Phase two Façade Grant announced for Downtown Wiggins
Facelifts are coming soon to Downtown Wiggins! Stone County Economic Development has partnered with Mississippi Power to announce phase two of the Façade Grant for Downtown Wiggins. The…
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Facelifts are coming soon to Downtown Wiggins! Stone County Economic Development has partnered with Mississippi Power to announce phase two of the Façade Grant for Downtown Wiggins. The…
The Stone County Sheriff's Department is searching for a suspect in an armed robbery. Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers posted on social media, asking for the public's help to locate Tristan Wigley. Anyone with information is asked to contact Stone County…
A Poplarville woman died Monday after her vehicle left the roadway and crashed into the tree line. MHP spokesman Cal Robertson said the incident happened about 12:20 p.m. on Highway 26 in Stone County. 50-year-old Delores Richardson of Poplarville was…
As Wiggins continues to grow, local government leaders have brought the idea of making downtown a designated social district. If Downtown Wiggins is designated as a social district,…
The deadline for the second phase of Stone County’s façade grant is tomorrow. The grant allows businesses in downtown Wiggins to get a facelift. Each grant of…
Adranos, Inc., a start up manufacturer of solid rocket motors, cut the ribbon on its Mississippi Solid Rocket Complex in Stone County today. Founded in…
Businesses in downtown Wiggins are getting a facelift, thanks to facade grants from the Stone County Economic Development District and Mississippi Power. Leaders gathered Thursday at Paul Hardy Properties to…
A Stone County jury deliberated just 35 minutes before finding a man guilty of a sex crime against a child. 67-year-old Michael Alexander was convicted of touching a child for lustful purposes. The victim testified that Alexander, a family friend,…
Teachers and Stone County school staff cheered with joy as the $19 million bond referendum passed. Reporting from 16 of 16 precincts shows 66 percent…
Stone County residents are voting on a $19.75 million school bond referendum. News 25’s Sabria Reid is at a polling precinct with more.
Tomorrow, Stone County residents will vote on a $19.75 million bond referendum. Polls open for the special election from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at all the…
One of Stone County’s premier events returns this weekend. The decades old Pine Hill Festival is back in Wiggins this Friday and Saturday. The festival features great…
One of Stone County’s premier events returns this weekend, featuring good food, music, and fun for people of all ages. Here to tell us more about the Pine Hill…
A murder suspect wanted in Wiggins has turned himself in to authorities. Zavago Wilson, 23, is a suspect in the death of 22-year-old Kayla Cooper early Saturday morning. A family member found Early at her home. Police identified Early as…
Enviva has a new home. The large sustainable wood company specializing in making wood pellets is coming to Stone County. The highly anticipated announcement came this morning during an…
Stone County Emergency Management Director Mike Williams is on the phone to discuss the severe weather threat.
If you lump St. Stanislaus and Our Lady Academy into one, three Coast schools are sending both their boys and girls soccer teams to south state, joining St. Patrick and Stone…
Enviva, a world-leading bioenergy company, could call Stone County home, exciting many residents, but leaving others wary. Residents on both sides of the argument voiced…
Stone County is hoping a large sustainable wood company will soon choose to call the area home. The name of the world-leading bioenergy company is ‘Enviva’ and they…
On Thursday, December 16, 2021, at approximately 8:00 AM, the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Highway 49 in Stone County. A 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by 64-year-old Susan McKeithan of Laurel, MS, traveled South on Highway…
‘Come see what’s set in Stone’ that’s the motto for businesses in Stone County heading into the holiday season. Stone County's economy is already seeing the positive effects of holiday…
The City of Wiggins is in mourning after the passing of Stone Athletic Director Kevin Conard. He’s worked as a coach and a school administrator prior to becoming an athletic director. Kevin will be remembered as a…
The Pine Hill Festival is back and set for Friday, April 30th and Saturday, May 1st in downtown Wiggins. It’s one of the longest-running festivals in the state and the biggest single event for Stone County. Friday will be…
The Stone County Emergency Agency, along with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Agency, are still pumping water out of the lake near the Lake-A-Way RV park in order to reduce the risk of flooding in the area.…