Chris Thies

USM will host graduates and their families and friends during three fall commencement ceremonies spanning Thursday and Friday.

Randy Curtis Cooper was booked into the Lamar County Jail on a charge of first-degree arson.

The man who pleaded guilty to selling a gun to the suspect accused of killing two Hattiesburg police officers in 2015 is back behind bars in Forrest County.

A Sumrall woman who was reported missing by family members last week has been found.

Sheriff Randy Johnson confirmed deputy Andrew Spurlin was taken into custody Monday night.

Maj. Jamie Tedford, with the Jones County Sheriff’s Office, said deputies recovered a man's body in Eastabuchie Sunday morning.

A former FCAHS student is behind bars, accused of making a song with lyrics threatening a shooting at the school.

Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting that happened early Wednesday morning in Jasper County.

The Laurel Police Department said 31-year-old Latasha Marie Howard has been found safe after being reported missing.

A 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe was stolen from behind Sully’s restaurant on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

A Columbia 18-year old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Monday morning in Marion County.

Sheriff Danny Rigel said a man tried to rob a maintenance worker at an apartment complex on Primrose Avenue.

A 21-year-old woman from Mendenhall was killed in a two-car crash on U.S. Highway 49 in Forrest County on Wednesday.

The firefighter, his wife and their two children were not home when the blaze sparked

14 suspects were arrested as part of Operation PILLGRAMS in Marion County. More arrests are expected.

A group of buildings that housed University of Southern Mississippi students and their families for decades is being turned to rubble.

A suspect wanted in an ongoing murder investigation in the Hub City was arrested last week in San Diego, Calif.

A state inmate who escaped from a work detail in Lincoln County on Monday is back in custody.

Officials with the Morgan City Police Department said Jose Angel Melendez-Davila was captured just before 5 a.m.

While most of the state was watching results come out of the capital city Tuesday night, sheriffs’ races dominated the headlines here in the Pine Belt.

A second man who pleaded guilty to participating in a cross burning in a predominantly African American neighborhood in Mississippi has been sentenced to prison.

Dennis Farrell Blansett was last seen near Bogue Chitto.

Mississippi Highway Patrol has identified a 12-year-old Ovett girl killed in a Wednesday morning crash in Perry County.

A skimming device was found on a pump at a gas station in Petal on Friday morning.

A boil water notice has been issued for the entire Shadow Ridge subdivision in Hattiesburg.

Laurel police are investigating a weekend drive-by shooting that left a man seriously injured.

The Covington County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding a 14-year-old who reportedly ran away from home.

A teen who was reported as a runaway in Forrest County last week has been found.

Scratch-off lottery tickets will go on sale for the first time ever in Mississippi on Nov. 25, 2019.

Authorities are looking for an inmate who escaped from the Jones County Jail on Friday afternoon.