Bailey News

Temp: 86.0 F Heat Index: 89 F The most violent workplace shooting in Lauderdale County's history was remembered Wednesday, along with the victims' families who are still trying to recover from the pain and loss.

A very rainy May has become a vague memory now as a hot, dry summer weather has fallen over east Mississippi and much of the South.

The family of a Mississippi trooper murdered more than 20 years ago says the woman sentenced to life in prison should serve life in prison.

The City of Picayune and Pearl River County were honored on Sunday afternoon, May 3, with a professional performance by the Pearl River County Community Band under the direction of Johnny Baker.

We have now confirmed that emergency officials are currently searching for a man in his 70's who they believed drowned in Okatibbee Lake.

Officials with the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday a man who drowned late Sunday night at Okatibbee Lake has been identified as Jackie Robinson, 41, of Meridian.

Thursday storms bring wind and rain By Brian Livingston blivingston@themeridianstar.com Except for a home damaged by a fallen tree on Ball Diamond Road in extreme northwest Lauderdale County there was no other reported property damage as a result of a line of thunderstorms that moved through the area earlier today.

By Jennifer Jacob Brown jjacob@themeridianstar.com Since President Obama's inauguration, television, the internet, and print publications across America have been filled with news and talk about one thing - ...

Lauderdale County authorities are investigating the death of a 77-year-old man whose body was found in a lake behind his home in the Bailey community off Mississippi Highway 493.

The Mississippi Genealogical Society will hold its annual seminar from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan.