That came as a surprise to lawmakers who passed a law that said they are due a review of the medical services contract from the corrections department on Dec. 15 of each fiscal year. The state ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Mississippi’s statehood. On December 10, 1817, President James Monroe signed the resolution that admitted Mississippi as the twentieth state. Throughout the ...

Crews use a crane to lower the partially finished South Mississippi Cross of Christ into place along U.S. Highway 98 near the George-Greene county line. The 120-foot cross was erected after two years ...

LEAKESVILLE — As Chickasawhay Hideaway marks its first anniversary, local leaders say the resort’s expansion and partnerships with neighboring attractions are helping grow tourism in Greene County.

State inmate Michael ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’ Wilson was captured Saturday night, bringing an end to a massive manhunt that tied up a lot of law enforcement manpower and had people across South Mississippi ...

Local officials confirmed Friday afternoon that they are near certain the skeletal remains found in Leakesville Thursday morning are those of a local teenager who had been missing for nearly two ...

I am Arrixie Garretson Sproul, and I would like to be your next Mayor. As a native of Leakesville, I have an interest in helping grow and improve our small town. Since retiring from teaching school I ...

The board of supervisors voted last July to erect an 8,000 square-foot metal building on old school property in State Line, complete with plumbing and electrical installations, for the purpose of ...

From Staff Reports __________ A Sand Hill woman has been indicted in Greene County on charges she stole tens of thousands of dollars from a rural water utility. Peggy Watson Maxie, 50, of 7792 Oil ...

Georgia-Pacific Leaf River Cellulose is alerting the Perry and Greene County communities and surrounding area of an active employment scam. According to company officials, scammers have contacted job ...

Nine months after three innocent people were gunned down in cold blood in a State Line convenience store, the man accused of the killings has been officially indicted on three counts of Capital Murder ...

Investigators are continuing to work around the clock to identify and bring to justice the person that took the lives of three local residents roughly six hours into the new year – as well as anyone ...