Chris Thies

Hattiesburg police continue to investigate a hit-and-run that claimed the life of a 54-year-old woman late Tuesday night.

Around 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, Petal police received the initial report of an armed man acting suspiciously at Walmart.

Three suspects have been charged in connection with a string of burglaries in Lamar County.

The students were taken to an area hospital as a precaution and have since been released.

The hit-and-run happened on Hillcrest Road in the Hebron community early Monday morning.

Two cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Forrest and Lamar counties, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health.

A tense hostage situation and standoff that started late Sunday night in Jones County came to a peaceful end early Monday morning.

fficials with the Forrest County Sheriff’s Office are asking members of the community to be on the lookout for a man who unexpectedly left an assisted living facility in Petal.

Federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and ICE Homeland Security Investigations are conducting raids at multiple locations across the state.

The case dates back to July 11, 2018, when the Jones County Sheriff’s Office and HSUS seized 55 dogs, 34 cats and 17 dead animals from property belonging to David and Mary Ellen Senne on Lyon Ranch Road.

The hotly contested race for the Republican nomination for Forrest County Sheriff will be decided in a runoff.

The list of candidates in the running to be the next Sheriff of Covington County has been narrowed down by Tuesday’s primaries.

Randy Johnson is almost certain to be elected to serve a second term as Sheriff of Jasper County.

A second suspect pleaded guilty Monday to burning a cross in a predominantly African American area of Seminary on Oct. 24, 2017.

Beloved grocery store owner Lisa Nguyen, 59, was gunned down during an armed robbery at her business, Steelman Grocery, on July 21.

Hattiesburg police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a fifth suspect wanted in the shooting death of grocery store owner Lisa Nguyen.

Thousands of dollars worth of high-grade THC oil vape cartridges were seized during a drug raid early Friday morning in Lamar County.

The Forrest County Sheriff’s Office is sending out a warning about a phone scam targeting people in the area.

A convicted felon is facing charges for allegedly dealing methamphetamine near a church and illegally possessing a gun.

Anyone serviced by the Arlington W/A-Hintonville system should boil all water for at least a minute before drinking until the advisory is lifted.

Two more suspects have been charged in the murder of beloved Hattiesburg grocery store owner Lisa Nguyen.

Jones County received a $210,000 check from the Mississippi Insurance Department on Wednesday to go toward the purchase of fire trucks.

The University of Southern Mississippi is partnering with the Mississippi National Guard to offer free tuition to the state’s citizen soldiers and airmen.

The race for donor dominance is over and the numbers are in.

MDOC officials said Corey Alred was captured around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday.

A suspect is facing two felony charges after leading Perry County deputies on a chase and trying to hit one deputy with his truck Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff Mitch Nobles said.

A Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate escaped from a work detail Tuesday afternoon in Perry County.

Power has been restored to nearly 5,000 homes and businesses in Lamar County.

The Silver Alert issued for 75-year-old Terry Wayne Dearman, of Forrest County, has been cancelled.

On Monday, SMRHI started its 2019 Back to School Immunization Fair that runs through Aug. 2.