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VANCLEAVE – A Jackson County man will appear in court today on charges he shot his stepson in the chest during an argument. Jason Keith Powell, 40, was arrested on Aug. 9 after deputies responded […]

SHAW – A 19-year old woman is scheduled for a preliminary hearing this month after she reportedly stabbed her cousin because she wouldn’t return her sunglasses. Eltoressa Hawkins was charged with aggravated assault after she […]

TCHULA – Authorities said a man found dead sitting on his living room sofa had many health-related issues, but the excessive heat could also have been a factor in his death. Primary autopsy results released […]

JACKSON – Jackson broker Mark J. Calhoun has been sentenced to serve 16 years and eight months in federal prison after being convicted on mortgage fraud charges. Both Calhoun and his daughter, April Calhoun, were […]

News Briefs From Across The State Inmate convicted of grand larceny An inmate who escaped from the Greenwood Restitution Center nearly a week ago was captured late Sunday afternoon by deputies in Carroll County. Forty-year […]

News Briefs From Across The State Bond is a quarter million dollars A 24-year old Harrison County man already on probation for a prior drive by shooting has again been arrested for shooting into a […]

GULFPORT – As school for many students across the state begins this week, law enforcement agents ask that motorists be patient and careful when traveling in designated school areas. For students in Gulfport and Harrison […]

JACKSON – Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said a Rankin County man has answered in court for his failure to financially support his child. Alan Keith Moon pled guilty and was sentenced for Felony Non-Support […]

News Briefs From Across The State Died with cast net still in his hand A 41-year old man was killed Sunday afternoon when he was struck by lightning while fishing, Pascagoula police said. Bobby Dewayne […]

ST. MARTIN – A 19-year old Biloxi teen, with a history of assaulting his father and calling in bomb threats to a local high school, was arrested for allegedly stealing a man’s medication at gunpoint. […]