Moss Point woman dies in wreck on River Road in Pascagoula
Pascagoula police are investigating a deadly car crash. The accident happened on Sunday night at the intersection of River Road and Catalpa Avenue. Jackson County Coroner Bruce Lynd Jr.…
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Alabama woman dies in morning crash in Jackson County
An Alabama woman died Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Jackson County, Mississippi Highway Patrol reports. About 7:30 a.m., troopers responded to a call about a fatal crash on Highway 614. A 2009 Chevy HHR driven by 47-year-old Carrie Gwen…
Pascagoula man dies Saturday in collision with semi
A 28-year-old Pascagoula man died Saturday in a crash on Highway 90. MHP spokesman Cal Robertson said Brandon Drake Richard was driving his 2003 Nissan Altima on the eastbound lanes of Highway 90 when he collided with a 2019 Mack…
Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers in Texas school rampage
By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way,” an official said…
Police: Ski mask and toy gun pranks leads to killing of teen
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A teen in Mississippi shot and killed another teen who approached his home with a toy gun that looked like an assault rifle while wearing a ski mask, authorities said. The teen killed was one of…
Pedestrian killed walking on Interstate 10
Someone walking on Interstate 10 was hit and killed overnight. Biloxi Police say it happened near the Cedar Lake Exit around 2:15 a.m. Monday. Police said the person was walking in one of the eastbound lanes of I-10 when they…
Texas family loses two in Hancock County crash; victims identified
A Texas family traveling through Mississippi lost two members when their vehicle ran off the interstate in Hancock County early Thursday morning. Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Cal Robertson said MHP responded to a report of a crash at 4:30 a.m.…
Two dead in single-vehicle wreck on I-10
Two people are dead as a result of a single vehicle wreck this morning on Interstate 10. Westbound lanes are affected. One lane is open but traffic is backed up. Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Cal Robinson tells WXXV the wreck…
2 men found dead in apparent ambush of their car in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two people were killed after gunshots were fired into a vehicle in Mississippi’s capital city on Monday, police said. The two victims were found dead near a Jackson intersection on Monday, Jackson Police Chief James Davis…
Mississippi woman dies in I-10 wreck with stopped police car
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 23-year-old Mississippi woman has died after crashing into a sheriff’s office SUV that was stopped with its emergency lights flashing on an elevated interstate west of New Orleans, Louisiana State Police said Monday. Alexis Jones…
2 more charged in Mississippi boy’s shooting death
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) — Two more people have been charged in a drive-by shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy while he was playing with friends at a city park in McComb. Eric Spurlock, 20, and a 17-year-old were arrested last…
Bay St. Louis woman killed in traffic accident at UMass Amherst
A University of Massachusetts Amherst student originally from Bay St,. Louis died after she was struck by a car on the Amherst campus. Authorities said Wednesday that 19-year-old Elena Lucore, of Bay St. Louis, was walking with a friend along…
Biloxi Police investigating fatal shooting
Biloxi Police are investigating a shooting on Sunday night that left one dead and another in critical condition. Biloxi's Criminal Investigations Division said in a press release that officers responded to the 2000 block of Lawrence Street about 10:50 p.m.…
Pascagoula Police investigating fatal traffic accident on Market Street
Pascagoula Police are investigating a traffic fatality that occurred on Tuesday. Police Chief Matt Chapman said in a press release that officers were sent to a local business on Market Street about 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon for a traffic accident.…
Mississippi surpasses 10,000 coronavirus-related deaths
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state of Mississippi has surpassed 10,000 coronavirus-related deaths, health officials reported Monday. The Mississippi State Department of Health reported that 10,024 people have died of COVID-19 or its complications in the state, which has a…
3 men dead, infant wounded in east Mississippi shooting
MERIDIAN (AP) — Three people are dead and an infant wounded after a shooting in Meridian. The gunfire happened Tuesday afternoon at a home on 17th Street, Meridian police said. Officers found that two of the men had been shot…
MGCCC mourns loss of freshman lineman in Friday morning accident
PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is mourning the loss of football player Levi Madison, who was a passenger in a single-car accident early Friday morning. Three Gulf Coast football players were involved in the accident that occurred soon…
Mississippi highway collapses, 2 killed, at least 10 injured
LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) — Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when their vehicles plunged into a deep hole where a highway collapsed after…
Mississippi sets a new daily high for COVID cases reported in state
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting record daily high of 5,048 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 54 deaths as of Thursday morning. MSDH said on its Facebook page, "As we go into the weekend, stay safe:…
More than 3,000 COVID cases reported in Mississippi for Aug. 16
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting an additional 3,323 cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 67 deaths on Tuesday. Twenty-nine deaths occurred between August 11 and August 16, and 38 deaths occurred between August 2 and August 13,…
Hospitalizations due to COVID continue to climb
Singing River Health System had 128 people hospitalized with COVID, the hospital CEO said, and 119 of those were not vaccinated. The numbers continue to climb in Mississippi. Of those hospitalized at SRHS, 28 are in ICU and 21 of…
Two killed in two-vehicle car accident in D'Iberville
On August 05, 2021, at approximately 9:45P.M., the D’Iberville Police Department responded to a two vehicle crash on I110 south bound just north of the Rodriquez exit which resulted in two fatalities. The preliminary investigation indicates the vehicle driven by…
Keesler officials update status of surviving airmen involved in fatal accident
Responding to a media inquiry, officials from Keesler Air Force Base offered an update on the airmen involved in a fatal accident on base on Wednesday. Two of the airmen injured yesterday in a single-vehicle non-training related incident on Keesler…
Alabama police officer fatally shot; woman wounded
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer was shot to death early Tuesday and a woman was wounded in what a prosecutor described as an ambush. Selma Police Officer Marquis Moorer was on duty and went home to get…