 I'm Ben Milam, Supertalk Mississippi News. The Mississippi Highway Patrol has concluded its Independence Day holiday travel period, reporting nearly 6,500 citations issued across the state. Troopers were out in full force from Thursday at 6 a.m. to Sunday at midnight. 876 motorists were cited for not wearing a seatbelt, while the MHP also made 149 DOI arrests, investigated 141 crashes that resulted in 45 injuries, and reported four fatal crashes.