Leakesville News

The Greene County Surveyor has been arrested for crimes in Perry County, confirmed Attorney General Jim Hood today in a press release.

Southwestern College held commencement exercises in May. The ceremony was preceded by receptions for graduates and their families, and the Order of the Mound honorary society induction which represents the top 10 percent academically.

It was a fear and probable fate she shared with countless senior citizens across the country.

A detention hearing has been scheduled June 19 for man arrested after authorities found a bomb in a car at a state prison in Leakesville.

The Alabama kindergartner that was rescued from a 35-foot hole on a school field trip to a Greene County farm today has been released from George County Regional Hospital in Lucedale.

Multiple agencies are participating in the rescue of a 6-year-old girl who fell in a 20- to 30-foot hole, possibly an old well, in Greene County, according to sheriff's department spokesperson Pam Anderson.

Three south Mississippi residents have been arrested after authorities found a bomb in a car at a Leakesville state prison.

Tuesday was a good night for incumbents, at least in the mayoral races. Nine out of the 11 mayoral races either went to the incumbent or the person who defeated that incumbent in the primary.

Two Stone County men have been arrested on charges of illegally making a pipe bomb that authorities say was brought to a state prison in Leakesville.