Year: 2011

BAY ST. LOUIS – On Friday, June 17, a social club on the coast dating back to the 1920s, simply known as “The Hall,” will take its place in the annals of Blues history. In a ceremony beginning […]

JACKSON – A man being investigated on an aggravated assault matter was later arrested and charged with selling counterfeit CDs and DVDs. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said 51-year old Richard Earl Tyler was charged […]

OCEAN SPRINGS – Captain Mick Sears of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department said four members of the Simon City Royal Gang are behind bars for allegedly luring a 16-year old boy to a party, robbing […]

News Briefs From Across The State Weapon recovered in Florida Jackson County authorities said a man walked into the police station in Pascagoula Friday night and confessed to killing his girlfriend. Jackson County Sheriff Mike […]

PEARL – A convicted murderer who escaped from prison late Sunday night, and has a history of breaking out of jail, has been recaptured and taken into custody. Officials from the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) […]

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 […]