A Jones County man accused of killing another person on February 18 has been arrested in Florida. According to a press release from the Jones County Sheriff's Department, deputies responded to a reported shooting at a home. They found a…
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has cleared Jones County deputies in relation to an officer-involved shooting in November 2022. The state Attorney General said in a statement today that her office has completed the review of the shooting, in which use…
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) — Evidence shows a reserve sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a man at a Mississippi church punched the victim in the face and chased him into a parking lot before shooting him and kicking him in the head,…
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) — A man was fatally shot outside a Mississippi church during a confrontation with an off-duty sheriff’s deputy who is now on administrative leave, authorities said Wednesday. Ryan Walters, a Jones County reserve deputy, is both a…
Kendra Shaffer, a former corrections official from Jones County, was found guilty of animal cruelty in the death of Carl the Rooster in Ocean Springs Municipal Court this afternoon. Shaffer's attorney said they…
The woman accused of kidnapping and killing Carl the rooster entered a not guilty plea on Monday in Ocean Springs. Kendra Shaffer, 35, entered the plea through her…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board is being run by an interim leader as the executive director and his chief of staff are both resigning. The agency said in news release Friday that executive director Stacey Pickering…
Police have charged a woman allegedly involved in the death of Carl 2.0, the beloved rooster mascot of Ocean Springs. Kendra Schaffer, 35, a corrections officer at the Jones County Sheriff's Department, was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty and has…
One person is dead following an explosion at a recycling facility in Jones County this morning. Jones County authorities say the blast happened about 8:50 a.m.…
The Biloxi Police Department is again asking the public’s help in helping to locate a reported runaway juvenile. Tyteeona C. Arrington, 16, is still missing. Arrington was reported to have run away on March 8, 2021 at about 6 am.…
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say one person is dead after a helicopter crashed in southeast Mississippi. Jones County Fire Council spokesperson Dana Bumgardner says emergency personnel were called to the crash site shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday. The MD…
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves today toured parts of the state that were hit hard by severe weather on Sunday. Soso was one of the areas in Jones County that suffered heavy damage. Drone video shows homes with roofs ripped off…
After severe storms and a large tornado passed through the south east over the weekend... One Mississippi woman woke up to find herself pinned to her bed by a fallen tree. The woman says this is what her jones county…
The thank you tour for Donald Trump is heading to the coast. The trump/pence campaign bus will be at the dock with Thursday January 12th from 12 until 1:30 p.m. in Gulfport. The tour's trek in Mississippi kicks off on…
Jones County Deputies were dispatched to the 200th block of Will Hayes Road. The owner of a dog brought to the home a large bag with a substance that was believed to be marijuana. The owner thought it was a…
The American Red Cross will continue relief operations on Christmas Day in southeast Mississippi for people affected by the tornadoes that tore through Marion and Jones Counties in southeast Mississippi Tuesday afternoon.
While the Coast was lucky, receiving with little to no damage from Tuesday’s severe weather, those storms were deadly for areas a little further north.
The American Red Cross Mississippi Region continues to help people affected by the severe weather system that tore through Marion and Jones counties in Southeast Mississippi Tuesday afternoon.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (M.E.M.A.) has received confirmation of four deaths and at least 20 injuries from apparent tornadoes and severe weather that struck the state on Tuesday afternoon.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (M.E.M.A.) has received a report of injuries and storm damage in two counties as a result of the severe weather that moving through the state Tuesday.