Pearl News

For a group of metro area artists, painting with one another has become an avenue for learning, enjoyment and friendship.

A teenager who was kidnapped from his job in Jackson, assaulted and held for $500 ransom was in a hospital recovering Wednesday night, authorities said.

The Hinds Community College Development Foundation recognized its 2009-10 scholarship recipients, sponsors and honorees in luncheon programs held on the Raymond Campus.

Clinton Public Schools could be the next district in the state to adopt a 10-point grading scale.

Authorities closed part of U.S. 80 in Rankin County this morning because of a gas leak near the Hinds Community College campus in Pearl.

Gov. Haley Barbour has appointed a black lawyer to a judgeship the same one who earlier criticized the governor for his lack of diversity when it comes to judicial appointments.

A Greenwood man was arrested after he allegedly robbed a gas station on Old Pearson Road in Pearl, law enforcement officials said.

James Pipitone of Brandon didn't think it would be so hard to find a job, in any line of work.

"A significant boost to business" is how the manager of Up The Creek describes sales since they started serving wine and liquor.

Acting on advice from the Mississippi Center for Justice, the Jackson City Council voted 6-0 Tuesday in favor of a 45-day moratorium on check cashers, title loan stores, payday lenders and pawnshops.

In a tough economy, identity theft is a growing crime. That's why the attorney general's office is giving people tips on how to avoid being a victim.

Silly Fay Vincent. Don't you understand that the Twins cost themselves the game with their own mistakes? The Twins have nobody to blame except themselves.

Special meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors at 9 a.m. in the board room, 125 W. North St., Canton.

A new Web site examines the "walkability" of communities in the U.S., and Rankin County cities scored on the car-heavy side of the report.

After having drinks with friends one night, Kristina Tanner left in her car to buy someone a pack of cigarettes.

The ailing 'Dixie Mafia' inmate who linked prison telephone scams in Louisiana to the murders of a Mississippi judge and his wife has been moved to a Mississippi prison.

The city of Ridgeland this week extended its moratorium on certain businesses officials say tend to cause blight.

The misdemeanor trial of a Pearl couple facing multiple counts of animal cruelty is scheduled to begin Thursday.

Investigators are looking for clues in the death of a 55-year-old Pearl man who was found inside his burned out mobile home Tuesday afternoon.

October 7, 2009: Specialist ute distributor Isuzu UTE Australia is celebrating its first year of local sales of its D-MAX one-tonne ute and cab/chassis range with an Arctic Pearl Limited Edition crew cab ute.