Officer served with the Helena-West Helena Police Department

The man accused of shooting a 27-year-old mother of three in Harrison County over two years ago pleaded guilty this week to first-degree murder.

Gulfport Police say a man shot by an officer Thursday afternoon pulled a weapon on the officers called to investigate him.

Two teens face criminal charges after officials say they brought an unloaded weapon to D’Iberville High School Thursday.

From helping community members in need to cracking unsolved murder cases wide open, it's what law enforcement officers do 24 hours a day, and Thursday Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers recognized those efforts.

Christian Blake Bunyard, 18, of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, has been charged in a federal criminal indictment with two counts of making threats in interstate commerce and one count of making an interstate transmission of an extortionate communication, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and

A Mississippi man and woman are behind bars after deputies found a neglected newborn.

An 18-year old and two juveniles are charged with auto burglaries in Jackson County.

A 16-year-old boy in Covington County was taken to the hospital Saturday night after he was accidentally shot in the leg by his 13-year-old brother.

A man is in custody after an overnight shooting hospitalized one person in Gulfport

Authorities are searching for a man who robbed an elderly couple at gunpoint Friday morning.

Tuesday started out like any other day for one Coast reporter until she arrived at a crime scene and made a horrific discovery.

The North Myrtle Beach woman convicted of throwing her two newborns in the trash, which ultimately led to their deaths, learned her fate Thursday morning.

The United States Department of Justice says Talvesha Glaude prepared returns for clients seeking IRS inflated refunds based on fraudulent dependents, federal income tax withholdings, and education credits from 2016 to 2019.

The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services received a report involving the family of a 17-year-old who died in Jackson.

A man wanted in Louisiana for murdering his ex-girlfriend has been arrested in Hancock County.

Deputies are searching for 57-year-old Dennis Sheppard.

Two Biloxi men are accused of shooting a 96-year-old man in St. Martin over the weekend.

A search team of prison staff and investigators raided Unit 26 at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman last week.

Police are investigating a homicide after a woman was found dead in Bay St. Louis Tuesday morning.

Man found with nearly $50,000 in weed and weed candy in Vicksburg drug bust

Two men were arrested and charged for shooting into a vehicle in Gulfport, according to authorities.

A Jones County woman is believed to be one of the first in Mississippi to be sentenced under the new animal cruelty law.

Picayune has a new top cop on the job and it’s a familiar face.

Police say 10 people were shot, two fatally, at a gathering after a funeral in Mississippi.

Charles Bowman was found guilty of second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence Friday evening after his trial in Columbia began earlier this week.

Two Escatawpa teens are facing felony charges, after authorities say they robbed a clerk at a convenience store.

Gulfport Police arrested and charged two people in-connection with assaulting, and robbing an elderly woman in a home invasion.

The woman accused of kidnapping her two sons from foster parents last week will not face federal kidnapping charges.

The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled to disbar an attorney over meth possession.

Gautier Police are investigating a robbery that involved a Pizza Hut delivery driver being robbed at gunpoint Thursday night.

According to authorities, the child was returned to St. Francis Medical Center and is in good health.

Gulfport’s new police chief took some time Thursday to answer some community members' questions.

Sharon Dorsey said she heard the shots that took the life of her son, Trellis Burnett.

Investigators in Moss Point are releasing new details on the timeline of events surrounding the deaths of Jackson County Judge Sheila Osgood, and her son, Gregory Jackson Jr.

A Madison County man was sentenced to 40 years for the death of his girlfriend.

MDOC says the findings were made possible through a new financial surveillance program called “Electronic Recovery and Access to Data” (ERAD).

One person was killed and three others are in critical condition after the shooting.

Izaun Cade Baxter is charged with two counts of manslaughter, culpable negligence.

A criminal complaint filed in federal court Tuesday provides more details about the parental kidnapping of two boys, who were taken Friday in Pascagoula.

Mississippi’s homicide rate outpaces every other state in the U.S., according to an analysis of data from the state’s crime lab and the most recent yearly compilations of data on killings from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Charles Bowman is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Kathleen Bowman.

Authorities are warning residents about a scam involving threatening texts that demand money and contain photos of dismembered bodies.

The man wanted in Escambia County on several charges is now in custody. South Mississippians were warned due to him having family in Pass Christian.

A person found a pile of discarded USPS mail, including 112 absentee ballots for the upcoming election, on Thursday.

Gulfport Police are on the scene of a shooting that happened in 2000 block of 47th Avenue.

The holiday shopping season is underway and more packages left on doorsteps means more opportunities for porch pirates to strike.

Interim Justice Court Judge Noel Rogers sentenced Miranda Lynn Kittrell to 114 months with six months to serve.

Investigators with the Moss Point Police Department are at an abandoned house investigating a possible suspicious death.

Two owners of an Ocean Springs pharmacy have pleaded guilty in relation to an alleged $18 million healthcare fraud scheme.

A Marshall County man has been charged after intentionally setting his girlfriend on fire, resulting in her death, according to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office.

A suspect who has been on the run from Pascagoula Police since last month is now behind bars.

Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain announced the “Back Gate” of the Parchman prison will be reopened as an effort to tighten security at the prison.

Moss Point Mayor Mario King and wife Natasha King are in talks with prosecutors on a plea negotiation for the 14 federal charges of fraud they are accused of.

It's illegal to host a party with alcohol for minors. Adults can be held responsible under the social host law in Mississippi.

Zachary Cooper, Jason Lee Miller and Taylor Allan Carpenter were all originally arrested on charges of accessory after the fact.

Mike Conley Jr. of Hattiesburg was arrested and charged Saturday with kidnapping, grand theft auto and DUI child endangerment.

HPD is urging people to be on the lookout for a vehicle that was stolen with a child inside.