Heidelberg News

A man and woman have been arrested in connection to a burglary on County Barn Road in Jones County.

Officials in Ellisville were administered the oath of office Tuesday night by Jones County Chancery Clerk Larry Ishee as they assume office for the new fiscal year, which begins Tuesday.

The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra had its beginnings in 1944 at the Victory Room of the Hotel Heidelberg on Capitol Street.

Temp: 95.0 F Heat Index: 99 F Meridian, Key Field, MS The accident happened around 11:30 in the morning Wednesday on Interstate 59 in the Heidelberg area.

Residents in this Jasper County town are mourning the death of one of its law enforcement officers.

Call it the luck of the draw. But for political challenger Curtis Morgan, it was bad luck.

Incumbent Carolyn McFarland has been declared the winner of the Ward Two alderman's race in Heidelberg.

Officials in this Jasper County town are awaiting information from the state concerning how to break a tie in an alderman's race.

A Jasper County man, who died in a recent traffic accident, was laid to rest Tuesday.

A group of residents in this Jasper County town will conduct its annual Day in the Park activities this weekend.

District Three Constable Mack Tucker reads the names on a memorial wall on the outside of the Veterans Memorial Museum in Laurel.

Several local students will be graduating from high schools in Jones County this week.

Nearly a half a billion dollar project began in January to create a natural gas storage facility in two salt domes encompassing over 400 acres in Smith and Jasper counties.

The severe weather that moved through South Mississippi Sunday night and Monday morning downed trees, destroyed homes, left thousands without power and even killed a woman in Jones County.

A judge has sentenced a Laurel man to life without the possibility of parole for sexual battery of a 12 year-old girl.

A Laurel man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection to the 2007 sexual battery of a 12-year-old girl.

A Jasper County man remains behind bars after being charged by Jones County investigators for burglaries that allegedly took place in Jones County in late March.

First Allen AME Church will host a Missionary Workshop at 11 a.m. March 29. Women's retreat The 3rd annual Christian retreat for women only will be held March 27-28 at Waukaway Springs Christian Retreat Center in Vossburg.

Becoming a part of change was the message that residents in East Jasper County were challenged to do as a part of the First Annual Heritage Banquet.

Kendra Jeffers has joined the firm as an interior designer. Jeffers has a bachelor's degree in interior design from Auburn University.