to the communities in which we live and we serve ."

"i like to be in a position to give back to the community, to support people in need and help motivate people that everything is going to be alright and we're working together as a community."

This is the fourth mobile food pantry toyota has organized.

Plans call for at least two more in other counties.

Wipe to gfx the hitching lot farmers market is coming back to columbus, but with new guidelines.

The market will be open saturday morning from 7 to 9.

Only produce, baked goods, and value-added canned goods will be available.

Vendors will have to be ten feet apart.

All customers and vendors will be required to wear masks and gloves, and must stay six feet apart from each other.

Only one person from a household can come to the market.

The market will also be open on mondays from 4 to 6 pm and thursday from 7 to 10 am.

Sizzling second saturdays will also be returning in june.

Wx open summary: sunny and pleasant weather is going to dominate through the middle of the month.

The one speed bump will be areas of rain and thunder on friday with a cold front.

That is the only chance of rain over the next 7 days.

Wednesday night: mostly clear and cool.

Lows in the low 40s.

Winds taper and become calm.

Thursday: mostly sunny to partly cloudy.

Highs in the low to mid 70s.

Winds 5-10 mph becoming southerly during the afternoon.

Thursday night: increasing clouds and milder.

Lows in the low to mid 50s.

Friday: areas of rain and thunder.

Rainfall during the day may range from 1/2" to 1 1/2".

Highs top out in the upper 60s.

Friday night: clearing skies.

Lows in the low 40s.

Saturday: sunny and cool.

Highs mainly in the mid 60s.

Saturday night: clear and chilly.

Lows in the upper 30s to around 40.

New record lows could be established.

Mother's day: mostly sunny.

Pleasant.

Highs in the low to mid 70s.

Next week: continued sunshine and pleasant temperatures through wednesday.

Comfortable 70s monday & tuesday with a return to normal low 80s by wednesday.

Follow @wcbiweather on facebook, twitter, instagram, and the wcbi news app take gfx off top heads up for a potential headache for columbus drivers, some might need to take a different route tomorrow.

Bluecutt road from military to chickasaw drive will be closed tomorrow.

Electrical work is being completed on the road.

The road will be closed from 9 a-m to 4 p-m.

Wipe to vo the dam at the oktibbeha county lake was not built to design specifications - and the army corp of engineers first made that report 40 years ago.

A letter to county supervisors from the mississippi department of environmental quality highlights a history of past and current slope failures.

William mckercher, chief of the dam safety division, points out that some of these failures have been going on since 1985.

Several surveys are recommended, including one that could identify possible failures throughout the dam.

Mdeq has requested the county provide a file of supporting technical information by the end of july.

That includes a timetable to do the assessments.

All of this will affect possible state and even federal funding to remove and replace the dam.

The most recent slide happened in january and residents were placed on notice at that time that there could be a breach and the potential of severe flooding.

Stinger if you look up this weekend you may see a high flying tribute for some special workers..

We have the details when we come team blaze at the columbus air force base is gearing up to send a special message to health care workers in the air over north mississippi.

I talked with colonel weeks about a flyover happening this weekend.

On this saturday columbus air force base is going to fly a three ship.

A t6, a t1, and a t38, the aircraft that we fly here, across northeast mississippi so we can thank the healthcare workers who have been fighting and protecting our population against covid-19 over the last two months.

Scott--this is something that air force bases across the u.s. have been doing, i know you mentioned atlanta, how'd you all come up with this idea.

Weeks-the department of defense came up with it.

We just want to recognize and thank all of our healthcare workers for their relentless efforts to make sure that we can care for our population as we fight this virus.

Scott- how long have you been planning this flyover?

Weeks- we've been planning for over a week to make sure that we can demonstrate our air power as well as our gratitude to our community.

Scott- how excited are you guys to finally take to the skies?

Weeks--the entire team at team blaze is excited to do this.

This is an opportunity for us to thank you, as well as showcase not only our planes, but our heritage, so make sure you look up in the sky this saturday because you'll see very unique paint schemes on our aircraft which is reminiscent of our history at columbus air force base and the united states air force.

Scott- so this will be something a lot of people can get excited about and peek out their window?

Weeks- we hope so.

We're going to start over in tupelo, then go across amory, aberdeen, west point, starkville, and finish over baptist in columbus as well as our own medical treatment facility on the air force base.

Scott- is there a messages, as people are looking in the sky seeing what you're doing, is there a message you want to send out?

Weeks- there are two messages.

First we want to thank everybody who's fighting the virus and flattening the curve to fight this virus.

The one thing we do ask is as you watch us, please make sure you're six feet away from each other so that we don't have differing messages as we enjoy a great saturday, air power and thanking our health care workers.

I'm about to leave columbus air force base and i really want to thank the golden triangle region and the columbus city, truly being the friendly city, everything you do for our base, our airman, and our community.

It's been my honor privilege to lead this base as well as be a part of this community so thank you very much from me and my family."

Monitor fill full the columbus air the columbus air force is planning a flyover to thank those on the frontlines of the coronavirus fight.

Here's a look at where team blaze is going to fly saturday afternoon.

They'll kick things off in tupelo and make they way south.

Flying over hospitals in amory, aberdeen, west point, starkville, then bring on home here in columbus.

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Samantha weeks says they've been planning this for over a week and the entire team is excited to show their appreciation.

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