News
Sheriff: Fight over pit bull leads to shooting
MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) – The Jackson County sheriff says a Moss Point man is accused of shooting his nephew in the head while trying to break up a fight between cousins over a pit […]
News
News
‘Let them keep it,’ Trump says after China promises to return US drone
BEIJING (AP) — China says its military seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider in the South China Sea, but that it will give it back. President-elect Donald Trump, however, says the Chinese government should […]
News
Trump on track to receive Mississippi’s electoral votes
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Republican Donald Trump is on track to receive all six of Mississippi’s votes in the Electoral College after winning the state by a strong margin […]
News
Hinds district attorney trial set on hindering prosecution
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The district attorney in Mississippi’s largest county will find himself the defendant and not the prosecutor in court Monday. Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith is accused of conspiring to […]
News
Man, child found dead after house fire in Terry
TERRY, Miss. (AP) – Authorities say two people have died in an early-morning house fire in Terry. Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart says an adult male and a male child were found dead early Monday […]
News
Police: 3 men found fatally shot at pawn shop in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Police say three men including the owner of the business were found fatally shot at a pawn shop in southwest Mississippi. Jackson Police Commander Tyree Jones tells multiple news outlets that […]
News
Police: Robber stabbed man who tried to stop store robbery
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – Authorities say a man was stabbed multiple times as he tried to stop a robbery at a store in Gulfport. The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/2gIqulR ) a man entered a Dollar […]
News
Yahoo says hackers stole information from over 1B accounts; identity of hackers unknown
NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo says it believes hackers stole data from more than one billion user accounts in August 2013, in what is thought to be the largest data breach at an email provider. […]
Education
Jackson schools get shot to fix problems, but takeover looms
By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The state Board of Education is giving the Jackson school district a chance to fix accreditation problems, but Mississippi’s second-largest school district may have only a […]
News
Ronnie Crudup Jr. enters crowded 2017 mayoral race
Let’s Rebuild Together By Othor Cain Contributing Writer With a determined spirit, clear vision and a calling from God, south Jackson resident and non-profit worker Ronnie Crudup Jr. declared his intent Wednesday to run for […]