Hancock County News

The Hancock County Chamber is working to bring more businesses to the Kiln. The Chamber will host a meeting on Tuesday to let Kiln business owners know about resources available to them.

A large construction project that's been catching the notice of motorists on I-10 in Hancock County will be a modern truck inspection and weigh station.

A Picayune resident apparently was shot in the head but is in stable condition. Hancock County Investigator H. Matthew Carver said the victim, Adam Lepine, 23, of Picayune, is in stable condition but is expected to be paralyzed from the neck down.

A man convicted of arson in a case of retaliation against Hancock County sheriff's officials is being held for a hearing on whether to revoke his probation.

Isolated thundershowers late Sunday afternoon chased sunbathers from the Gulfport and Biloxi beaches and helped firefighters with grass and woods fires along Interstate 10 and Mississippi 607 in Hancock County.

PICAYUNE - Top school administrators in Pearl River County are studying better ways to improve teaching and learning through a program partially funded by the Lower Pearl River Valley Foundation.

A small, New Orleans style cottage known as the Kate Lobrano House in Old Town Bay St.

Byram is facing the business of running a city while Jackson works out the logistics of growing its borders.

Red dirt flew into humid air Monday when officials broke ground for a new city fire station to be located on Mississippi 603.

Pockets of dead water off Mississippi's coast are strangling marine life - and growing.

Four candidates have filed to run for the county's District 5 Board of Supervisors seat, formerly filled by Supervisor Jay Cuevas, who died in May.

A Hancock County Deputy died during an off duty motorcycle accident on Saturday.

Workers have completed a $5 million project to expand and renovate the historic Hancock County Courthouse in downtown Bay St.

A 45-year-old Hancock County sheriff's deputy has been killed in a weekend off-duty motorcycle crash.

Circuit Court developments are anticipated next week in the case of Leo Laurent, the former Bay St.

A Hancock County Circuit Court jury deliberated 35 minutes this afternoon before exonerating a mother of three who was charged with possession by deputies after they discovered 37 pounds of marijuana in her home.

Authorities today identified a north county resident who was killed last Sunday while riding a bicycle on a rural highway.

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. a ' Repairs have begun on the Bascule Bridge over the Pearl River at Interstate 10, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

HANCOCK COUNTY Authorities were still attempting Monday to notify the next of kin of a bicyclist who died Sunday night when he veered into traffic while riding on a rural highway.

MDOT, could you please clean the sand off of the new sidewalks on the north side of U.S. 90 in west Long Beach.