George County, Miss. (WXXV)- 19 people are facing felony drug charges in George County after a recent multi-county drug and gang activity operation in South Mississippi with federal and local law enforcement agencies. 'Operation Rotten Egg' involved 31 undercover drug…
Jackson County Sheriff’s Investigators are asking the public's help to identify a man whose body was found in the water off Belle Fontaine beach near the St.…
A shooting suspect who was being treated at Singing River Hospital escaped custody on Friday morning. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said Aceon Ja'shun Hopkins, 20, was being treated for a gunshot wound…
A Moss Point man is facing capital murder charges after the death of a toddler. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell said in a press release that James Garland Ward, 27, brought a 20-month-old female to Singing River Hospital. The child…
A key piece of information in a 30-year-old cold case has been confirmed. Now, Sheriff Mike Ezell wants to find out what happened to Kimberly Ann Funk and why she was found in the swampy area of Ward Bayou in…
Former Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd has died following a battle with COVID-19. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department announced on their Facebook page that Byrd had died this afternoon in a Mobile hospital. Today was also Byrd’s…
A woman whose body was found buried in the backyard of a St. Martin home earlier this year, died of a single gunshot wound to the head, according to autopsy results released by the state medical examiner. On February 14,…
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — The man killed in a police pursuit early Thursday morning has been identified as 61-year-old Christopher Palmer of Pensacola. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell says at around 6 a.m. Thursday, Mobile Police began chasing Palmer…
Update (posted at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, 2020): There have been new developments in this story. Details: https://www.wxxv25.com/2020/04/21/jackson-county-sheriff-five-arrests-made-gang-related-shootings-st-martin/ Original Story (posted at 7:25 a.m. Tuesday, April 21, 2020): ST. MARTIN, Miss. (WXXV) — Three men were arrested Monday after…
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — Jacob Scott Blair of Moss Point has been arrested on fourteen felony sex crimes charges, including child rape. In Oklahoma, law enforcement received a tip that one of the U.S. Marshals’ Top 15 Most Wanted…
Monday, it was standing room only at the Jackson County Courthouse as Mike Ezell was sworn in as the new Sheriff.
Mike Ezell has defeated Scott McIlrath in the runoff with 64% of the vote.
Tuesday, the last two candidates faced off in the Jackson County runoff election for Sheriff.
The time has finally arrived for Jackson County residents to decide who will be their next sheriff.
With just two weeks until the runoff election, the Jackson County Sheriff’s race is heating up.
Jackson County Sheriff candidates, Mike Ezell and Scott McIlrath, won't get a break in campaigning.
Mike Ezell and Scott McIlrath will face off in a runoff election November 25th since Ezell did not receive more than 50% of the vote.
Get all the latest on the Sheriff's race in Jackson County right here.
There are six candidates running in the hotly contested race for Jackson County Sheriff.
More than $200,000 has been raised between the six candidates fighting for the Sheriff's seat, and political analysts say that is unusual for a local election.
The six candidates in the Jackson County Sheriff's race are hitting the pavement with less than two weeks until the election.
With less than two weeks until the November elections, the Jackson County Sheriff's race is heating up.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s race continues after Interim Sheriff Charles Britt pulled his name from the race last week.
While there is no presidential election this year, there are several big races coming up this November.