FLORENCE, Miss. – A live grenade discovered at a residence in the Cleary community of Rankin County prompted a response from the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
Authorities were called to a home on Margaret Lane after a grenade was found among the belongings of a now-deceased veteran. Upon inspection, officials confirmed the device was a functional post-World War II era grenade.
EOD personnel secured the explosive and will safely detonate it at a later time. Due to the distance between neighboring homes, no evacuations were required.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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