Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield

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Man falls asleep while smoking, dies in fire

February 5, 2013 Kermit 0

A 70-year-old Natchez man has died from severe burns to his upper body and face days after he fell asleep smoking a cigarette setting his bed and sheets on fire.

Bill Grover Hammett died Jan. 26 at the Joseph M. Still burn center at Doctor’s Hospital in Augusta, Ga.

Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield said deputies responded to a report of a house fire at 1:06 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24. […]

1 dead, 2 wounded in Lucedale shooting

December 18, 2012 Kermit 0

Authorities said one man is dead and his father and a third man are injured after a shooting in Lucedale.

WLOX-TV reports the shooting happened Sunday after an argument over a man “doing donuts” — or spinning his truck in circles — in a field.

WLOX cites the George County Sheriff’s Department as saying a homeowner argued with the driver of the pickup truck then went back in his house. […]