Forrest County News Archives

Forrest County Sheriff's deputies have launched an investigation into an explosion that killed two teenaged boys early Saturday morning.

Former educator Jerel Wade is on a mission to help students in Oak Grove and around the Pine Belt make better grades than ever before.

Forrest County will host its annual blood drive Thursday at the Chancery Building, 641 Main St.

Tuesday is Kids Day and opening day at the Forrest County fair, which runs through Nov 1 at the Forrest County Multi Purpose Center.

Two people arrested in a vandalism incident in the Sunrise community will have their charges taken to the grand jury, according to Forrest County District Attorney Jon Mark Weathers.

Petal police arrested two women Friday on two counts of credit card fraud. Alicia Newsome, 39, and her sister, Darlene Marie Newsome, 33, both of Petal, used stolen credit cards to make purchases at local businesses and to withdraw cash from automated teller machines, according to detective Mitch Nobles.

Petal police Wednesday arrested a suspected arsonist in connection to an apartment fire that occurred Tuesday on City Barn Loop.

A Hattiesburg woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in connection with a 2008 fatal shooting at an apartment complex.

A Hattiesburg woman charged in the September 2008 fatal shooting of a man at an apartment complex pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday after prosecutors said the shooting wasn't premeditated.

Pine Belt Farmer's & Artisan's Market, 3 p.m. every Thursday through October at Town Square Park.

SEMINARY - Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Billy King Colonial Chapel Funeral Home for Kenny Wayne Barnes, 27, of Seminary, who died Oct.

You are one person, but you can move a nation. Help the Alzheimer's Association put an end to Alzheimer's by participating in Memory Walk.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The state Court of Appeals will hear arguments in two cases Thursday on the campus at the University of Southern Mississippi campus in Hattiesburg.

Relatives of a man who shot his wife at the couple's home and later killed himself had a history of depression, Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee said today in a press conference.

We spotted Mike Draughn, 49, of Petal at the Forrest County sheriff's office. Draughn is a custodial engineer for the county.

The Salvation Army is gearing up for its Christmas operations and likely will serve more people this holiday season.

Marilyn Grayson moved slowly - and with the help of a motorized chair - about her trailer in Petal, filled with photos of family and low-lit lamps from decades past.

Forrest County sheriff's deputies began to unravel details early Wednesday of events before and after the slaying of a Rawls Springs woman they believe was killed earlier this week by her husband.

Bond has been set at $500,000 for a 60-year-old man arrested after he allegedly tried to talk a 10-year-old girl into getting into his van.

Forrest County Deputies say Rosmond Lay shot himself Tuesday night in Utah, Alambama.

A Rawls Springs woman has been found dead inside her home and authorities are searching for the woman's husband.

Keeping up with technology, Forrest County Chancery Court records will soon be going all digital.

Former Petal teacher and coach Robert Anthony Adamo has been indicted on seven counts of sexual battery involving a teenage girl.

A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Forrest County man who authorities described as a career criminal.

A 17-year-old Petal High School student and three more teenagers were arrested early Sept.

Hattiesburg police arrested Sue Miller, 53, Nancy Miller, 34, Patricia Aguilar, 30, Francys Albertson, 20, and Christopher Lee, 37, all of Hattiesburg, MS for the roles they played in the traumatic abuse of a four year old child.

Hattiesburg police arrested Anthony Smith, 26, David Smith, 28, Sicorian Smith, 22, and Roy Smith, 28, all of Hattiesburg, MS for their role in an early morning shooting that happened at Francis Street Apartments.

Hattiesburg police arrested Steven Barnes, 24, of Hattiesburg, MS for his role in the September 7, 2009 shooting death of Terrence Phillips on Mobile Street.

Forrest County deputies have arrested four more teens in Sunday's vandalism in the Sunrise community.