Morton News

A The East Central Community College campus has been in mourning following the tragic death of sophomore Whitley Fisher of Lake.

Blue lights flashed and police sirens sounded in front of Morton High School Monday morning.

An 18-year-old Morton resident has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in the shooting death of a Brandon teen in April.

Several months ago, twin sisters Ivy and Iris Lawrence, 54, of Morton discovered they have one more thing in common: unemployment.

It's pretty hard nowadays to recapture the sense of outrage generated by photographer William Eggleston's show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1976.

A 23 year- old Morton, Mississippi man is behind bars accused of having sex with animals.

One experienced and avid alligator hunter not drawn for the 2009 seasons on the Pearl and Pascagoula Rivers still wants in on the action.

Catching catfish by hand, which many folks consider too crazy to try, goes by many names.

After more than a decade of defining itself in relation to its charismatic leader, the University of Mississippi will soon be stepping into a new, unknown phase of its history - life after Robert Khayat.

Temp: 88.0 F Heat Index: 89 F Meridian, Key Field, MS A federal court has scheduled arguments for July 7 on a request from Steve Michael Fasono for DNA testing that he claims will show he didn't rob a Morton bank in 2002.

Some Old Fannin Road residents said that they're concerned about their safety when traveling on the two-lane road and want to know when Rankin County officials are going to do something about it.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder for the January shooting death of a Jackson man outside his Northpointe Drive home.

The search is in dark murky water, just off Highway 13 south of Morton near an apartment complex.