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Millions of your hard earned tax dollars are about to be spent paying lawyers to take on annexation fights. Four South Mississippi cities didn't like judges' rulings denying their annexation requests. Pass Christian alone spent a half million dollars in their quest for more land and just filed an appeal yesterday.
After months of sometimes heated debate, the City of Ocean Springs has passed a noise ordinance effecting downtown bars and nightclubs. Outdoor amplified music has to shut down at 11pm on weekdays, and midnight on weekends. As Doug Walker reports, even though the law was passed, no one seemed to leave city hall pleased with the result.
Americans are starting to see some relief from higher gas prices, a change that could revive the economy in the months ahead.
As business leaders from across the state gathered in downtown Jackson, governor Phil Bryant introduced them to a man whom they may want to get to know. His name is Brent Christensen and he's the new executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority. It's an appointment Bryant says is the most important one he'll make.
Kids aren't the only ones who can catch Spring Fever as the weather warms and summer break nears.
Narcotics agents with the George County Sheriff's Office and Lucedale Police Officers arrested 43-year-old Aubrey Lynn Crawley of George County on Monday after receiving a tip that he was cooking meth, according to officials.
"I was probably a week shy of a good check when I lost my job," said a man living in one of Hattiesburg's dozen or so homeless tent cities who declined to give his name.
A new study says marijuana may relieve some symptoms of multiple sclerosis.
A trip across the river to a Vicksburg casino turned into a nightmare for two women who police said were abducted and robbed by men they just met.
Pascagoula high's first black female valedictorian and her family are furious over a school procedure they claim is antiquated and unfair.
Mitt Romney is adding two more victories to his win column.
For 20 to 25 years, century plants don't do much of anything except grow bigger around and somewhat higher. But then, all of a sudden they do this. Put out a chute that goes straight up in the air. It doesn't grow this thing over night like Jack's beanstalk.
Approximately 525 students at Pearl River Community College received either associate's degrees or certificates of proficiency Tuesday during an annual graduation ceremony.
It's being called the largest infrastructure project in Biloxi's history and much of the work is going on underground. After six years of planning, work is finally underway to replace all the water, sewer, and drainage lines that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. You will see crews at work from one end of town to the other.
As the search continues in North Mississippi for a double murder suspect, some South Mississippi police departments are telling officers to be sensitive to public worry about traffic stops.
It's safe to say that Gulfport High School Student Caitlin Carter isn't particularly fond of needles. But the 10th grader put her fear to the side, giving blood for the first time.
The Commission on Marine Resources has authorized the DMR executive director to open this year's shrimp season, once shrimp reach the legal size of 68 count per pound. The CMR heard from Traci Floyd at Tuesday's meeting. She directs the DMR Shrimp and Crab Bureau. She presented an overview of last year's shrimp season and talked about the prospects for 2012.
A truck stop employee is behind bars after she allegedly stole $2,100 from a customer on Monday, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.
Jackson County Sheriff's deputies arrested 23-year-old Leslie Leann Hanna of the Wade Community on charges of credit card fraud Monday, officials said.
Cheaper gas won't be enough to get many more Americans on the road this summer. They're still too worried about their jobs and the economy.
The mother of a mentally ill homeless man who died after a violent confrontation with Southern California police has accepted a $1 million settlement with the city of Fullerton.
In Gulfport, loved ones and officers gathered to remember those who paid the ultimate price while protecting and serving in South Mississippi.
A kayaker says he was attacked by a 14-foot-long great white shark as he and his friends fished off the coast of Central California and that he escaped any injuries.
An Oxford man pardoned by Gov. Haley Barbour earlier this year has been indicted on three counts related to the 2011 highway death of 18-year-old Charity Smith.
Federal court records show three men intend to plead guilty in an investigation into the theft of explosives from a firing range at Camp Shelby.
An investigation spanning nearly eight months led to a major drug bust Tuesday afternoon at a home in north Jackson.
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