Greene County News

From the dirt roads of Greene County, Jones County Junior College alumnus Gary Jarvis has made his way to the capital of the United States.

Some families boast generations of teachers, doctors or police officers. But, for the Freeman family, it's members of the Armed Services.

Favre entitled to big celebration Considering the way he was treated, I think Brett Favre had the right to celebrate any way he wanted to.

A press release from the U.S. Marshals states that Waylon Strickland, the escape convict from the Pearl River County jail, was found Monday evening at an Alabama hotel, a day after his escape.

Authorities are asking for your help in the search for an escaped inmate, Waylon Lee Strickland.

A federal investigation into Hurricane Katrina-related fraud that earlier snared a Coast mayor and a South Mississippi police chief now targets a Greene County supervisor and one of his former colleagues.

Efforts to rebuild the largemouth bass stock on the Pascagoula River after Hurricane Katrina are continuing.

Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hoseman will be guest speaker at the annual fundraiser of the Greene County Republican Party.

It's been a pretty good year for Claire Walley so far. 'I just tuned 21 in April, and now this,' Walley said.

It's been a pretty good year for Claire Walley so far. 'I just tuned 21 in April, and now this,' Walley said.

The distance between Leakesville and Ellisville is roughly 80 miles, but Jones County Junior College officials believe they have found the key to shrink that distance considerably.

The distance between Leakesville and Ellisville is roughly 80 miles, but Jones County Junior College officials believe they have found the key to shrink that distance considerably.

A 21-year-old woman representing Greene County is Mississippi's new Miss Hospitality.

Greene County's Claire Walley was named the new Mississippi Miss Hospitality tonight at the Saenger Theatre in downtown Hattiesburg.

Thirty-two Miss Hospitality contestants showed a roaring crowd of 375 that diamonds are a girl's best friend in the opening number of the 60th annual Mississippi Miss Hospitality Pageant on Friday night at Hattiesburg's Saenger Theater.

State transportation crews will be making traffic switches in August as they work on the final phase of a four-lane highway construction project that will connect the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Tennessee along Mississippi 63 and 57.

An airborne search in Greene County has turned up a field of marijuana plants. The landowner, 61-year-old Matthew McLeod, was arrested on drug and weapons charges.

Authorities say a Greene County man is charged with manufacture of marijuana and possession of a stolen firearm after an air operation to detect marijuana plants.

Church recognized: JCJC officials recognized Canaan Land United Pentecostal Church and their pastor for their service in providing Adult Basic Education in Greene County.

Recently I've read, and heard ad nauseam, about "Depression." Come with me back to Greene County Mississippi in 1935: "Miz Agnes, mama said, if you'd send her a little piece o' meat to cook our collards with, she'd come over and wash yo' clothes, scrub yo' floors, she'd do anything, Miz Agnes, just anything!" With this plaintive plea and a ...