Puckett News

The holidays are nearly here, and gifts of food are a festive way to say thanks to friends and family for their kindness throughout the year.

When important inventions are discussed, this one rarely gets mentioned - except in a dark world where a person cannot see a sunset or a snowflake.

I am thankful to the Lord this Holiday season for the wonderful, caring people who live in Lauderdale and Clarke county in our Great State of Mississippi who make me feel good every day.

When he takes over as state superintendent of education, Tom Burnham will be going home again - sort of.

Dr. Tom Burnham has been named Mississippi's next State Superintendent of Education, a position he held from 1992-1997. Burnham is currently Dean of the School of Education at the University of Mississippi.

Several probationers who absconded from an inmate re-entry facility in Walnut Grove on Sunday still have not been caught.

After a career in show business, what attracted you to working on former U.S. Sen.

Food covered the tables at George and Fumiko Copeland's Brandon home one recent rainy Saturday afternoon.

Jimmy Dykes, owner of Hubcap Heaven at U.S. 80 and Gallatin Street, is suspicious when it comes to the city of Jackson's announced intentions to come up with a plan to revive the U.S. 80 corridor.

Investigators said the slaying of a Simpson County chicken farmer and volunteer firefighter was brutal and baffling.

Jones, at the Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi. Meanwhile, Soulshine Pizza's Township location features the musical stylings of Mark Whittington.

Jones, at the Beau Rivage Theatre in Biloxi. Meanwhile, Soulshine Pizza's Township location features the musical stylings of Mark Whittington.

The driver accused of a fatal hit-and-run near Puckett on Thursday is awaiting transfer from the Smith County jail to the jail in Rankin County.

Authorities have identified the cyclist killed this morning in a hit-and-run on Mississippi 18 in Rankin County as 48-year-old Samuel Sandford of Brandon.

A man fishing with some buddies on Roland Lake drowned Thursday after he fell out of the boat, Rankin County Sheriff Ronnie Pennington said.

Officials hope an autopsy will help explain why a 74-year-old man drowned in a Rankin County pond Thursday morning.

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

We have an update on a missing fisherman we told you about earlier. Rankin County Sheriff Ronnie Pennington told us just a few minutes ago that search crews have found the man's body.

Former Richland Mayor Shirley Hall is challenging current Mayor Mark Scarborough, who ousted her by about 80 votes four years ago.