While no one won the big MegaMillions jackpot last night, a store in Vancleave sold a ticket that netted the player a cool $1 million. 1st Place Inc. sold a MegaMillions ticket that matched all five of the numbers drawn…
A Biloxi man is behind bars, charged with commercial burglary after being found inside of a closed business. 24-year-old Cameron Tyrique Lindsey is charged with commercial burglary. He was taken to the Harrison County jail. His bond is set at…
An Alabama man is behind bars after holding up a man he had been out with earlier in the day and then fleeing police. 23-year-old Jimmy Wayne White III of Coden, Alabama, was charged with armed robbery, felony eluding and…
Jackson County Sheriff's deputies and Gautier Police who were searching for a 23-year-old autistic and hearing impaired man report he is home safe. The sheriff's office said 23-year-old Edwin Bernard Gilmore Jr. returned home on his own Tuesday. He had last…
A man trying to get from Slidell to family in Tennessee was found dead in Pearl River County on Monday. Pearl River County Coroner Derek Turnage said 57-year-old Charles Wilson Ligon Jr., was found Monday morning by duck hunters returning…
A Long Beach man spent Christmas behind bars following his Christmas Eve arrest on an aggravated assault domestic violence charge. Long Beach Police arrested Kendal Keyes, 39, on the charge stemming from a Nov. 28 incident in which an argument…
Pearl River Sheriff's Department have charged a Poplarville couple on drug and weapons charges after a search of their home Thursday morning. Vickie Boyd, 60, and Joseph "Joey" Boyd, 60, were each charged with possession of methamphetamine while in possession…
The Harbor Lights Festival at Jones Park in Gulfport will be open tonight, but will be closed the remainder of the weekend. Gulfport spokesman Jase Payne said the gates will be open at 5:30 p.m. -- with Santa arriving at…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is perpetuating a legacy of racial discrimination because lawmakers failed to draw enough majority-Black districts for the state House and Senate, civil rights advocates say in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who threatened to kill Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky has pleaded guilty to making threats in interstate commerce, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Robert Wiser Bates, 39, of Ridgeland, threatened…
While the nation as a whole has seen a drop in rent prices this year, the state of Mississippi has gone in the opposite direction.…
OAK GROVE, Miss. (AP) — A sheriff said a Mississippi man will be charged with attempted capital murder after shooting a Lamar County sheriff’s deputy in the back hours and hitting another deputy’s police vehicle. A deputy, named by WDAM-TV as Steve…
New details of the officer involved shooting in Bay St. Louis that claimed the lives of two officers emerged Friday after the Mississippi Department of…
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety has released an updated timeline of the fatal officer-involved shooting in Bay St. Louis- including the fact that the assailant Amy Anderson did not take her own life, but was shot in an exchange…
A homeless man has been charged with arson in a case from Latimer. 56-year-old Randolph Marcellas Phillips was arrested Thursday on one count of arson. He is in the Jackson County jail. His bond was set at $10,000. Jackson County…
It was a somber spirit around Bay St. Louis this morning as officers and citizens alike continue to mourn the loss of two police officers killed in the line of duty on Wednesday. Chief Toby Schwartz talked about 34-year-old Sgt.…
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred about 4:30 a.m. this morning in Bay St. Louis. Bay St. Louis Police received a call to the Motel 6,…
GULFPORT, Miss. --After one of the best three-year runs of high school football the Gulf Coast has ever seen, Ocean Springs head coach Blake Pennock is leaving one powerhouse…
With concerns over potential severe weather, several school districts have decided to dismiss students early today. All MGCCC campuses and centers will close at 2 p.m. because of possibility of severe weather. Schools in Hancock County School District will dismiss…
The Second Air Force Commander, Maj. Gen Michele Edmondson, relieved the Col. William H. Hunter as wing commander at Keesler Air Force Base today, for a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to effectively command the 81st Training Wing.…
Mississippi State University Head Football Coach Michael Charles “Mike” Leach passed away Monday night at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, following complications from a heart condition. He was 61. In a statement, the Leach family said:…
By RALPH D. RUSSO Mississippi State coach Mike Leach was hospitalized in critical condition Monday, the day after what the university called “a personal health issue” at his home in Starkville forced him to be airlifted to a medical facility…
A 26-year-old Louisiana man has been charged with child abuse after police received a call about an unresponsive child. Biloxi officers answered the call at a hotel room in Biloxi on Saturday, finding the 4-month-old child unresponsive and took it…
Mississippi Bureau of Investigations is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Hancock County. MBI said in a press release that Hancock County deputies responded to a burglary call in the 28000 block of Highway 603 in the Kiln about 7 a.m.…