Gulfport Police have made arrests after responding to a report of a shooting at an air B&B early Saturday morning. Police have arrested four suspects: Tedric Antonio Owens, 35, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, one count…
A Moss Point man will spend 40 years in prison for a murder he committed when he was 15. Judge Calvin Taylor sentenced 18-year-old Korey Monroe on Thursday for the January 18, 2021 murder of 18-year-old Caleb Lett. He must…
A suspect in an armed robbery is in custody in Jackson County. Jackson County jail docket shows 31-year-old Dakkoda Stirewalt was booked in on Monday, charged with the armed robbery of an individual of…
Pascagoula Police are asking the public's help to locate a missing runaway. 15-year-old Liam Marble was last seen in the area of Pascagoula Street on Sunday about 7 p.m. He was wearing blue jogging pants, a white shirt and black…
Today State Auditor Shad White announced that Special Agents from his office arrested Megan Berry, former Caledonia Park Commission treasurer, on one count of embezzlement. Berry is accused of taking public funds that came into her possession by virtue of…
A mother of four who was walking to work for her shift at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Wednesday morning was hit and later died. Nakia Newsome, the mother of the victim, identified her as 28-year-old Keiaja Barnes. Barnes was taken to…
A Bay St. Louis man is in jail, charged with murder in the shooting death of another man on Thursday evening. Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam said 38-year-old Ronald Zoerner is charged with murder. He was taken to Hancock County…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A college town in Mississippi temporarily closed a street Wednesday after a delivery truck dropped dozens of cases of beer. The spill happened in Oxford, home of the University of Mississippi. The Oxford Police Department posted photos…
The Pascagoula City Council approved a special use permit with a variance to renovate the science building at the Old Pascagoula High School into 20 senior living apartments in the downtown district. The Council voted 6-1 to approve the request,…
A Stone County jury took just 18 minutes to convict a Wiggins man of the brutal 2018 killing of his mother. Terelle Johnson was convicted of first degree murder in the beating and choking death of his mother, 51-year-old Sherry…
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office made multiple arrests Monday in connection to a major ATM theft out of North Carolina. Sheriff Matt Haley said 23-year-old Alecia Bailey of…
The Diamondhead City Council passed a motion Tuesday evening to disavow recent actions by Mayor Nancy Depreo. The decision comes after a July 26th incident in which Mayor Depreo…
A piece of Mississippi history has made its way to New Jersey. Governor Tate Reeves was in Atlantic City for the unveiling of a…
Long Beach Fire Department was called out to a house fire on Alyce Place in the Green Acres subdivision on Thursday night. Chief Griff Skellie said a family of five were able to get out of the house. A family…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A city councilwoman in Mississippi’s capital resigned Wednesday and then pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery. “Circumstances that I am not at liberty to discuss at the moment, have led to this…
Former Biloxi Councilman Robert L. Deming will spend six years in federal prison after pleading guilty in a drug case from 2023. Deming faced up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to…
A Kiln man has been charged with second-degree murder after a man died as a result of wounds from a bar fight. Hancock County Sheriff Ricky Adam said 53-year-old Robert Hammac was arrested Monday on the charge. He was taken…
Gulfport Police have charged a man with robbing people at a store on Kelly Avenue by threatening them with a machete. Police say 22-year-old Joshua Paxton Ward was arrested Friday and charged him with armed robbery. He was taken to…
The Mississippi State Geological Survey scientists got word about a major fossil discovery made by Eddie Templeton, an avid artifact and fossil collector and friend of the Survey. Templeton was exploring in rural Madison County in early August looking for…
A Gulfport man suspected of stealing a vehicle in Hattiesburg led Madison Police on a chase through the city before being taken into custody. 18-year-old Montoya Motley was charged in Madison with felony fleeing, two counts of receiving stolen property,…
More information is coming out about a Diamondhead man who is accused of three murders in California and another in North Carolina. 73-year-old Warren Luther Alexander was arrested in Mississippi in March 2022 and…
A Pascagoula man is in jail, charged in connection with a home burglary, escape and directing a juvenile to commit a crime. 19-year-old Arnell Finklea of Pascagoula is charged with residential burglary, felony escape, petit larceny and directing a juvenile…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi woman who worked at the Vicksburg National Military Park pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing park admission fees, federal prosecutors said. Yolanda Ward, 40, of Vicksburg, admitted removing cash deposits from a safe and keeping…
A fire that damaged more than 30 units at Safe Mini Storage on Thursday was deliberately set, the Gulfport Fire Chief says. Gulfport Fire Department received a call around 4 a.m. August 1 from a passerby saying heavy smoke was…