Month: June 2011

PEARL – A state inmate serving two life sentences for murdering a man during a home invasion in Harrison County has escaped from prison. Mark Kee Brown, 36, escaped from the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility […]

MOSELLE – Authorities said the investigation of an accident that killed five people, including three children, in Moselle last month has been closed. Corporal Todd Miller, of the Mississippi Highway Patrol, said around 3 p.m., […]

LOUISVILLE – State and local officials gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the site of the new Louisville Transload Facility in Louisville. The city of Louisville, along with the Winston County Economic Partnership, purchased land […]

News Briefs From Across The State Soldier was stationed in Alaska The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has confirmed that a soldier from Tishomingo County was killed this Saturday on a mission in Afghanistan. Twenty-one year […]

BOLTON – Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) recently met with Mayor R.L. Perkins, of Edwards, and Mayor Mark Morgan, of Utica, to discuss disappointments over Bancorp South’s decision to close their branches within these municipalities. The consensus of […]

News Briefs From Across The State Body showed no signs of trauma Authorities said an elderly man from Hamilton that had been missing for about two weeks was found dead in a field about 200 […]

JACKSON – As the waters of the Mississippi continue to recede across the region, Mississippi’s attorney general, Jim Hood, said some residents are likely to be victims of fraud. When it comes to fighting any […]

PARCHMAN – Lawyers for a Death Row inmate, who was issued a stay of execution just four hours before he was to die by lethal injection, have until today to file supplemental briefs with the […]

News Briefs From Across The State Investigation will determine speed at the time of crash Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said a 24-year old man that had just purchased a new motorcycle was killed the […]