Coast and federal law enforcement agencies banded together on a five-month operation that culminated Wednesday with six arrests in connection with an alleged drug trafficking operation. According to Biloxi Police, investigators with the Biloxi Police Department’s Special Crimes Unit, the…
Gulfport Police say both suspects wanted in the Wednesday night shooting at Emerald Pines Apartments are in custody. Police spokesman Jason Ducre' said Andrew Terrell Dunnigan 16, is now in…
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…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has revised its landlord-tenant law to give renters time to gather their belongings from a home before being forced to leave, after a federal judge ruled that the previous law was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Michael…
A McHenry couple has lost their home after a fire destroyed the house in McHenry on Wednesday. Ashley Ost Neely said her father was out of town and her mother left for work before 5 a.m. Wednesday. McHenry Fire Chief…
BYRAM, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi educator who was fired for reading a children’s book called “I Need a New Butt!” to second graders says he will go to court to try to get his job back. Toby Price told the Clarion Ledger he…
Gulfport School District has suspended six students from Gulfport Central Middle School after further investigation of an on campus incident yesterday involving…
A five-man Hurricane Hunters air crew has been disciplined for an unplanned stop at Martha's Vineyard Airport in March. Lt. Col. Marnee Losurdo, public affairs chief for the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, said the airmen misused taxpayer…
Diamondhead residents in Wards 2 and 3 elected new council members to represent them in a special election held Tuesday. Ward 2 elected Anna DeMarco Liese while Ward 3 voters elected John…
Diamondhead is at the polls today for special elections to fill vacant council seats. Ward 2 was vacated after former Councilman Alan Moran resigned after his arrest on sex charges. Ricky Sheppard stepped down from his position as Ward 3…
Testimony expected to begin today in the sex crimes trial of former Biloxi city official Cliff Kirkland has been delayed until Thusday. No reason was given for the delay. Kirkland faces nine criminal charges accusing him of fondling three minor…
A 13-year-old D'Iberville Middle School student who died after drowning in a creek near Highway 15 has been identified. The Harrison County Coroner's Office confirmed that the teen is Channon Wilson, who died of accidental drowning. D'Iberville Police Chief Shannon…
A Carriere man who planned a day out on the water has died. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said Wesley Goode, 53, was at the boat launch at the Small Craft Harbor in Gulfport on Wednesday with a friend to…
Two adults and a toddler are able to walk away after the car they were in collided with a train on Highway 49. It happened this afternoon,…
Buddy the K-9, who was shot March 29 while chasing a burglary suspect, visited his fellow officers at Moss Point Police Department this morning. He underwent emergency surgery in Mobile after the shooting and has been recovering at home with…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi lawmaker who was a longtime leader in working to remove a Confederate symbol from the state flag said Monday she is stepping down to take a job with an advocacy group. Democratic…
Jackson County Sheriff's Department shared the sad news Monday that Maj. Michael Robichaux died Sunday evening. Robichaux was a member of the department for 43 years, retiring in December 2015. He also was a graduate of the FBI National Academy.…
A court date for the woman charged with animal cruelty in the death of Ocean Springs' downtown mascot, Carl 2.0, has been rescheduled. Kendra Schaffer of Laurel originally was scheduled for a plea date…
Biloxi Police say a man was hit trying to cross Highway 90 on Friday night and has died as a result of his injuries. Officers responded to a call about a pedestrian hit about 10:20 p.m. at Highway 90 and…
The Gulfport Police Department is thanking the public's quick response in locating a missing boy safely on Saturday morning. Police sent out an alert Saturday morning, asking the public for their help to find Aiden Carter Gormon, of Gulfport, who…
Biloxi High School announced Friday that senior Madeline Pitre has been named one of the nine Mississippi students selected as a semifinalist for the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The program honors the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors.…
Gulfport Police are investigating a shooting overnight on Tropical Cove. The area is off Pass Road about a mile east of cowan Road. She shooting happened about 1 a.m. Gulfport Police spokesman Jason Ducre said one person was shot in…
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…
Jeremy Alexsuner Reynolds, the suspect who is accused of killing four people in Biloxi and Gulfport on Wednesday, had multiple arrests in Harrison County, charged with everything from traffic violations to drug charges to assault. His first arrest goes back…