Child, dog rescued from well in Lincoln County UPDATED
Source: The Clarion-Ledger
Therese Apel
Update: 8:10 p.m.
The dog also was rescued from the well just shortly after the 4-year-old, ending a roughly three-hour scare for the family and community.
Update: 8:06 p.m.
The boy has been rescued. Cheers are coming from first responders as they pull the 4-year-old from the 23-foot deep well.
Update: 8:02 p.m.
Emergency workers have a pulley system set up over the hole to the well.
Rescue crews are still working to free a 4-year-old boy and his dog from a 23-foot deep well.
(Photo: Therese Apel/The Clarion-Ledger)
Original story.
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Officials say a 4-year-old is stuck in a well in Mississippi, though the child is alert and talking to emergency workers.
Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Rushing says the well is about 40 feet deep. He says rescuers are trying to hoist the child up with a rope, but the youngster doesn't know how to attach it.
The Clarion-Ledger reported Monday night (http://on.thec-l.com/1O9gaAE ) that more rescuers are on the way from Hattiesburg with additional equipment.
The Daily Leader newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/1O9gkYW ) that the opening of the well, about 70 miles south of Jackson, is only about a foot and a half wide. Clifford Galey, civil defense director for Lincoln County, tells the newspaper that crews are sending water down the well to keep the child hydrated.
Read more: http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/09/07/child-stuck-well-lincoln-county/71854072/
Thanks to herding cats for the updated info!
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They also got the dog out safe. 
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/09/07/child-stuck-well-lincoln-county/71854072/
I didn't realize a doggie was down there too....