Rise in Tickets for Texting and Driving

If you text while driving you will soon pay even more for it. Harrison County is increasing penalty fees for texting drivers from $25 to $100 beginning July 1^st.

Since the beginning of the year, deputies have written more than 20 citations and the number continues to rise. The law prohibits drivers from receiving and sending texts, emails and posting to social media. School bus drivers are the exception. They are allowed to send and receive phone calls.