Jackson County News

A taxiway linking the Northrop Grumman Unmanned Systems Center to the Trent Lott International Airport should be fully operational soon.

An Ocean Springs man jailed on an aggravated assault charge Monday is accused of slashing his brother-in-law with a box cutter, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department.

Alcohol is suspected of being a factor in an apparent drowning Wednesday morning on Bluff Creek, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

A report of a man driving under the influence led to his arrest on a meth-related charge, according to Jackson County Sheriff's Department reports.

From humble beginnings as a history teacher at Moss Point High School, Hank Bounds has methodically risen through the ranks to fill one of Mississippi's most important education positions.

June 27 - Pascaogoula police say three men are on the run and one man is dead after four stowaways were discovered aboard a vessel in the Jackson County Port.

A former bookkeeper with the Home of Grace was jailed Friday on allegations of siphoning off more than $100,000 in cash, checks and money orders over three years.

Steaks and a silent auction probably boosted the balance sheet of The Boys & Girls Clubs of Jackson County in a tough financial year.

Jackson County District Attorney Tony Lawrence said Wednesday that he's asked a circuit judge to revoke bail for an alleged drug dealer who was arrested last week during Operation Moon Burn.

MOSS POINT Keeping cool this summer will be a little easier for Moss Point, Hurley and St.

A Mobile man was arrested on a child endangerment charge because a sheriff's deputy suspected he was driving while impaired with a child in his vehicle, according to Jackson County Sheriff's Department reports.

The Mississippi Department of Health says the state's total number of swine flu cases is 105, and there are still no deaths.

Authorities have charged a Jackson County man with assaulting his pregnant girlfriend, Jackson County Sheriff's Department reports showed.

An Alabama man thought he was still in his home state when he was arrested Friday night on suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription painkillers and muscle relaxers on a rural road in Jackson County.

Sixty-eight accused drug dealers were brought before Jackson County Judge Larry Wilson on Thursday as a result of Operation Moon Burn, a three-month countywide investigation.

It's every mother's nightmare: a frantic call saying that your child is being rushed to the hospital covered in blood from a dog attack.

Operation Moon Burn, a three-month countywide undercover operation, resulted in the arrests of 52 alleged drug dealers Wednesday, including Lederrick Raphel Brown, authorities said.

Jackson County could save nearly $250,000 every four years by merging voting precincts in Districts 1, 2 and 4, the election commission told supervisors Monday.

A Moss Point man was allegedly intoxicated and trying to break out windows of a patrol car when a sheriff's deputy pepper sprayed him after his arrest over the weekend on a felony arson charge, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department.

Mississippi police officers are looking for a Staten Island man accused of producing meth in a motel room along state highway US 90 , according to a published report.