Karrie Leggett-Brown
Evening Anchor
Moselle, MS
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Karrie Leggett-Brown graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Before graduation, Karrie landed a position as a reporter/photographer for WDAM 7. She worked her way up the ranks at the station to eventually become an evening anchor. She is now the medical reporter for the station's weekly segment Medical Housecall.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 6:34 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Ritchie Yang is one of only two Mississippi students selected as a U.S. Presidential Scholar.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 6:00 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
The brainchild of Ward 2 Councilwoman Delgado is helping a Navy veteran get the home he needs.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 7:16 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
This month's Golden Apple Award winner is Thames Elementary Pre-K and Kindergarten teacher, Ariel Boleware.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 6:10 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Making sure your kids are fed at school now could nourish their futures in more ways than one.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Marion County School District Superintendent Carl Michael Day has a vision to improve the district for both students and the community.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 6:02 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
TEC and WDAM 7 Golden Apple Award Winner is Stringer Attendance Center Seventh Grade English teacher Conswayla Bourne.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 10:02 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
When you look up Critical Race Theory there are plenty of sources that offer a definition, and even more articles examining how it’s now a divisive topic.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 6:05 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
The Mississippi Department of Education awarded WCU a $1.9 million grant to recruit 10 candidates with a bachelor’s degree who want to teach kindergarten through 6 grade.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 6:24 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Mississippi Professional Educators Executive Director, Kelly Riley kept tabs on every move lawmakers made regarding teacher pay on deadline day Tuesday.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 7:03 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
This month's winner, Sg.t James Hardwick, isn't your tradition teacher.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 10:28 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Rev. Ridgeway played a pivotal role in voting rights for African Americans throughout the country and particularly, in Forrest County.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 7:31 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
William Carey University's School of Education is determined to put an end to the teacher shortage in Mississippi.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 6:45 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Sharon Shepeard’s nominator said Shepeard is the kind of teacher you remember and cherish into adulthood.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 7:39 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Teachers spoke out and state legislators listened. This legislative session is off to a promising start with two significant pay increase proposals for teachers.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 9:54 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
For nearly two years, districts couldn't plan for the school year without also strategizing for whatever COVID-19 could bring.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 6:11 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Lamar and Forrest County School Districts finished the first half of their new modified school year.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 5:08 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Our last WDAM and TEC Golden Apple Award winner of 2021 is North Forrest 7th grade teacher Zaquoria Jefferson.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 4:55 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Dr. Ronald Schwartz said the medicine is a breakthrough in terms of trying to treat Alzheimer’s Disease in its earliest stages.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 4:44 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
This month’s Golden Apple Award winner is Sacred Heart Middle School Teacher, Michael Hogan.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2021 at 5:04 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
According to Hattiesburg Clinic's Dr. Robert Schwartz, the study agrees to cover the cost of the PET scan for a small group of patients.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2021 at 5:58 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
November is Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. This disease robs you of your memory, thinking, and time.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 4:21 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Purvis Upper Elementary Third Grade Special Services Educator, Ginnie Curtis said for the past 20 years, her passion and dedication have belonged to a particular group of kids.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Who cares for the caregiver? That's a question Hattiesburg Clinic Neurologist Dr. Ronald Schwartz has been working to answer since 2016.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 6:05 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
This month's Golden Apple Award Winner is Laurel High School Math Teacher, Fred Jackson.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 7:00 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
A Hub City non-profit just wants to give and be there for those during what may be the darkest time of their lives.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 5:33 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
For a year and a half, Executive Vice President Of William Carey University, Dr. Ben Burnett studied the causes of teacher shortages in the southern region and in our state.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 4:30 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Monday night, the school board voted to make wearing a mask optional.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
For school districts who transitioned to a modified school year, this week is the start of what's called intersession.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
This month's WDAM 7 and TEC Golden Apple Award Winner is a Lamar County Christian school history teacher.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 4:43 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Cindy Steven-Pheal and Cherie Smith are two of more than 50 teachers who were awarded grants.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Testing will be voluntary for students in the district.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 5:17 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Our very first teacher of the 21-22 school year has been a nurse for 20 years and teaches the Health and Science program at Hattiesburg High School.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 4:38 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
The college hosted its last student orientation Friday, helping future bobcats get ready for the new year.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2021 at 5:43 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
There's a camp, right here in the Pine Belt making a difference in the lives of people with autism from all around the country.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2021 at 7:22 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
WCU Crusaders may be starting a new school year on Aug. 23rd with a record number of students, according to the University Executive Vice President, Dr. Ben Burnett.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2021 at 5:07 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
The University of Southern Mississippi is ready for a new school year.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:23 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
The modified schedule is still 180 days of school, but with an earlier start of July 26 and two, two-week breaks in the fall and spring.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2021 at 3:13 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Newly re-elected Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker has a vision for the next four years in the Hub City: making Hattiesburg the premiere city in the gulf south.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Petal High School, meet your new principal, Zach Bost.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2021 at 4:58 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
The Mississippi State Department of Health gave the Hub City a five out of five in its annual report of the water supply.
Updated: May. 26, 2021 at 4:54 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Applying for financial aid for college isn’t a quick process.
Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 4:53 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Our final WDAM and TEC Golden Apple Award winner for this school year is Dina Martin, who teaches fourth and fifth graders at East Jones Elementary.
Updated: May. 12, 2021 at 4:29 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
The program will provide food to more than 30 million children over the summer.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2021 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
This month’s WDAM 7 and TEC Golden Apple Award Winner is K-6 West Jones Elementary teacher Lorna Harper.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 6:30 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
The funding will mean increased access to quality education and opportunities for the state’s pre-kindergarten kids.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 4:16 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Amy Rozier said looking back, she can honestly say COVID-19 changed her life for the better.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2021 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
William Carey's Alternate Route to Teaching Program was recognized by the Mississippi Association of Partners in Education.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2021 at 4:25 PM CDT
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
This month’s WDAM and TEC’s Golden Apple Award winner is Moselle Elementary School teacher Terri Shoemake.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2021 at 5:54 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
The bill ensures schools won’t face severe budget cuts due to inconsistencies in student attendance during the pandemic last year.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 5:52 PM CST
|By Karrie Leggett-Brown
Education advocates are among the tax bill’s biggest critics.