Friday, May 17 2013 11:04 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:04:19 GMT
It is the end of an era for one Biloxi elementary school. A long-time PE teacher is retiring at the end of the month. And when he leaves, so will a popular tradition he started three decades ago.More >>
It is the end of an era for one Biloxi elementary school. A long-time PE teacher is retiring at the end of the month. And when he leaves, so will a popular tradition he started at the school three decades ago. Thousands of students consider him the "coolest" teacher around.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 >>
Friday, May 17 2013 5:11 PM EDT2013-05-17 21:11:29 GMT
In a WLOX News exclusive, former Biloxi Mayor Pete Halat says despite what people may think, he had no role in the 1987 murders of Vincent and Margaret Sherry.More >>
In a WLOX News exclusive, Pete Halat says despite what people may think, he had no role in the 1987 murders of Vincent and Margaret Sherry. "I can tell you that there isn't a word in the English language that I'm not intelligent enough to know," the former Biloxi mayor said, "that can more strongly deny that I was ever involved in anything to do with Vince and Margaret being hurt, and Vince and Margaret being killed."More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 2:43 PM EDT2013-05-17 18:43:04 GMT
Two bank robbery suspects are on the run in Moss Point. But, their get away car has been recovered. According to Moss Point police, the suspects entered the Hancock Bank on Hwy 613 just before 11:30More >>
Two bank robbery suspects are on the run in Moss Point. But, their get away car has been recovered. According to Moss Point police, the suspects entered the Hancock Bank on Hwy 613 just before 11:30 this morning wearing masks, holding guns an demanding money. More >>
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
An Alabama man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly kidnapping a girl from Crystal Springs and taking her to his home.
According to a press release from the FBI Jackson Field Office, 23-year-old Diego Ralios Cortez met a minor from Crystal Springs on Facebook. The two talked on Facebook for about six months and Cortez also drove to Crystal Springs to meet the girl, according to the FBI.
Authorities say Cortez picked the girl up Sunday and drove her to his home in Alabama. Tuesday he brought the girl back to Mississippi and dropped her off at a restaurant in Byram after he received a Facebook message about the search for the girl, according to the FBI.
Later Tuesday, Pearl police officers spotted Cortez's vehicle and arrested him on a warrant for kidnapping.
Cortez is also known as Yonatan Flores and Jonathan Flores.
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Diego Ralios Cortez is accused of kidnapping a girl after meeting her on Facebook. (Source: Rankin County Sheriff's Department)
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