Ridgeland City Attorney Boty McDonald says there’s a mountain of electronic evidence tying Jerrell Powe and co-conspirators to the Bryce Mathis kidnapping that happened Jan. 12.
On average, someone runs from police every twenty-one days in the Jackson metro, according to an analysis of pursuits from the WLBT archives over a five-year period.
WDAM reported yesterday on a Hattiesburg business owner and father willing to break the law to give out Fentanyl testing strips. But why is this illegal?
New data in federal court filings allege soil and groundwater contamination at a Jones County property that was once an oilfield wastewater disposal well.
(Story from Mississippi Today) Whether the governor wanted grant funds directed to his favored vendors, a partner to proselytize for his faith-based initiatives, or for someone to keep track of his wayward distant relative, Bryant’s welfare director John Davis was eager to deliver for his boss.
As video of a Mississippi man taking his own life continues to go viral more than a week after it happened -- despite social media companies' efforts to ban the video -- one of the victim’s friends blames Facebook for not acting fast enough to stop people from copying it.
Two women allege that they were sexually assaulted by three guards in the Yazoo County Regional Correctional Facility. The guards are on leave, and the women's families are on a mission.
There’s no doubt you’ve heard it before, conversations from law enforcement agencies broadcast through scanner and radio traffic. With those conversations come lots of information. That’s now changing, at least when it comes to the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
Taking over as the top law enforcement officer in any county comes with built-in challenges, but in Jones County, there’s going to be some added ones in January. Depending on who you ask, it’s either business as usual or politics at play.
“I love this organization and I’ll die for this." Those are words from an inmate inside the Forrest County Jail. That organization he’s talking about is a gang, known as the Simon City Royals. That interview is part of a much longer report, aired by CNN, highlighting something Pine Belt law enforce
The MHP SWAT team responds at the request of federal and local agencies, all over the state, when that agency may not be able to handle a certain situation on its own. With only two full-time members of the S.W.A.T. team, when it comes time to call the team into action, it’s a delicate balance
The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied petitions of appeal from Jones County Sheriff Alex Hodge and The Humane Society of the United States after Circuit Judge Dal Williamson ruled the 2018 seizure of five personal pets from David and Mary Ellen Senne was unconstitutional.
There’s a new budget in place for the City of Lumberton, and with it, city leaders are getting a bump in pay, but how it came about it causing some taxpayers to question city leadership.
We all know there are hazards on the road, but perhaps the most annoying ones are the ones we don’t see, but hear, when it’s too late. If not taken care of, that chip gets bigger and starts cracking, all thanks to something like a rock, taking perfect aim at your once flawless windshield.
On the job since March 2018, Kelly said fighting crime isn’t easy, nor is trying to maintain the public image he wants for his department, which is facing some challenges.
While gas prices are seeing some decline, making sure you get the best price can be tricky. That’s because prices can be very different, which add up with each gallon.
Lumberton has a history of not being able to keep a police chief. Since fall 2017, the city has been through five. Now, there's controversy over the new chief, sworn in just two days ago.
When James and Lisa Cowart found their new home in Perry County, they were hoping a remodel would be simple. More than $25,000 later, the remodel is far from done.
Video posted on social media, shows a man tased by an officer at a gas station in Waynesboro Tuesday. That man is 18-year-old Gage Cason. The officer is James Kirkley, who News 7 spoke with by phone.
Whether it’s a house, a boat, a car, a credit card or even a job, if money is attached, so is your credit score. That number comes from your credit reports, which reflect your financial history. But that history could be wrong.
Mississippi is one of 17 states that has some type of hate crime law, but does not require data collection on those hate crimes. Looking through the last few years there are only a handful of Pine Belt law enforcement agencies that are part of the reporting program.
Under the stadium lights, Friday nights in the Fall are largely reserved for football in the Pine Belt. All that action on the gridiron, has a lot of head coaches cashing in off the field.
Opening his door, Michael Selakovic says he walks into a nightmare, supposed to be his first home.“It’s a living hell, you know, a nightmare is putting it lightly,” said Selakovic.
No one likes to think they’ll need it, but when there’s an emergency, where you live matters. Your lifeline is often one of two resources, hospital or ambulance, and timing is everything.
Roman Catholic church offices in Alabama and Mississippi will publicly release the names of clergy members accused of sexually abusing minors over decades, church leaders said.
It’s only .7 miles long, has four stop signs, about 50 homes and just a few businesses with addresses putting them on Dabbs Street in Hattiesburg. That less than one mile of road has the attention of Police Chief Anthony Parker and folks who call Dabbs Street home.
On any given day in Mississippi there are more than 19,000 people locked up, in custody of the department of corrections. It’s an agency that spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year, and when you start looking at the breakdown of race behind bars, advocates say there’s a problem.
Tucked away in a neighborhood, inside the city of Petal, a home on Yellow Pine Drive is causing concern among neighbors, filtering to the police department and city hall.
Gregory Burroughs is a free man after a jury found him not guilty of manslaughter Tuesday in the death of his then-girlfriend 23-year-old Katherine Sinclair.
Every restaurant and hotel bill in the city of Hattiesburg comes with an additional 2 percent sales tax. That money is handed over to the Hattiesburg Convention and Tourism Commissions.
"It upsets me in the worst kind of way, to know that if just a few people had done their job, this wouldn't have ever happened to me," said Britni Cole.
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