Lucedale News

LUCEDALE - George County officials have agreed on May 8 as the date for a celebration of the county's 100th birthday.

Circuit Judge Kathy King-Jackson declared a mistrial in the murder case of Jennifer Lisa Benton on Thursday night, after the jury told the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked.

Murder suspect Jennifer Benton picked up a .9-mm handgun used to kill her husband the same day she's accused of shooting him to death in May 2005, a Lucedale pawn shop employee said Wednesday.

Lawyers for Jennifer Lisa Benton said in opening arguments Tuesday that she was acting in self-defense when she fatally shot husband James M. Benton four years ago.

Two Moss Point residents are on trial for murder in separate cases this week in Jackson County Circuit Court, with the first beginning Monday afternoon with jury selection.

OAK GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY is in the process of building an amphitheater on the library grounds.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN Friday's edition of the Hattiesburg American which reported on two murder trials involving two separate incidents.

A Lucedale teenager accused in three murders has been convicted of a lesser charge of accessory after the fact.

After a long day of testimony, a jury of nine women and three men are still hearing the prosecution's side of the case in the murder trial of Deon C. McCants.

A Lucedale teen's murder trial began Tuesday morning in George County. Deon McCants is charged with the 2008 murders of Meleah Griffith and Dominique Johnson.

Martin is a good citizen If there's anyone who deserves a good citizenship award, it's George Martin.

Lauderdale County is the latest county to join the Regional Railroad Authority of East Mississippi.

Kolletta LaTasha Davis will become the bride of Dominique Antonio Lee at half past six o'clock in the evening on October 17, 2009, at Florence Gardens in Gulfport.

Christians eager to celebrate their faith and music will be flocking to Lucedale City Park as early as 8 a.m. tomorrow for the sixth annual Praise in the Park festival, according to organizers.

LUCEDALE As the sunset streaked over City Park in Lucedale, more than 10,000 people spread across the hillsides Saturday, demonstrating their faith as some of the most popular Christian bands of the year performed on a massive stage.

Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hoseman will be guest speaker at the annual fundraiser of the Greene County Republican Party.

The 6th annual Praise in the Park Christian music festival in Lucedale will be held Saturday beginning at 10 a.m., with MercyMe as the headlining act.

Thrill seekers from South Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama can challenge themselves in a corny way this fall.

A WLOX news comment in 2006 that no record was found of a contractor's license on a state Web site was worded properly, news anchor Jeff Lawson testified Tuesday in a defamation trial.

Testimony resumes Monday in a defamation trial over a complaint that a false news report on WLOX has ruined a homebuilding company's reputation and business.