WCBI News At Ten

WCBI News At Ten

Good evening and thank you for joining us, i'm cash matlock.

Another rankin county inmate has died this weekend.

Mississippi department of corrections says forty-two-year- old david lee may was found unresponsive in his cell at the central mississippi correctional facility early this morning as an officer was serving breakfast.

May was pronounced dead after failing to respond to resuscitation efforts.

Mdoc says there was no signs of injury.

The body has been sent for an autopsy.

May was serving life on two aggravated assault charges in harrison county.

He was also one of two inmates who escaped from parchman earlier this year and was later captured.

This comes after news of the death of a second rankin county inmate who spent almost sixteen years behind bars.

Mississippi department of corrections says fifty-four year old bobby lewis vance died early satuday at merit health central hospital in jackson.

The department says no foul play is suspected.

Vance was currently housed in the central mississippi correctional facility in rankin county.

He was sentenced in copiah county to serve a total of 25 years on nov.

9, 2004.

The official cause of death is under investigation.

First look tonight: look for a mostly cloudy sky.

Area of fog and drizzle are likely.

Some sprinkles cannot be ruled out.

Lows fall into the 40s with winds becoming calm by morning.

Monday: look for highs in the middle 60s with a mostly cloudy sky.

Morning clouds and fog will hang around, potentially into the afternoon.

If that happens, some areas may only get into the upper 50s and low 60s.

As flood waters from the pearl river continue to rise- rescue crews are on standby to help at a moment's notice wjtv's gerald harris reports on ways officials plan to tackle this emergency it's officially the third highest the pearl river has ever been affecting parts of madison, rankin and hinds county - emergency officials are preparing bryan bailey "purchasing additional equipment and one thing you'll see a lot of military surplus vehicles there -that's because i can buy them so cheap - they're made perfect for situations like this for high water ."

Emergency staging areas in hinds county in northeast jackson have been put into place more than 19- hundred structures in hinds county, 461 structures in rankin county, and 30 structures in madison are in danger of flooding.

Bryan bailey rankin county sheriff "every time something like this - even in the past 24 hours i've learned some additional thing we need to have some additional procedures we need to take to make sure my people are safe and the citizens are safe."

For rankin county there's an extra layer of concern during the last two floods many of the subdivisions and areas weren't there bailey "new subdivisions, dog wood several things weren't here and you know - i think we may have scared some people by our response the deputies riding through there getting familiar with the subdivision - in case they did have to respond but we don't know exactly how the typography the levels have changed ."

Sheriff bailey says he isn't forcing anyone out of their homes but want them to pay close attention bailey "we do ask everybody to stay weather aware , to watch the news - keep up with the river levels , be aware of your situation and pay attention to what's going on don't wait until the water is coming into your house to leave."

The flood water is expected is stay around for a least a week reporting in rankin county gerald harris 12 news the swift water rescue team of the columbus fire and rescue is one of 12 teams dispatched to help with flooding in the jackson area.

The collection of teams was activated by the order of mema and the mississippi office of homeland security.

Teams arrived yesterday and helped some families and their pets out of homes around terry.

Ben mcminn says, "swift water and flood water environments what's under the water, the types of environments we're working in whether it's urban or suburban environment with moving water or standing water.

So, our teams are equipped.

They're constantly monitoring weather reports.

They are out reconning--checkin g the areas before the water begins to rise so they have a better understanding of what they have to deal with when they do have to make a rescue."

Those boats teams are made up of fire departments and emergency personnel from around the state.

Mema has released an initial damage report from the pearl river flooding.

At the time of the release, eighteen counties had submitted damage reports to mema.

As of saturday, the department of wildlife and fisheries had executed 159 door- to-door knocks and were able to alert 510 individuals in an effort to evacuate the areas.

The office of homeland security also performed 4 assisted evacuations saturday in edwards and terry in hinds county.

In clay county, 130 homes were affected, eight roads took on damage, and there were 10 roads closed.

In lowndes county, 10 homes were reportedly damaged and 15 roads were closed due to flooding.

Some of the most significant damage has occurred in clay and yazoo counties.

When members of new bell zion united methodist church in oktibbeha county showed up for sunday school this morning... the last thing on their mind was burglary.

Unfortunately, that's what they found once entering the sanctuary.

Pastor eddie hinton says at some point the night before, someone broke in and stole all of the church's sound equipment.

Hinton says it was about fifteen hundred dollars worth of equipment including speakers, a sound board, and wireless microphones.

He says there were no signs of forced entry into the church, and the whoever stole the equipment... neatly folded up all of the left over cords.

"the cord was still in place.

