Chris Thies

MSDH reported 730 new COVID-19 cases and 31 additional deaths on Tuesday.

Two additional suspects have been charged in an ongoing capital murder investigation in Laurel.

Purvis Middle School announced Sunday it will be closed until Nov. 2.

MSDH reported 233 new cases on Saturday and 353 new cases on Sunday.

MSDH reported 87 teachers and staff and 1,161 students were quarantined due to COVID-19 exposure during the week of Oct. 5 through Oct. 9.

Eddie Person turned himself in to law enforcement Thursday.

William Deshaun Myers was shot on Martin Luther King Avenue on Feb. 6, 2019.

SCRMC is loosening some of the restrictions in its visitor policy that have been in place during the pandemic.

MSDH reported 713 new COVID-19 cases and 14 additional deaths on Tuesday.

In the 10 Pine Belt counties, 12,189 COVID-19 cases and 342 deaths have been reported.

Electric companies in South Mississippi are reporting thousands of outages caused by Tropical Storm Delta.

Andrew E. Postell was found safe.

Town officials said about 600 utilities customers are under the boil water advisory.

A correctional officer at the Forrest County Jail accused of having sexual relations with female inmates has been arrested and charged.

Jennifer Marie Pridgen was last seen walking on Dacetown Road near Ellisville on Thursday, Oct. 1.

Investigators said the shooting happened after a drug deal turned sour.

Hattiesburg police are investigating a shooting that left a 36-year-old man dead Tuesday night.

Project EJECT is an inter-agency initiative aimed as stopping drug-related and violent crimes.

The deadly shooting happened May 17, 2020.

Sally is forecast to make landfall near Dauphin Island, Ala. around 7 a.m. Wednesday.

MSDH reported 505 new COVID-19 cases and 28 additional deaths on Tuesday.

The drugs were found sewn into clothing being delivered to an inmate in the jail.

The project includes two railroad overpasses on Hall Street and a roundabout intersection at James Street and Bay Street.

The investigation began after deputies were called to a home on Expose Road around 7:30 a.m. Monday.

Tiffany Meghan McClellan was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 20 years of probation.

The company is looking to add 100 jobs to its 700-person workforce in Hattiesburg.

He was found near Idell Circle in Petal, about a mile south of E Hardy Street bridge.

The crash happened around 4:15 p.m. on State Route 13 just north of Arthur Lowe Road.

The football team will not practice Friday as players intend to march in protest of “instances of racial injustice in our country.”

Superintendent Tess Smith has resigned from her position.