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JACKSON – The late country music singer and songwriter O.B. McClinton was recently honored at a ceremony in Senatorbia with a marker on the Mississippi Country Music Trail. Much like the Mississippi Blues Trail, which now […]

JACKSON – A Laurel man and his son have been indicted in federal court for allegedly trying to bribe a state official. Kenny Biglane, 67, and his son, Peter Biglane, 40, were arraigned in federal […]

News Briefs From Across The Street Victim was running for sheriff WTVA is reporting that a Calhoun County constable died last week while bush hogging on his family’s property near Bruce. On May 12, Steve […]

COMO – Authorities said three men have been charged in what appears to be a drug deal gone wrong. The partially burned body of 32-year old Tommy “Burnside” Moore was found on May 6 in a ditch on […]

HOLLY SPRINGS – The Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, located in Holly Springs, is offering a one-day sale of choice North American plant species and varieties selected and grown for the region, on May 14, from 9 […]

JACKSON COUNTY – Three people were charged with grand larceny after allegedly taking equipment from a Jackson County sawmill. Eugene Scott Porter, Porky Ladnier, III, and Kimberly May Perry, of Moss Point, were arrested after deputies […]

JACKSON – For the second time in about a week, Mississippi’s Attorney General Jim Hood said a woman has been arrested for falsely claiming damage in April’s storms and collecting storm aid. Forty-three year old Arnita […]

News Briefs From Across The State Victim was pronounced dead at the scene The Highway patrol said a man riding in the back of a pickup truck was killed Sunday night near Gulfport after possibly […]

GULFPORT – Gulfport Deputy Chief Leonard Papania said his job has gotten a lot “harder” with the arrest of his fellow officer on May 5 on allegations of felony child abuse. Papania said 30-year old […]

VICKSBURG – Within the last few years, Mississippi has been hit with devastating hurricanes, torrential rains and a historic number of deadly tornados. Now they can add flooding to the list of natural disasters that […]