What’s better than having a popsicle on a hot summer day? How about playing with puppies, too?

Mayor Johnny Magee said the sportsplex is gearing up to build more fields - this time for softball.

The Perry County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert for runaway teen Savannah Marie Tyler on Tuesday, Aug. 16.

“In a matter of seconds, an unattended purse or wallet can be taken by someone just near you,” the police department said.

An aggressive new filing in the state’s ongoing civil suit asks the court to look at whether Gov. Tate Reeves caused his fitness trainer Paul Lacoste, a defendant in the lawsuit, to receive improper welfare payments from the state and whether Reeves himself should be a defendant in the suit.

Rapper Rick Ross’ family, which operates several Wingstop franchises, owns the five Mississippi locations the labor department found to be illegally deducting money from workers’ wages, leaving some with take-home pay less than $7.25 an hour.

A convicted felon has plead guilty and has received the maximum judgement after raping a vulnerable adult at a Canton nursing home earlier this year.

He had three handguns in his possession, one of which was stolen.

Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday at 8 a.m.

A two-vehicle wreck with no major injuries happened on Tuesday morning on Mississippi Highway 42.

The Hattiesburg Police Department is investigating a shooting that left two people injured Monday night.

On Monday, Aug. 15, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation issued an endangered/missing child alert for Josh Braiden Smith, 9, of Bay Springs.