Waynesboro News

WAYNESBORO - Charges against four people in the 2008 slaying of a Clara woman are being heard this week by grand jury in Wayne County.

Oak Grove made it official Monday night, as Wayne County's Chris McCardle was named as the Warriors' new baseball coach.

Temp: 97.0 F Heat Index: 101 F Meridian, Key Field, MS Police are asking for help from the public in solving a Waynesboro armed robbery case.

The 2009 hurricane season began June 1 and Dixie Electric Power Association general manager Alan Bradley is confident his employees are prepared if a disastrous storm threatens the area.

Dixie Electric Power Association will host Severe Weather and Energy Awareness Days at each of its offices in June.

LUCEDALE George County supervisors have tabled a draft resolution to create a regional rail authority that would oversee the development of freight line from Waynesboro to Lucedale.

A 37-year-old Ellisville State School employee has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor abuse of a vulnerable adult, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.

We spotted Chasity Davis, 20, a Waynesboro native who now lives in Petal, recently at Snowball Express in Petal.

By Ida Brown ibrown@themeridianstar.com Clutching the strings of a bouquet of assorted balloons in one hand while holding an arrangement of roses in the other, Santisha Hill frantically scanned the room for her mother.

Understand why we chose to include Maynor Creek Water Park for our trip. The 450-acre lake, once one of Mississippi's best bass hot spots, had basically been unfishable for more than a year due to low water.

LUCEDALE County and state leaders are being urged to create a regional rail authority to rebuild a rail link from Waynesboro to Lucedale that would serve as an economic engine for eastern Mississippi.

LUCEDALE - With an eye to the future, Wayne County Supervisors met with more than 70 officials - including mayors and supervisors from five southeast Mississippi counties, state representatives and leaders from four railroads - during an initial informational meeting at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Lucedale Thursday afternoon.

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department has arrested four people in connection with the March 2008 murder of businesswoman Janie Cooley Broadway Williams.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. A 43-mile-long railroad line from Lucedale to Waynesboro is proposed as a way to connect eastern Mississippi to ports in Pascagoula and Alabama, according to an economic developer.

If you happened to lift your eyes to Waynesboro's capped-off landfill, you may have doubted your sanity.

There appears to be something particularly fishy going on with House Bill 32. As Barbara Powell, a lobbyist for the Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, explains it: "The legislation originally contained an exemption to the state's Public Records Act for information about the location of private and corporate artificial reefs located in ...

University of Mississippi Medical Center is expanding its AirCare Transport Service to east Mississippi.

Army Reserve Maj. Timothy B. Smith is returning to the United States after a deployment to the Iraqi Theater of Operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation must not be beyond the rule of law, and thankfully there are at least a dozen members of the state Senate who are trying to assert their chamber's duty to oversee a ...

One year after the murder, the family of a Wayne County woman is still pleading to the public for help in finding their loved one's killer.