A mother was arrested for felony child abuse after her 1-year-old child tested positive for several drugs, according to the Jones County Sheriff’s Office.
A Hattiesburg woman is facing a charge of aggravated assault for stabbing her brother, police say.
Bond was denied Wednesday for a man accused of planting an explosive device at an AT&T site in Jefferson Davis County earlier this month.
No injuries were reported, but the home received extensive damage.
A traffic stop in New Augusta led to the seizure of more than 17 pounds of cocaine.
The bus was taken from the Earl Travillion Attendance Center around 5:30 a.m.
The explosion happened Wednesday morning on Job R Lane in the Moselle area.
Players and the Golden Eagle community got a look at the new uniforms players will wear on gamedays.
The winning tickets will split the $665,000 jackpot.
A small crowd has gathered at the Laurel Police Department to protest the Tasing of a teenager by LPD officers.
Investigators in Covington County uncovered a large cache of stolen Dollar General merchandise.
The meeting was called Thursday after pictures of an assignment titled “Slave Letter Writing Activity” spread on social media.
A controversial school assignment has sparked outrage in the Lamar County community.
The case will be presented to a grand jury at a later time.
Hattiesburg police started investigating the death Wednesday morning.
John Henry Wells, 43, is being charged with two counts of murder.
The attack happened about a mile south of Epley Station.
Izaun Cade Baxter is charged with two counts of manslaughter, culpable negligence.
Tiffany Meghan McClellan was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 20 years of probation.
The football team will not practice Friday as players intend to march in protest of “instances of racial injustice in our country.”
Two homes and a vehicle were damaged in the fire, but no one was injured.
Two former Laurel, Miss. police officers have been indicted by a grand jury in Jasper County.
Eric Holifield has been charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife, Kimberly Nanette Holifield.
The search for two people who possibly drowned in the Bouie River in Forrest County has been suspended for the night.
Kelby Glenn Jordan is charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, felony fleeing and burglary.
The Forrest County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to put the issue of relocating the statue on the ballot in November.
Catherine Davis gave an emotional account of her son’s final moments and called for justice for his death.
HGTV announced Thursday the hit show “Home Town” will be back with 16 new episodes in 2021.
Logan Thomas Shows, 18, was killed in a crash on Cascio Taormina Road in the Sanford community.
The audit says Favre Enterprises was paid $1.1 million for events Favre was contracted to speak at but never did.
Strong early morning storms caused damage in several Pine Belt counties on April 23, 2020.
Tom Lester, a Mississippi native and actor best known for his role on the sitcom “Green Acres”, has died.
Gov. Tate Reeves and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann spent Tuesday morning in some of the areas most heavily damaged by Sunday’s storms.
A patient diagnosed with COVID-19 died Wednesday at Forrest General Hospital.
Cpl. Zachary Austin Holloway will be escorted to Laurel where he will be laid to rest next week.
More than a dozen railroad cars derailed in Petal just after midnight Friday.
One of the inmates who escaped from the Covington County Jail late Wednesday night is back in custody.
The search is on for three inmates who escaped from the Covington County Jail.
The man who pleaded guilty to selling a gun to the suspect accused of killing two Hattiesburg police officers in 2015 is back behind bars in Forrest County.
A former FCAHS student is behind bars, accused of making a song with lyrics threatening a shooting at the school.
A 21-year-old woman from Mendenhall was killed in a two-car crash on U.S. Highway 49 in Forrest County on Wednesday.
A state inmate who escaped from a work detail in Lincoln County on Monday is back in custody.
A second man who pleaded guilty to participating in a cross burning in a predominantly African American neighborhood in Mississippi has been sentenced to prison.
The paratroopers are expected to fully recover and be able to return to active duty.
Several soldiers were injured during a nighttime airborne training exercise Wednesday at Camp Shelby.
A Newton County supervisor has been arrested by special agents with the Mississippi State Auditor’s Office after being indicted for fraud by a grand jury.
A Hattiesburg man is facing charges after reportedly leading police officers and sheriff’s deputies on a chase through three Pine Belt counties on Tuesday.
One person was killed when two oil storage tanks exploded Friday morning in Wayne County.
A Hattiesburg woman who was the subject of a Silver Alert has been found safe, according to police.
