A juvenile has been arrested in an arson case that began in mid-July. Pass Christian Fire Department said the investigation began with a break-in on July 13 of a home on Second Street. Police put the house on extra patrol…
Waveland residents used their home security cameras to help police solve a pair of thefts this week. Chief Mike Prendergast said Taylor Ryan Passantino, 33, has been charged in both burglaries investigated by his officers. Passantino was charged with burglary…
A Waveland man is behind bars, accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile. Waveland Chief Mike Prendegast said officers received a complaint last weekend that a female juvenile was being molested. After investigating the complaint, Michael Eugene Moore, 67, of Waveland,…
A Waveland man faces felony drug charges after cocaine, pills and marijuana were found during a traffic stop on Thursday. Waveland Chief Mike Prendergast said officers stopped a gold Lexus on Highway 90 about 1:30 p.m. Thursday. During stop, officers…
A man wanted in Biloxi on molestation charges now also faces felony eluding charges after leading law enforcement on a chase through the county Thursday. John Pierre, 42, of Biloxi was charged with one count of molestation. He is being…
Hancock County is searching for a new superintendent this morning. The Board of Trustees on Thursday voted to terminate Teresa Merwin's contract during a special called meeting. There was no explanation. A parent posting to the Hancock County Schools social…
The northbound lanes of Highway 63 in Moss Point reopened at Saracennia Road hours after four large trucks collided. According to Highway Patrol, that accident happened around 5…
HORN LAKE, Miss. (AP) — Employees of a sheriff’s department in north Mississippi have shot two people within two days. The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department told WMC-TV that one of its deputies shot and wounded an armed person during a traffic stop…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former police officer in Mississippi received a five-year prison sentence Wednesday for the 2019 beating death of a man who was pulled from a vehicle during a manhunt. The former Jackson detective, Anthony Fox, was…
A Gulfport woman has been charged in the burglary of a vehicle at Scarlet Pearl Casino. D'Iberville Police Chief Shannon Nobles said 33-year-old Jessica Anjanet Harris is charged with burglary, theft from a motor vehicle. Police received a report of…
A Gulfport were were each sentenced to 40 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated assault. Judge Christopher Schmidt handed down the sentence in Harrison County Circuit Court after last week's guilty pleas. 29-year-old Aaron Mays had 10…
A Moss Point will spend more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking case. Labaron Mitchell, 38, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport to 211 months, or 17 years. He will serve…
Every other Tuesday we have the pleasure of featuring an animal up for adoption at the Humane Society of South Mississippi. Katie King is here with us to introduce…
By JAY REEVES By her own telling, Mississippi authorities provided Carolyn Bryant Donham with preferential treatment rather than prosecution after her encounter with Emmett Till led to the lynching of the Black teenager in the summer of 1955. Instead of arresting Donham…
Gulfport native son Milton Barney Jr. is moving up to the college ranks as a head coach. Mississippi Valley State University announced Thursday that Barney will become the seventh head coach in the program's 66-year history. "What we are going…
The Mississippi Aquarium wrapped up its outreach program for the summer with some stellar numbers. Over the course of the summer, Aquarium officials traveled more than 5,500 miles in June…
An Ocean Springs man will spend 17 years behind bars after pleading guilty in a DUI causing death case. David Thomas Pelkey, 30, pleaded guilty this week to driving under the influence causing death and driving under the influence causing…
Two men are now charged in the fatal shooting of a Pascagoula man in his apartment. The shooting happened around 7:40 Sunday night at an apartment building on Agnes Street. Pascagoula police say they found 68-year-old Claude Bivins Jr. suffering…
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss (AP) — An incident involving a white Mississippi Highway Patrol officer and three Black men is under investigation after a viral video showed the officer putting a handcuffed man into a chokehold and wrestling him into a…
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 1955, file photo, J.W. Milam, left, his wife, second from left, Roy Bryant, far right, and his wife, Carolyn Bryant, sit together in a courtroom in Sumner, Miss. Bryant and…
Former Biloxi official Cliff Kirkland was back in court recently, asking Judge Larry Bourgeois to either overturn his conviction or grant him a new trial. Kirkland, appearing thinner and wearing a red-and-white prison jumpsuit and shackles, appeared July 25 in…
Ocean Springs police have identified two people suspected of stealing the Miner’s Toy Store Statue. Police say David and Katja Malin are wanted for grand larceny in…
A suspect wanted in connection with an armed carjacking case in St. Martin is in custody. Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers updated its post saying Kevin Chau Bui was in custody. A search of jail records shows he was booked into…
A mainstay in downtown Ocean Springs has gone missing. The statue of two children on a tricycle -- an 90th birthday present to John and Maryalice Miner that sat in front of their store, Miner's Doll and Toy Store on…