Escatawpa News

Sunday will be sunny and breezy with a high of 66 and winds out of the west at 15 to 20 mph, according to the National Weather Service forecast for Jackson County.

Jackson County emergency officials and the American Red Cross continue to conduct damage assessments from flooding that occurred Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, according to emergency services director Earl Etheridge.

A flood warning for the Pascagoula and Escatawpa rivers is in effect until further notice as periods of sometimes heavy rain are expected to continue into Friday afternoon in saturated Jackson County, according to the National Weather Service forecast.

At 10pm, officials said State Line Road in Hurley was flooded. And because there's no lighting on the road, drivers don't know its flooded until they are stuck.

Moss Point Active Citizens will host a public forum for the Moss Point mayoral and alderman-at-large candidates at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Moss Point High School auditorium.

Ida Mae Chapman just couldn't find enough words to thank city officials and staff, Moss Point residents, and the numerous school children who attended the opening of the L.D. Chapman State Park on Tuesday.

City officials, family and church members of the late Dr. L.D. Chapman will dedicate a renovated park in his honor at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a man accused of running a meth lab in Escatawpa, Sheriff Mike Byrd said today.

Sheriff's narcotics agents are searching for a 56-year-old man on charges of meth manufacturing, possession of precursor chemicals and generation of hazardous waste after a meth lab was found in the 3000 block of Donchester Circle in the Escatawpa community on Sunday, according to a Jackson County Sheriff's Office release.

Three Jackson County residents were arrested Tuesday on a charge of possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine, Sheriff Mike Byrd said Wednesday.

A multimillion-dollar project that will treat Pascagoula River water for consumption by east Jackson County residents has cleared a major hurdle, county Supervisor John McKay said today.

Police have charged the bassist of the rock band 3 Doors Down with vehicular homicide after they said his speeding car clipped a pickup truck, sending it down an embankment and killing the driver.

The bassist for South Mississippi-bred rock band 3 Doors Down was arrested Friday on charges of vehicular homicide by intoxication, Tennessee officials said.