Eddie Robertson

A nationwide shortage of truck drivers has driven up the starting pay for those who are looking to start a commercial driving career.

The body of the drowned male victim in Wayne County has been recovered.

“... if I ever find out anybody has committed a crime against the elderly, I will come after you,” said Sheriff Joe Berlin.

One woman is fighting for her life and another is on the run after an early-morning shooting.

Susan Ashley Dikes was taken into custody early Saturday morning after she called authorities and said she had shot her husband.

“It’s almost impossible to accomplish what he’s accomplished. Seven Super Bowls, I think he went to ten. Every game Tom Brady has played in has virtually been a win or an almost win,” Favre said.

An officer-involved shooting on Wednesday afternoon leaves one man dead in Waynesboro.

The explosion happened Wednesday morning on Job R Lane in the Moselle area.

Suspect in ATV theft leads JCSD deputies on a chase throughout the county.

An argument over Bible verses led to a fist fight that ended in the strangulation death of one man and a murder charge for another, police say.

An argument over Bible verses led to a fist fight that ended in the strangulation death of one man and a murder charge for another, police say.

Damage has been reported to eight homes, though no injuries were reported.

The Laurel Police Department arrested a man Wednesday accused of running a liquor store out of his home.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday for 14-year old Dustin Mark Bishop at Wayne Academy.

Two inmates who escaped from the Wayne County Jail early Thursday morning are back in custody.

The Wayne County Fire Department is hosting a Haunted Chicken House for Halloween this year.

Mississippi will hold its annual Second Amendment Weekend Friday through Sunday, during which no sales tax will be collected on purchased firearms, ammunition and some hunting supplies.

Catherine Bryan Rhodes celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday at Brookdale Senior Living in Hattiesburg.

Eric Holifield has been charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife, Kimberly Nanette Holifield.

Celebrating birthdays in the age of social distancing is difficult, but for one Hattiesburg woman, her birthday party came parading right past her front porch.

Residents around the Pine Belt are continuing to dig out from the series of tornadoes that swept through the area recently.

Residents in the Morgantown area affected by the rising water are evacuating their homes thanks to the help of community volunteers.

Christmas will be a little brighter for one lucky woman thanks to a Pine Belt car dealership.

A place meant for reflection and peace was turned into a scene of destruction when vandals went to work on nearly a dozen graves at a cemetery in Laurel.

A brutal assault caught on camera has the Wayne County community in an uproar, with many suspecting the attack might have been a hate crime.

A Wayne County High School teacher is facing a drug charge on the Mississippi Coast.