On December 6th, Pascagoula officers responded to the 1300 block of Skip Street in reference to shots being fired. 19-year-old Romarion Armstrong of Moss Point was taken into custody after a brief foot chase. He is currently being charged with…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Top legislators are recommending only a slight increase in Mississippi state government spending for the coming year. And, Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn is renewing his push to eliminate the…
MENDENHALL, Miss. (AP) — One student is hospitalized and another is in custody Tuesday after a fight in a Mississippi high school’s bathroom ended with a stabbing. The Simpson County Sheriff’s Department said the two 16-year-old girls were fighting at…
A man whose remains were found in a truck toolbox in rural Pearl River County has been identified. Pearl River County Coroner Derek Turnage said the victim is 24-year-old…
Ocean Springs Police arrested a man over the weekend after he allegedly strangled a person. 38-year-old Blake Cullen was arrested and charged with aggravated assault-domestic violence on Sunday. Capt. Ryan Lemaire said the victim had marks on their neck indicating…
According to our media partner the Sun Herald, a dismembered body was found in Pearl River County on Saturday morning. Deputies responded to an area on Burge and…
A member of the Biloxi City Council is switching parties. Mississippi Republican Chairman Frank Bordeaux and elected leaders gathered at the Biloxi Visitors Center to welcome Biloxi…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Human Services is changing its demands against retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre in a lawsuit that seeks repayment of misspent welfare money. The funds were intended…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- If Picayune was to win its second straight gold ball, the Maroon Tide would have to take down West Point for the second straight year,…
A Harrison County Sheriff's deputy drowned while canoeing at a lake at Windance this morning. Adams Lake lies between Windance and Lake Village Estates subdivisions in Harrison County. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson identified the deputy as Leroy Barnes, a…
The Mississippi Bureau and Jackson State University Campus Enforcement are investigating an apparent murder on campus today that left one man dead. Few details have been…
A Gulfport man accused burning a cross in his yard to intimidate his neighbors has pleaded guilty to the federal hate crime. Axel Charles Cox, 24, was indicted in September on charges of criminal interference with the right to fair…
Pass Christian Police have charged a man in relation to a catalytic converter theft case. 24-year-old Clay Necaise was arrested Wednesday and charged with four counts of felony malicious mischief -- three in Pass Christian and one in Harrison County.…
One couple on the Coast decided they wanted to open a cannabis dispensary after seeing the need for one. Along with several partners, Jessica and Brian Bricker decided…
The US Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, along with other law enforcement agencies, took Aceon Jazhun Hopkins into custody today in Oxford, MS. Aceon 'AJ' was wanted by Jackson County Sheriff's Department for Armed Robbery and Aggravated Assault.…
They came from different walks of life, a homemaker, a business owner, and a bookkeeper, but three women living at Seashore Highlands Retirement Community are bonded by…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says the Biden administration program to cancel student loans will remain blocked for now, but the justices have agreed to take up the case in late winter. The court’s decision to hear arguments relatively…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for faking his own death in Alabama to avoid criminal charges of impregnating a teenage girl in his home state of Mississippi. Jacob Blair Scott was sentenced Monday…
A former Jackson County employee pleaded guilty to stealing road maintenance equipment from the county. Charles Smith was convicted of two counts of embezzlement for stealing road equipment such as chainsaws, lawn trimmers, a concrete saw and tractor implements from…
A student attending Stone High was arrested Wednesday after he was found with a loaded pistol in his waistband. Stone County Sheriff Mike Farmer said the school got a call yesterday morning about a student with a gun. The school…
Today in Jackson County, family, friends, and colleagues gathered for the funeral of retired Pascagoula Police Captain James Deshannon Massey also known as Shannon Massey. On November 25th,…
Bay St. Louis Police have arrested a man who allegedly bit the nose off another man he was fighting with. Police Chief Toby Schwartz said the suspect is 51-year-old Mark Curtis Wells of Biloxi. Wells turned himself in was booked…
A woman is dead after a single-car crash in Gulfport. The crash happened on Washington Avenue off of East Pass Road when the driver of the vehicle crashed…
The runoff election for the Harrison County School Board Seat 2 has been decided. Betty Daniel takes the spot over incumbent Tom Daniels. Daniel won the runoff…