Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:34 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:34:41 GMT
NOTE: Photos and videos will be added to this story later in the evening. The Walthall County Sheriffs Department along with The Humane Society of the United States are in the process of raiding a puppyMore >>
Among the dogs, many are dead, and skeletal remains were mixed with living animals in small, dark, filthy enclosures.More >>
Monday, May 13 2013 12:24 PM EDT2013-05-13 16:24:04 GMT
MARION COUNTY, MS (WDAM) - A weekend-long drug raid left 22 individuals behind bars, and more arrests to come. According to Marion County Sheriff Berkley Hall, the drug raid is the result of severalMore >>
A weekend-long drug raid left 22 individuals behind bars, and more arrests to come.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 4:42 PM EDT2013-05-20 20:42:47 GMT
The Humane Society of South Mississippi (HSSM) is heading back to Gulfport with more than 100 small breed dogs rescued from an alleged puppy mill in Tylertown Monday. The HSSM assisted the Humane SocietyMore >>
The Humane Society of South Mississippi (HSSM) is heading back to Gulfport with more than 100 small breed dogs rescued from an alleged puppy mill in Tylertown Monday.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:36 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:36:49 GMT
(RNN) – A day after long track tornadoes devastated Shawnee and Edmond, OK, another round has begun near Oklahoma City.KOCO broadcast a slow rotating cloud that slowly extended down towards the groundMore >>
Dozens of people have died after a second day of tornadoes twisted through Oklahoma, this time taking aim at the town of Moore, south of Oklahoma City.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 6:41 PM EDT2013-05-20 22:41:59 GMT
Four suspects were jailed after Harrison County Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said a burglary took place at a home at the 15000 block of Sara Lane in Saucier on Sunday. Once deputies arrived to the home theyMore >>
Four suspects were jailed after Harrison County Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said a burglary took place at a home at the 15000 block of Sara Lane in Saucier on Sunday.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:53 AM EDT2013-05-21 10:53:05 GMT
A 2nd grade teacher in St. Martin has been busy planning a benefit for a Vancleave girl who's battling brain cancer. Stella Clegg has never met Natalie Hightower, but she's determined to help.More >>
A 2nd grade teacher in St. Martin has been busy planning a benefit for a Vancleave girl who's battling brain cancer. Stella Clegg has never met Natalie Hightower, but she's determined to help.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 3:48 PM EDT2013-05-20 19:48:39 GMT
A Wiggins man, who police say robbed the Wells Fargo Bank in Biloxi earlier this month, is now behind bars in Texas.More >>
A Wiggins man, who police say robbed the Wells Fargo Bank in Biloxi earlier this month, is now behind bars in Texas. Authorities there say Brett Maurice Disiere was apprehended after committing a bank robbery in Conroe, Texas.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:16 PM EDT2013-05-22 02:16:08 GMT
Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. Rescuers worked all night, with particular attentionMore >>
The tornado, with winds up to 200 mph, cut a 20-mile stretch as wide as two miles through the Oklahoma City metro area. The medical examiner's office reported 24 people died, including nine children. More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 3:12 PM EDT2013-05-20 19:12:12 GMT
WLOX News has learned the MS Public Service Commission has been asking for timelines pertaining to cost overruns at Mississippi Power's Kemper County plant since last summer.More >>
Nobody will say if Ed Day's retirement is based on cost overruns at Mississippi Power's Kemper County plant. However, WLOX News has learned the MS Public Service Commission has been asking for timelines pertaining to cost overruns at the plant since last summer. And those timelines didn't appear until last week, after Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz says he contacted Mississippi Power's parent company, the Southern Company.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 11:35 PM EDT2013-05-20 03:35:23 GMT
COLUMBUS, MS (AP) - Authorities have resumed the search for two young brothers who were passengers in an all-terrain vehicle that overturned in a Mississippi creek. Columbus Fire Chief Kenneth MooreMore >>
Authorities have recovered the body of a 6-year-old boy who apparently drowned after an all-terrain vehicle overturned in a Mississippi creek, while the search for his brother continued.
A 39-year-old Pascagoula man has pleaded guilty to three counts of touching of a child for lustful purposes and one count of sexual battery involving three different victims, who were all younger than 14.More >>
A 39-year-old Pascagoula man has pleaded guilty to three counts of touching of a child for lustful purposes and one count of sexual battery involving three different victims, who were all younger than 14.More >>
Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.More >>
As a grieving family prepared for the funeral of a Hofstra University junior killed by a police officer's bullet during a standoff with an armed intruder, some on Monday questioned whether police should have waited for...More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:33 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:33:25 GMT
Brad Kessie gives us a preview of his exclusive interview with Former Biloxi Mayor Pete Halat, who was just recently released from federal custody after serving 15 years and nine months in prison.More >>
Former Biloxi Mayor Pete Halat recently sat down with WLOX News for an exclusive one hour interview. Tonight on WLOX News at 10pm, he answers questions for the first time about his trial, and the prison time he served since being released from federal custody. This morning, Brad Kessie gives us a preview. More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:52 AM EDT2013-05-21 10:52:03 GMT
Harrison County may soon have a new policy for granting tax exemption" to business and industry.More >>
Harrison County supervisors have had some lively debates in recent months over the issue of granting tax exemptions to business and industry. But the county may soon have a new policy and procedure which would make the process of allowing such tax breaks a bit more objective. Development Commission Director Bill Hessell told supervisors he's drafting a new policy that will include a points system for companies to earn tax exemptions.More >>
A Korean man is scheduled for sentencing Tuesday after pleading guilty to transporting women who were in the country illegally from New York to Mississippi for prostitution.More >>
A Korean man is scheduled for sentencing Tuesday after pleading guilty to transporting women who were in the country illegally from New York to Mississippi for prostitution.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 12:19 PM EDT2013-05-20 16:19:41 GMT
On Saturday, the George County Sheriff's Department arrested a man wanted for failure to pay thousands in child support. According to George County Sheriff Dean Howell, James Decker III, 32, of GeorgeMore >>
On Saturday, the George County Sheriff's Department arrested a man wanted for failure to pay thousands in child support.More >>
By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Music Writer Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74.More >>
By CHRIS TALBOTT and HILLEL ITALIE AP Entertainment Writers Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's...More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 2:43 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:43:14 GMT
A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing a Mississippi casino of serving a gambler so many free drinks that he died.More >>
A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing a Mississippi casino of serving a gambler so many free drinks that he died. The $75 million lawsuit against IP Casino Resort and Spa in Biloxi was filed in federal court in Gulfport in 2012.More >>
Nobody will say if Ed Day's retirement is based on cost overruns at Mississippi Power's Kemper County plant. However, WLOX News has learned the MS Public Service Commission has been asking for timelines pertaining to cost overruns at the plant since last summer.More >>
The Humane Society of South Mississippi (HSSM) helped rescue more than 100 small breed dogs rescued from an alleged puppy mill in Tylertown Monday.More >>
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