Top Jackson Area Local News Stories
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Police investigate a shooting in Jackson.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 23:43:15 CDT
Interstate 20 is cleared following a multi-car crash, officials say.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 23:39:36 CDT
Jackson firefighters spend the morning knocking out a fire in a work shed.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 23:35:48 CDT
A Terry man accused of killing his daughter and son-in-law has been indicted on two murder charges.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:44:03 CDT
The Farish Street Heritage Festival kicks off on a street that by this time next year should have a bustling entertainment district.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:22:47 CDT
Icelike crystals had formed Saturday on the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, forcing BP crews to wait before they could safely hoist the device to the surface.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 14:12:01 CDT
Here are the score's from Friday, Sept. 3, high school football.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:01:59 CDT
Share your Blitz 16, Fan Cam Photos, Videos.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:47:13 CDT
Scientists say they've found a new species of turtle in the Pearl River, and they've named it, aptly enough, the Pearl map turtle.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:46:29 CDT
Horseshoe Casino has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn at $1.1 million judgment related to a fatal accident in Tunica County in 2002.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:46:02 CDT
Officials with the Pike County Sheriff's Department say they cracked a homicide case.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 10:41:37 CDT
Cori Britt, an assistant football coach and teacher at Centreville Academy, is charged with sexual battery, the Enterprise Journal reports.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:00:00 CDT
A Vermont prosecutor says she's ready to bring back to the state a man arrested in Jackson 21 years after he was convicted of sexually assaulting his girlfriend's 7-year-old daughter.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:15:01 CDT
A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit filed by former inmate Bobby Edward Walker, who had claimed he was injured while in the Lee County Jail.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:30:00 CDT
The federal trial of Ricky Douglas Deveney, who has been convicted of home-repair fraud in state court, has been rescheduled for Dec. 1 in Gulfport.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:45:00 CDT
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says his office has reached an agreement with an agent to refund $66,500 in policy fees to poultry farmers.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:00:00 CDT
McComb Mayor Zach Patterson, who has had a running feud with the local board of selectmen on various issues, did not file qualifying papers to seek re-election to a second term by Thursday's 5 p.m. deadline.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:15:00 CDT
Disbarred Tennessee attorney H. Max Speight is sentenced to 26 months in prison for defrauding a federal biofuels subsidy program.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 12:30:00 CDT
Plumbers helped a Southaven couple retrieve two rings, including a 4-carat, $40,000 diamond engagement ring, which had been batted into the toilet by a cat.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 12:00:00 CDT
Caleb Corrothers is set to stand trial March 21, 2011 in connection with the shooting deaths of a Lafayette County father and son.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:45:00 CDT
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