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Avery Hilliard

Avery Hilliard

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Reporter, WTVA-TV (Tupelo, MS)

Tupelo

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Total articles 324

  • Former MSU football player pleads not guilty to 2024 assault

    By Avery Hilliard Verified| WTVA-TV (Tupelo, MS) Verified STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - A former Mississippi State football player pleaded not guilty to a 2024 assault. De'Monte Russell did not physically appear in court on Wednesday, April 16 but entered his plea via his attorney. He faces a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly attacked a fellow student in Starkville in May 2024, WLBT-TV reported. The victim suffered a serious head injury and received treatment at a trauma center in Memphis, Tennessee. Russell's attorney requested a trial date for July 17.

    By Avery Hilliard Verified · WTVA-TV (Tupelo, MS)

    Apr. 16, 2025

  • West Point suspect captured after weekend fight

    By Avery Hilliard Verified, Tanya Carter Verified| WTVA-TV (Tupelo, MS) Verified WEST POINT, Miss. (WTVA) - A man faces multiple charges following a weekend fight in West Point. The West Point Police Department arrested Brian Turnipseed, 33, on Monday morning, April 14. The fight happened on Saturday night at a house on Calhoun Street. He allegedly hit a man over the head with a garden tool. Police charged him with assault with a weapon and resisting arrest. Download WTVA's news, weather and TV apps to receive alerts, watch LIVE newscasts and more.

    By Avery Hilliard Verified, Tanya Carter Verified · WTVA-TV (Tupelo, MS)

    Apr. 14, 2025

  • Former MSU football player pleads not guilty to 2024 assault

    By Avery Hilliard Verified| WTVA-TV (Tupelo, MS) Verified STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - A former Mississippi State football player pleaded not guilty to a 2024 assault. De'Monte Russell did not physically appear in court on Wednesday, April 16 but entered his plea via his attorney. He faces a misdemeanor charge after he allegedly attacked a fellow student in Starkville in May 2024, WLBT-TV reported. The victim suffered a serious head injury and received treatment at a trauma center in Memphis, Tennessee. Russell's attorney requested a trial date for July 17.

    By Avery Hilliard Verified · WTVA-TV (Tupelo, MS)

    Apr. 16, 2025

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WTVA-TV (Tupelo, MS)

Saltillo, Mississippi, United States

+1 662-842-7620