It was taken loose soloose so neatly, we almost did not recognize that they were missing... it did not dump our spirit.

At a moment like this when things are taken from us in a physical way, we regain them spiritually... but if you have taken it, know that we forgive you, and we ask you to just bring it back and sit it on the church yard and we'll appreciate that."

If you have any information about the burglary, please contact the oktibbeha county sheriff's department.

One of the trailblazers of the civil rights movement was in the golden triangle today..

Dr. james meredith was a guest speaker for a black history month program.

Our deandria turner was there.

She joins us in the studio with more.

Dr. james meredith became one of the faces of integration in the early 1960's.

And a symbol to a generation of civil rights workers.

And 60 years later he is bringing his message to new generations.

.nat it was a celebration of black history month at saint matthew baptist church, and to help lead it was a man who helped ámakeá that history - dr. james meredith.

"what america needs is a new revolution.

A marrow one.

The reestablishment of the good in man and the black man got to be the one to take the lead in doing that," meredith became a touchstone for the civil rights movement when he became the first african american to enroll in, and through much adversity graduate from ole miss..

His mission didn't stop there.

And after nearly 60 years, he says his dedication is still strong today.

"i thought it was the most important day of my life "i said everything that god told me to as songs of praise rang throughout the church meredith voiced the importance of the african the church meredith voiced the importance of the african american church and christians in our nation "it may well be my final mission.

God has led me to remind christians, particularly black christians that they are the only ones that can save their neighbors, the community, our state and nations.

God wants us as christians to live up to our responsibility."

For centuries, the black church has stood as an institution built on community, family, justice, and freedom.

Meredith says the duties of christians can be found right in the bible "our responsibilities are laid out in the 10 commandments, the golden rule.

Lead pastor nathaniel best says meredith's words resonated with his congregation.

Meredith also said that it is his mission to continue to spread this message finding time to go to the gym can be hard... but what if the gym could come to you?

Mom to mom is next, stay with us.

Intro finding time to go to the gym can be hard... but what if the gym could come to you?

Today on mom to mom, a simple solution that could change your workout routine for the better.

Take a look.

Pkg mandy w.: today on mom to mom we're going to talk about resistance band training and its benefits.

I've got amy evert here who is a certified personal trainer, a mom of two, and she's going to show us and tell us all about resistance band training and some of its benefits.

First amy, what exactly is resistance band training?

Amy evert: well, resistance band training is just like training with dumbbells or cables except it's more cost effective and you can take these anywhere.

Mandy w.: so i can just put this in my gym bag, or my purse or whatever?

Amy evert: purse, whatever, you can do it in the car or wherever you need to do it.

Mandy w.: i love it.

So amy, why don't you show us some fun moves to do with these resistance bands?

Amy evert: absolutely.

Mandy w.: so amy, what are we doing here?

Amy evert: so we're going to do some bicep curls here so we'll just curl in.

So you want to do about 10 to 12 reps of those.

So the great thing about these is that they come in a variety of strengths, you can get light, medium and heavy so they're great for all fitness levels.

Mandy w.: so amy what are we doing here?

Amy evert: we're doing kickbacks.

So you want to do three sets of 15 of those and knock them out.

We're doing a squat with an overhead press.

Mandy w.: and how many of these should we do?

Amy evert: three sets of 15.

Mandy w.: awesome.

That was actually really fun, somewhat difficult but fun.

Amy evert: yes and it's so easy to do at home.

You can buy any resistance bands for under $10 so everybody needs these.

Mandy w.: absolutely.

Give it a try.

And as always moms if you have some fun workouts that you do with resistance bands please post them on our facebook page and we'll see you on the next mom to mom.

Maddie tosses to tonight: look for a mostly cloudy sky.

Area of fog and drizzle are likely.

Some sprinkles cannot be ruled out.

Lows fall into the 40s with winds becoming calm by morning.

Monday: look for highs in the middle 60s with a mostly cloudy sky.

Morning clouds and fog will hang around, potentially into the afternoon.

If that happens, some areas may only get into the upper 50s and low 60s.

Scattered showers and a few storms move in again monday evening into monday night.

Lows are in the upper 50s and low 60s.

Tuesday: scattered to numerous showers and storms will push through the area throughout the day.

Temperatures climb into the 60s with some spots in the low 70s possible.

Expect a mostly cloudy to cloudy sky with rain possible region-wide.

By the time the rain ends late tuesday night, the median is to see between 0.5?

And 1?

Of rain, with some spots seeing more and others seeing less.

Wednesday - thursday: there may be some lingering showers wednesday morning south of us-82, but the day overall trends drier.

Wednesday evening more rain moves in, becoming widespread wednesday night.

