Year: 2011

MCCOMB – Authorities said one of the fatalities from this week’s deadly storms was a 3-year old girl from Pike County. WLBT reported that Jabriel M. Branch died after high winds sent a huge tree […]

News Briefs From Across The State Victim is missing logger Nearly two weeks after authorities found a body floating in the Mississippi River, officials have positively identified the victim. The man was identified as missing […]

RANKIN COUNTY – Officials said the drowning death of a 3-year old Grenada County girl has been ruled accidental and the case has been closed. Rankin County Coroner Jimmy Roberts said Carley Kris Collins died […]

JACKSON – State Auditor Stacey Pickering said a man and his wife were arrested after charging the Rankin County School District for lawn services and products they did not provide. Clinton residents Malcolm Anthony Sanders […]

JACKSON – The Mississippi Commission on Children’s Justice will hold a public hearing tomorrow to address the structure and operation of the Youth Court system and interactions of the juvenile justice, child welfare and education […]

News Briefs From Across The State No reported injuries or damage Four fire departments from Harrison County responded to a woods fire Sunday afternoon that authorities said was started by a barbecue. Officials said the […]

JACKSON – The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has announced the recipients of free 22-gallon plastic recycling bins after completing a review of the applicantions. The bins are designed to increase the collection of […]

JACKSON – Federal officials said a Port Gibson man will serve 13 months in jail after filing fraudulent forms claiming he suffered a financial business loss during the 2010 BP Oil Spill. Dennis L. Moore, […]

PASCAGOULA – In two separate cases, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department arrested two men this week, including a 17-year old, for allegedly having sex with minor children. James Michael Hammons, a teenager from Moss Point, […]

CLINTON – Officials from Lockheed Martin, a global security company, have announced that they are locating a new Mission Support Center in Clinton, in the South Pointe Business Park, that will bring with it 350 […]