JACKSON, Miss. A convicted murderer who left Mississippi after being pardoned by former Gov. Haley Barbour may fight attempts to force him to return from Wyoming.
BILOXI The Biloxi bomb squad has given an all-clear signal at the U.S. Post Office on Main Street after being called there about a suspicious package.
JACKSON, Miss. The Mississippi Supreme Court said Wednesday that it would take up the legal challenge to the pardons ex-Gov. Haley Barbour gave in the last days in office.
BRUSSELS Defense Secretary Leon Panetta laid out the administration's most explicit portrayal of the U.S. drawdown in Afghanistan, saying Wednesday that U.S. and other international forces in Afghanistan expect to end their combat role in 2013 and continue a training and advisory role with Afghan forces through 2014.
D'IBERVILLE - A 24-year-old Pass Christian woman has been arrested on charges of felony driving under the influence causing death, authorities said.
Seven Coast players signed National letters of intent on Wednesday, National Signing Day.
GULFPORT Gulfport wide receiver Travon Travis has signed with Southeastern Louisiana on National Signing Day.
PASCAGOULA A man wanted in Harris County, Texas, on sex-crime charges in an alleged relationship involving a student has been arrested in Pascagoula.
Federal agents have arrested two suspects in an ongoing investigation of the recent explosion of military-grade munitions in Gulfport.
Officials have identified a pedestrian who was struck and killed this morning along Interstate 10.
D'Iberville An early-morning fire that destroyed Grimes Cabinets and Tops near Promenade Parkway is under control and a traffic alert for the area has been lifted.
JACKSON, Miss. A convicted killer pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was in Wyoming with his fiancée and initially drove off when he was located Sunday by investigators seeking to serve him with a court summons, authorities said Monday.
GULFPORT A child was seriously injured about 6:26 a.m. today when struck by a pickup truck on Dedeaux Road.
NEW ORLEANS On the day the Deepwater Horizon sank, BP officials warned in an internal memo that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer at the drill site, crude oil could burst into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of 3.4 million gallons a day, an amount a million gallons higher than what the government later believed spilled daily from the site.
A state prisoner accused of killing a Louisiana priest last year in Waveland was found dead in his cell by correctional officers today.
GULFPORT The tornado watch in Harrison County has been canceled.
PASCAGOULA Police are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was killed Wednesday while walking across Chicot Street in Pascagoula.
PASCAGOULA People who live in Jackson County, which now has a taxable value of about $1.4 billion, will see major projects coming this year, including a makeover for the county's Ocean Springs Harbor, three new hurricane evacuation shelters and the beginning stages of a new county jail.
PASCAGOULA Jackson County sheriff's deputies have arrested a Pascagoula man on charges of possession of child pornography, Sheriff Mike Byrd said this morning.
JACKSON Thank you Governor. First, let me congratulate you on your excellent appointments of committee chairs. I know them all very well and look forward to our successes together. Mr. Speaker, you have also honored yourself with great leadership in your committee chair selections. They are a reflection of your character and grace. Mississippi is truly blessed to have two young and dynamic leaders in you and our Lt. Governor. I am so very proud of you both.
