Top Jackson Area Local News Stories
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Forrest Martin, a former trusty at the Louisiana Governor's Mansion, says a pardon changed his life.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:55:48 CST
A Mississippi lawmaker wants to hold train operators held accountable for not traveling the tracks safely.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:17:04 CST
Ridgeland officials hope to collect nearly $2 million in fines during amnesty days.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:45:38 CST
A Rankin County judge denies bond to a man charged in connection with a police chase that ended with the death of a Flowood woman.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:17:57 CST
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Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:23:30 CST
The next leader of Jackson's Ward 3 will be a woman, but no one is quite sure who.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:49:21 CST
The Jubilee Casino in Greenville will close in mid-April as its operations are consolidated with the Lighthouse Point Casino.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:30:00 CST
Two teams of seventh grade students from Tupelo Middle School head next month to Washington, D.C. to represent Mississippi in the Garret Morgan Sustainable Transportation Competition.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:45:00 CST
It's been a nursing home, and now it's part of a used-car lot.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 CST
A Mississippi mayor who also worked as a jail warden has pleaded guilty to witness tampering and resigned from office after facing charges that he took a female inmate to a hotel to have sex.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:56:50 CST
A Tennessee man has been given until March 26 to comment on a presentence report related to his conviction on federal charges of avoiding paying taxes on thousands of packs of black market cigarettes.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:30:00 CST
A man imprisoned under a false name faces more prison time after admitting he drove from Mississippi to Louisiana to deliver a supply of the illegal club drug known as ecstasy.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:00:00 CST
A change of plea hearing has been scheduled for a former U.S. Postal Service Worker charged with delaying mail that was in her care.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:30:00 CST
The warden of the Harrison County jail says he is leaving his position effective Feb. 29.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:00:00 CST
An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to four counts of touching of a child for lustful purposes, three counts of sexual battery, and five counts of child exploitation in a case involving a 14-year-old girl.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:30:00 CST
A small plane has been found in the north Mississippi woods after crashing early Tuesday, and reports from local news organizations say the pilot survived.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:29:25 CST
A federal judge has postponed a sentencing hearing in the kidnapping case involving an Arkansas man who was abducted from home and taken at gunpoint to a Mississippi casino to cash a $2,000 check.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:00:00 CST
A federal report details plans for a possible new interstate highway that would move traffic from Augusta through central Georgia and Alabama to Natchez, Miss.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:30:00 CST
A man who police said used a "Scream" mask while robbing two stores in Mississippi has been charged with the crimes.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:00:00 CST
Louisiana authorities say a 28-year-old Gulfport, Miss., man was killed when his pickup ran off the road and hit a tree.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:30:00 CST
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