Wade News

Moss Point aldermen agreed Tuesday night to support the county as it seeks federal funding to fix about 60 miles of drainage problems in districts 1, 2 and 3. Those county districts cover roughly the east half of Jackson County, including Wade, Hurley, Moss Point, Orange Grove and Pascagoula, among other communities.

Jackson County Sheriff's detectives arrested 5 men in connection with three burglaries and were seeking 2 more suspects, Sheriff Mike Byrd said Monday.

A new culvert under Miss. 63 should help alleviate flooding in the Wade community, supervisors said Monday after hiring the Batson & Brown company to engineer the project.

Chaney selling us out It turns out that Mike Chaney is just as wimpy as his predecessor as Mississippi insurance commissioner.

Here's a look at news in South Mississippi over the past week. Read the full stories at sunherald.com and see video reports on Sun Herald TV.

Family and friends of Rudy Quilon said they remain in shock over his fatal shooting at the home of a fellow member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church.

Here is a look at South Mississippi's news from the past week. Read the full stories at sunherald.com and see video reports on SunHeraldTV.

Jackson County leaders approved what they hope will be a solution to the hole in cellular phone service that has plagued one of the fastest growing areas of the county.

A Kiln couple was arrested on a drug charge Monday after officers stopped to check on a stranded motorist and found one of them with 31/2 tablets of oxycodone and no prescription, said Sheriff Melvin Brisolara.

The Jackson County Junior Miss Association will hold its contestant/parent kick-off meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday at Caswell Springs United Methodist Church on Miss.

A Wade man was stabbed numerous times Monday and remained in critical condition after three people arrived at his house and started an argument, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

There's nothing subtle about the sales pitch by abortion opponents who are gathering signatures at the Colorado State Fair for a ballot measure that would give legal rights to fertilized embryos.

GAUTIER A $2.6 million project to construct a new clarifier at the regional wastewater treatment facility on Louis Alexis Trail should be complete by yearend, according to Jackson County Utility Authority leaders.

A house damaged by Hurricane Frederic in 1979. When Hurricane Camille approached the Mississippi Gulf Coast, veteran Harrison County Civil Defense Director Wade Guice had trouble believing the figures he was being given by the nation's Hurricane Center.

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The people walking through the doors of the eight branches of the Jackson-George Regional Library System tell a story about area growth.

The people walking through the doors of the eight branches of the Jackson-George Regional Library System tell a story about area growth.

The people walking through the doors of the eight branches of the Jackson-George Regional Library System tell a story about area growth.

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Jackson County deputies arrested a Lucedale woman suspected of embezzling from the business where she worked as a clerk, the sheriff said Wednesday.