Widespread rain showers continue into thursday.

Flooding is not an immediate concern, and rivers will not be overly burdened by this round of rain.

Look for highs in the 40s and perhaps low 50s.

Lows at night are in the 30s.

Showers may add up to an additional inch of rain in the region, but most spots will see less.

Friday - next weekend: things trend dry with sunshine friday and saturday, but to move in.

We'll watch closely and keep you updated.

Follow @wcbiweather on facebook, twitter, instagram, after dropping game one of the opening weekend series to first- ranked louisville, ole miss baseball pulling out the win saturday and forcing a series decider sunday afternoon ole miss setting the tone right out of the gate that the rebels will be a team to beat this season to swayze field rebs looking for a series win against the 1st ranked cardinals 1-0 cards.

Start of the 5th.

Freshman pitcher derek diamond gets homered to right by infielder levi usher.

Solo jack!

2- 0 cards very next batter.

First baseman ben bianco - homerun to left center.....back-to- back jacks for louisville!!!

Louisville 3-0.

Bottom half 5th....luke smith pitching...right fielder hayden leatherwood singles to right couple batters leatherwood singles to right couple batters later....2 outs and 1 on....mr. reliable, shortstop anthony servideo, homers to right field!!

Servideo's 1st homerun this season.....rebs right back into the ball game....cards up 3-2 now bot 7th, pinch hitter ben van cleve doubles to the warning track in right field!

Rebs with runners at 2nd and 3rd with no outs!

Bases loaded for 3rd baseman tyler keenan.....rbi single to left scores 2 rebs...ole miss up 6- 4 next batter, designated hitter cael baker pulls one to the left field side as well bringing home justin bench!!

Rebs score 4 runs in the 7th.

Go ahead 7-4 ole miss goes onto get the win the game and the series against louisville 7-6.

Here's what head coach mike bianco had to say about the victory "i don't think anybody knows who we are yet probably including us.

I feel like this was a good start.

Certainly, what a great three games especially the last two.

Great college baseball games.

I think we got out of it, besides the wins, watching guys perform with some young guys on the mound and on the plate.

We watched them in this type of environment against a really good team.

Just proud of them."

"i think we thought we can come in here and win the series this weekend.

This just solidifies that we're legit.

We're dogs.

We'll be tough to beat this season."

"it's really not as weird as i thought it was going to be especially since i've been to so many of their games and i know what it's like every weekend here in swayze.

A lot of people, a lot of fans and it was really fun."

Game three at dudy noble field between mississippi state and wright state bottom 1st...runners at 2nd and 3rd -- austin cline on the mound...throws...fi rst baseman josh hatcher pops one out to right field...the sac fly brings home centerfielder rowdey jordan...diamond dawgs with the 1-0 lead same inning.... -- 2nd baseman justin foscue at the plate...smacks it...right out to short...can't make it to the bag in time...shortstop jordan westburg scores run number two of the afternoon...msu up 2-zip top 3rd...bases loaded...2 outs -- pitcher eric cerantola on the mound...gets the strikeout to get out of the jam...he finished with 8 k's in his four innings pitching bottom 3rd...runner at second -- westburg smacks it right up the middle and out to center and rbi single to send jordan home to score...bulldogs now up 3-0 same inning...runners at 1st and 2nd... -- cline throws....westbur g and foscue pull off the double steal to advance the bases -- sets up, third baseman kamren james with the pop out to right center....brings home both westburg and foscue as msu extends the lead 5- 0 msu goes on to get the opening weekend series sweep after securing game three 5-1 mississippi state womens basketball in a top 25 test at kentucky...catch all the action from the bulldogs when we come over to basketball now... mississippi state looking for its third straight win over a ranked opponent, on the road at 18th ranked kentucky... lady cats taking control ...1st quarter time winding down... -- guard rhyne howard drills the three as kentucky closes the quarter on a 19-3 run... more from howard in the second 5 to go... this time one dribble in... hits the 18-footer to put u- k up by 12..30-18.

M-s-u closing the half strong ... -- guard andra espinosa-hunter off the inbound..splash.

Just like they drew it up, pulls the lady dawgs within five...31-26 right before halftime -- forward jessika carter down low for the basket... mississippi state would cut the deficit to three at the break... kentucky answered right back with a big third quarter... mississippi state's six game win steak is snapped...73-62 the final over in oxford, ole miss hosting 23rd ranked arkansas the rebel women losing the team's 12th straight game this season in the s-e-c, 108-64 for reference, the last conference game, ole miss won dates back to a year ago at home against vanderbilt the rebels will get back to work for yet another top 25 battle coming up on thursday against 18th ranked kentucky