George County News

For all those tasks and more, mothers will be celebrated all over the country this weekend, as the American holiday born in 1908 arrives Sunday.

The $196 million bond bill approved during the legislative session that ended in April includes $10 million that will round out the money needed for the $30 million project.

George County Sheriff Dean Howell has released new surveillance photos of the suspect wanted in connection with an armed robbery at the 4 Mile Truck Stop on Highway 98 last Sunday.

George County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Shonna Pierce announced Wednesday that Sheriff Dean Howell and the George County Sheriff's Department will be honored with an award at the Bexley Volunteer Fire Department Music Festival in recognition of their service and commitment to the people of George County.

George County Sheriff Dean Howell said Wednesday one of the last people sought in a recent drug roundup operation has turned herself in.

Jackson County Emergency Services Director Earl Etheridge said this morning that more than 50 people had to be rescued from rising waters over night, most of them in Moss Point.

Four counties will lose free inmate labor for clean up and other projects. "It will have a tremendous impact on the county and city," George County Sheriff Dean Howell said of the inmate work center closing in his county.

George County stands to lose $3.5 million annually in labor if the Mississippi Department of Corrections goes through with plans to close the George County Community Work Center, county Supervisor Kelly Wright said today.

George County and Lucedale City leaders are scrambling to put a halt to the Correction Department's plan to shut down the Community Work Center.

A Perkinston woman wanted for manslaughter was discovered this week in Tennessee after she applied to work at the local police station.

George County Sheriff Dean Howell is asking for information leading to the whereabouts of registered sex offender Joseph Edward Catchot, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.

The George County Community Work Center is one of four slated for closure effective July 15, according to a news release from the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

George County's Ashton Johnson connects for a base hit against Meridian in the bottom of the third inning Saturday April 20, 2013 during the first game of a double header at George County High School.

Authorities say an 18-month drug investigation has led to 17 people being charged in George County.