3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (92+ words) Darkhorse Press Pearl police investigating reported murder, attempted suicide PEARL – The Pearl Police Department is investigating an incident involving a reported murder and attempted suicide. Police announced the investigation Wednesday, Sept. 10, but did not release information about the victim or…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (401+ words) WOODVILLE – Two more people have been arrested in connection with the July 4 mass shooting in Centreville that left two people dead and at least seven others injured, according to the Wilkinson County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities identified the latest suspects as…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (125+ words) NATCHEZ — A Natchez woman has been charged with second-degree murder after a man was shot and later died from his injuries Wednesday. Natchez Police Department officers responded to a residence on Hunters Lane regarding a reported shooting. Officers found Wilbert…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (393+ words) ABERDEEN — Authorities are still searching for the person or people responsible for killing Anfernee Shakur Orr, also known as “Sixty,” as the anniversary of his death passed on Sept. 6. Orr, 28, of Okolona, was shot and killed early on a Saturday…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (436+ words) MERIDIAN — A woman has been charged with capital murder and several other felonies in connection with the carjacking and killing of former Meridian City Councilwoman and L.O.V.E.’s Kitchen Executive Director Fannie Johnson, city officials announced Saturday. Tracey Ann Davis…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (382+ words) HATTIESBURG — Bricen Rivers pleaded guilty Friday to capital murder in the 2024 death of 22-year-old University of Southern Mississippi nursing student Lauren Johansen and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Johansen’s death followed a history of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1259+ words) OXFORD — A Nigerian man has been extradited to Mississippi to face federal charges in the 2022 death of 16-year-old Walker Montgomery, the Starkville teenager who died hours after an online sextortion scheme that began with a stranger posing as a girl....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1073+ words) Piney Woods aired a misconduct claim against its slain COO that involved allegations no law enforcement agency has confirmed even as records show the school made exactly that kind of report on someone else in the weeks prior to his…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (502+ words) RANKIN COUNTY — Byram police served a search warrant Monday at Piney Woods School as part of their ongoing investigation into the 2025 homicide of school employee William Boland, with the police chief saying investigators took the step after school officials failed…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (105+ words) VICKSBURG – Vicksburg police have identified the victim in an Aug. 21 homicide investigation and announced an arrest in the case. According to the Vicksburg Police Department, 38-year-old Christopher Anderson was found dead near a fence line in the area of the…...