VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi police officer has been suspended with pay after a video showed the officer pressing his knee into the back of a man who was being arrested. The video, shot by an onlooker, shows Vicksburg…
Biloxi Police and other agencies are investigating the Monday death of a 2-year-old. Police said in a press release that the department received a 911 call about 6 a.m. Monday from a residence on St. Mary Boulevard. A female at…
FAYETTE, Miss. (AP) — Seven people were shot and wounded during a Christmas party at a small town in southwestern Mississippi. The shootings happened early Sunday at the Fayette Community Center. Five of the wounded were taken to Merit Health…
Police in Ocean Springs are at the scene of a fatal accident at the railroad tracks near Hickory Drive. The collision happened just after 11 a.m. One person was killed. Capt. Ryan LeMaire said witnesses told police the man was…
The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued more than 1,300 tickets and made 32 arrests for impaired driving over the holiday weekend. The period started last Thursday and ended at midnight on Sunday. Troop K, which covers the Coast, also investigated 15…
A local business made its television debut Sunday on HGTV's "Home Town" filmed just north of the Coast in Jones County. Co-host Ben Napier was a regular visitor to Newman's Lumber…
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — A man has been arrested for allegedly digging up a grave at a cemetery in Mississippi. Meridian Police Sgt. Heather Luebbers said officers responded Christmas Eve to a call about two men walking around a cemetery…
A Gulfport man will serve more than 13 years for his role in a drug trafficking case in Gulfport. Joshua Taylor, 23, was stopped in Gulfport in March of this year and officers found heroin, methamphetamine and Ecstasy. Officers also…
Victims of Hurricane Ida in six states now have until Feb. 15, 2022, extended from Jan. 3, to file individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. The updated relief covers Louisiana and…
A file video posted earlier provided outdated information on casino's vaccination rate. Scarlet Pearl is the first casino in the nation to have a 100 percent vaccination rate, officials said. Scarlet Pearl has reinstated its mask mandate for casino employees.…
The Gautier Police Department is requesting the public's help in locating runaway juvenile. Nivea Bracey, 15, was last seen leaving her home on December 19 about 10:45 p.m. She is 5-foot-7 and 130 pounds with black hair. If you know…
The local Salvation Army is wrapped up its annual Angel Tree program Tuesday in Jackson County with their gift distribution at the Jackson County Civic Center. Organizers said they saw an…
Police responded to the home of Father Jesus in downtown Gulfport on Monday afternoon. Jason Ducre, spokesman for Gulfport Police, said Father Jesus reported the death at his home on 11th Street. Police found the man in the home about…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he is approving $1,000 in hazard pay bonuses for state law enforcement officers, and they will receive the money by the end of this month. The money is coming…
The Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence Adopt-a-Family Program is in need of donations the holidays. GCCFN pairs donors with sizable families depending on how much they are willing to donate. Donors…
Gulfport Police on Saturday made a fourth arrest in a hit-and-run case from May that left two people dead. Kimberly Lauren McDaniel, 31, was arrested Saturday and charged her with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident causing…
Gulfport Police is requesting the public’s help to find a missing person, Tori Evelyn Jade Alicie. Her one-month-old son, Ezekiel Burgess, of Gulfport has been safely located with the father but authorities still have…
Gulfport Police are investigating a Sunday evening shooting that left a man dead. Officers responded to the 1200 block of 43rd Avenue about 5:44 p.m. Sunday in reference to a shooting, according to a press release. When they arrived at…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi public universities are withdrawing policies requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 after an injunction from a federal judge prohibiting the Biden administration from enforcing its vaccination mandate for federal contractors. Spokespersons for the University…
Of the eight Major League Baseball superstars competing in this year's Home Run Derby, half of them hit more than 27 home runs in a single round. That means a local high school…
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Police say a person was shot Thursday at a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facility in Mississippi. The Vicksburg Post reported the shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. at the main gate of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man has been charged with capital murder and arson after three dead men were found inside a house that burned. Jackson police told news outlets Thursday that Charles Robinson III is accused of intentionally…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An attorney for a Mississippi inmate is asking the state Supreme Court to dismiss the inmate’s request for an execution date. Blayde Nathaniel Grayson has been on death row 24…
A 21-year-old woman has been charged with arson in connection with a Tuesday night house fire in Gautier. Gautier Fire and Police departments were dispatched to a home at 1717 Dolphin Drive for a structure fire on Tuesday about 9:30…