Year: 2011

News Briefs From Across The State Officer found loads of merchandise in car Three residents from Mobile, Alabama are being held at a Gulfport jail after they allegedly stole more than $1,200 in merchandise from […]

PASCAGOULA – Jackson County authorities said four teens were arrested after they allegedly admitted that they intentionally posed as yard workers to unsuspecting homeowners with the sole purpose of burglarizing the residence. Sheriff Mike Byrd […]

TUPELO – A Lee County man is being held on a million dollar bond on charges he killed his girlfriend’s 2-year old son. Andrew D. Owens, 32, of Shannon, was arrested on July 12 after […]

JACKSON – Authorities said a 45-year old woman is being held without bond after she allegedly shot her live-in boyfriend to death early Friday morning. Officer Colendula Green, spokesperson for the Jackson Police Department, said […]

OCEAN SPRINGS – The Ocean Springs Police Department (OSPD) said three men and one juvenile have been charged with assaulting two teens while they were walking along the beach early Sunday morning. Keith Dubose, 21, David Lee […]

JACKSON – A 45-year old woman has been charged with murder after her boyfriend was found dead in his home early Saturday morning. Brenda Taylor was taken into custody several hours after the body of […]

JACKSON – A spokesman for the Jackson Police Department said a woman who shot and killed her husband while shooting at a dog has not been charged in his death but the case will be […]

News Briefs From Across The State Accident under investigation Authorities said a 53-year old man from the Crystal Springs/Terry area was killed Saturday night when his car left the roadway and crashed into a tree. […]

Since May 2010, former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been serving an 18-month to five-year sentence for violating the terms of his parole – not paying restitution. He served 99 days in 2008 for lying under […]