Hinds County News

In what Sheriff Malcolm McMillin called an effort to rehabilitate prisoners, Hinds County sent state inmates, including a violent offender, off site to work.

A 31-year-old Jackson man is in the Rankin County Jail charged in an ongoing methamphetamine trafficking investigation that netted 53 other suspects on federal and state charges and 50 pounds of Mexican "Ice" worth more than $1.5 million.

There are 11 county/regional jails scattered around Mississippi. With them, the Mississippi Department of Corrections has created its own cottage industry.

The bill for a regional jail that won't be built in Hinds County continues to add up.

Jackson police have issued warrants for three men suspected of breaking into Carter Jewelers earlier this week and stealing hundreds of thousands in merchandise.

Bolton authorities are searching for two masked armed robbers. The Hinds County Sheriff's department tells WLBT two masked men approached two men inside a car at the Chevron on Bolton-Brownsville Road early Thursday morning.

JACKSON, Miss. - A Jackson man charged with murder in a 2008 slaying has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in Hinds County Circuit Court.

Three teenagers face several charges including armed robbery in the capital city Wednesday night.

MULTIPLES CHILDBIRTH CLASSES PLANNED: Baptist Health Systems will offer its four-week session "Marvelous Multiples" childbirth classes for parents delivering at any hospital.

Almost 50 people have been arrested in what authorities call one of the largest drug ring busts in Mississippi history.

When an employee of the state Tax Commission office found an envelope in Monday's incoming mail with a white powdery substance on its exterior, the agency immediately reacted.

A man Mississippi judges fear to see in their courtrooms is stepping down as head of the watchdog group that investigates judicial wrongdoing.

Hinds County no longer will allow state inmates to perform public service for charitable organizations.

Hinds County spent about $444,000 in taxpayer money on a 400-bed regional jail the state no longer wants but the Sheriff's Department insists is still needed.

A multimillion-dollar road project that could become a major retail and commercial corridor in Hinds County could see construction starting by summer's end.

Large plumes of smoke rose as flames destroyed an entire unit of The Reserve of Byram apartment complex.

Byram residents who live and work off of Gary Road said it is one of the worst roads in Hinds County.

Microsoft's settlement of an antitrust lawsuit filed by the state of Mississippi will result in a payment of $40 million in 40 days.

A car tag discount fund that saves money when buying new license plates could be history if lawmakers don't pass a state budget.

An autopsy reveals there was no evidence that physical trauma caused a 17-year-old to drown in a city pool.