Luke Smith

Petal aldermen announced a special-called meeting Thursday night to address comments made by Petal Mayor Hal Marx on the death of George Floyd.

A Mississippi mayor is facing criticism for social media comments following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn.

The owners of a Hub City business sued the City of Hattiesburg and Mayor Toby Barker, claiming the city violated their constitutional rights after the business was closed under state and local executive orders.

A Laurel teacher received an uplifting birthday surprise from her students Tuesday afternoon.

Country music singer Brad Paisley joined a group of teachers on a video meeting Thursday.

A Perry County School District bus driver has been charged with touching a child for lustful purposes.

Hip Hop artists Jay-Z and Yo Gotti are moving forward after threats of legal action against Mississippi due to conditions at state prisons.

The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the 12-year sentence of a man convicted for having a cellphone in jail on Thursday.

Frank Gore Jr., son of NFL veteran running back Frank Gore, announced his signing with Southern Miss on Thursday.

Brian Dozier became the first University of Southern Mississippi baseball player to win a World Series Wednesday night.

A Hattiesburg man was among nearly a dozen people charged Wednesday in a multi-million dollar healthcare fraud operation across the Gulf Coast.

A federal judge sentenced a Mississippi man Tuesday for his role in burning a cross in a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Seminary.

A court order for involuntary treatment has been issued for a man who was taken into custody last week following a report of a suspicious person at the Walmart in Petal.

The University of Southern Mississippi School of Communication has removed an Alabama newspaper editor from its Hall of Fame after he published an editorial calling for violence and the return of the Ku Klux Klan.

No candidate received a majority of the vote in Tuesday’s special election to determine who will fill the remainder of Sen. Thad Cochran's term in the U.S. Senate.

Hattiesburg police charged a man and a woman on Tuesday night in connection to the murder of a Hub City man.

The hospital said the two have known each other for more than 20 years, but Hewett proposed this weekend in the hospital.

Nine people have been arrested on drug charges after a long-term joint operation between the DEA and the Metro Narcotics Unit in Hattiesburg.