7+ hour, 54+ min ago   (273+ words) SMITH COUNTY — Authorities continue searching for a suspect accused of exchanging gunfire with Smith County Sheriff’s deputies Friday afternoon during an attempted warrant service in Polkville. Sheriff Joel Houston said there have been no confirmed sightings of 26-year-old Kevin Clay…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (152+ words) BRANDON — A Rankin County deputy was critically injured Saturday afternoon in a crash while responding to an emergency call, authorities said. The crash happened around 3:42 p.m. as the deputy was traveling east on U.S. Highway 80 near Shiloh Parkway, according to…...

13+ hour, 19+ min ago   (671+ words) MONROE, La. — One day after Judge Larry Jefferson acquitted Quinton Tellis of murder, a grand jury indicted him on a felony charge of intimidating a witness in the same case, court records show. The witness is Eric Hill, the cousin…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (114+ words) TERRY – A 31-year-old parolee was arrested Friday morning after a homeowner’s tip led Hinds County deputies to a residence in Terry. Deputies responded to the 1000 block of Pine Tree Lane and took Joshua Corell Smith into custody, according to the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (209+ words) MONROE, La. — Just a day after receiving a “not guilty” verdict in the torturous stabbing death of Ming Chen “Mandy” Hsiao, Quinton Tellis has been charged again in Louisiana. According to the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office’s website, Tellis was arrested…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (157+ words) STONE COUNTY – A 63-year-old man has been arrested following an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse involving a minor, according to the Stone County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office received a report of possible abuse July 18 and identified Jackie Ray…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (143+ words) POLKVILLE – Authorities are searching for a man accused of firing at Smith County deputies while they attempted to serve a warrant Friday afternoon. Deputies were serving the warrant around 1:45 p.m. along Mississippi Highway 13 near the Polkville Fire Department when the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (96+ words) WARREN COUNTY – The Warren County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating a man accused of failing to properly re-register as a sex offender as required by Mississippi law. Authorities identified the wanted man as Joseph Acuff. The…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (134+ words) HARRISON COUNTY – Four mosquito samples collected in Harrison County have tested positive for West Nile virus this season, according to WDAM. Harrison County Mosquito Control has tested more than 300 samples. Three of the positive samples were collected in Biloxi, while…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (171+ words) Southern Pines Healthy Pet Clinic is encouraging pet owners to monitor animals for open wounds and other warning signs amid recent concern about New World screwworm. New World screwworm is a parasitic fly that lays eggs in open wounds or…...