Thursday, May 23 2013 12:15 AM EDT2013-05-23 04:15:03 GMT
The search is on in north Picayune for two fugitive brothers wanted out of Tennessee. Jessy and Jeffrey Marchbanks were last seen leaving a mobile home on Pea Ridge Road in Picayune.More >>
Two fugitive brothers wanted out of Tennessee were spotted Wednesday night in the woods near Richard Ozona Road and Highway 11 in Pearl River County. Investigators with the Pearl River County Sheriff's Department said deputies are on foot with K-9 units patrolling the area. A helicopter is also en route to aid in the search. More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:15 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:15:57 GMT
Part of the coast is being invaded this week by termites. Millions swarmed across Harrison County Wednesday night. Several WLOX viewers called our newsroom to tell us about it. One person called whileMore >>
Part of the coast is being invaded this week by termites. Millions swarmed across Harrison County Wednesday night.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 >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:09 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:09:35 GMT
The number of mystery illness cases affecting Alabama is growing. Wednesday, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Dr. Mary McIntyre confirmed the number rose to ten overnight from a previous report of seven.More >>
The number of mystery illness cases affecting Alabama is growing. Wednesday, Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Dr. Mary McIntyre confirmed the number rose to ten overnight from a previous report of seven.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:13 AM EDT2013-05-22 04:13:11 GMT
A British woman who claimed to have hit a cyclist while driving her car and then driving off tweeted about driving off and not caring much about it. But then the cops tweeted back.More >>
The first rule of Twitter - it's not smart to tweet about a crime. More >>
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) -
The year was 1817. Elected delegates in the Mississippi territory wrote a constitution and applied to Congress for statehood. On Dec. 10, 1817, the western portion of Mississippi Territory became the State of Mississippi, the 20th state of the Union. Natchez was declared the first state capital; the capital was moved to Jackson in 1822.
Today, former Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck is speaking Monday at celebration marking Mississippi's 195th anniversary as a state. Tuck was lieutenant governor from early 2000 to early 2008. She's now vice president for campus services at her alma mater, Mississippi State University.
The Statehood Day event begins at noon in the House chamber of the Old Capitol Museum in downtown Jackson.
The Mississippi Territory was organized in 1798 and encompassed both modern-day Mississippi and modern-day Alabama. It became the second state to secede from the Union on Jan. 9, 1861, three months before the Civil War started.
Mississippi had about 70,000 when it became America's 20th state. Today, the state population is more than 2.8 million.
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