Moss Point News

In a time when money is tight, it's rare to hear of anyone getting a raise. But now, Moss Point police officers and dispatchers are happy to get just that.

Submitted by Willie Nettles Jr. Moss Point's fourth annual Barbecue Cookoff will take place Aug.

The July trial term in Jackson County Circuit Court officially opens Monday with jury selection for the murder trial of Nathaniel Coleman, accused of killing two people in Moss Point.

I was heading home from an appointment Monday at about 5:15 p.m., driving south on Miss.

A police call Monday reporting a burglary to a business ended with the owner being arrested and shocked with a Taser inside his own garage, the business owner and police said.

The latest U.S. Census numbers show that Ocean Springs' population is rebounding since Hurricane Katrina hit nearly three years ago, but leaders in two other Jackson County cities question the accuracy of the ...

Two men, one wanted in Moss Point and the other in Jackson County, were in custody Friday.

State troopers issued 5,000 citations over the Independence Day weekend, with 1,287 of those issued to South Mississippi motorists.

Billy and Jered Dean of Madison have driven a long way twice to enter fish in the 60th Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

A Moss Point man was killed in a single vehicle rollover crash Friday morning in what was an otherwise unusually quiet Fourth of July weekend.

Students at Jackson County and Pascagoula school districts will be paying more for meals in the upcoming school year than they did last year.

A sex offender jailed in Jackson County on Wednesday failed to comply with state laws requiring him to register his home address.

This April 19, 2006 file photo shows Richard "Dickie" Scruggs at his office in Moss Point, Miss.

A Pascagoula man was in custody Thursday for armed robbery after two local police forces joined together to capture him.

A Marion County woman is scheduled to be arraigned today in Lamar County on murder charges in connection with the Saturday morning stabbing death of a Moss Point man.

Moss Point Police are starting a coast-wide recruiting campaign to hire more people.

A Moss Point man who says he's been the victim of police brutality will go to trial on charges of resisting arrest and interfering with the duties of a police officer.

Crestal Donan is using her summer to brush up on English and grammar skills using a new electronic Active Board.

Ed. note: This article originally appeared on FEMA's website on June 23. When the average person thinks of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its role in the recovery of a community after a disaster, ...

Since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi nearly three years ago, there have been 300 federal indictments for related fraud in the state - and the number is expected to grow.