Jefferson Davis County News

Jefferson Davis County Coroner Greg Blackwell says 44-year-old Terry Miller drown in Bouie Creek.

Mr. and Mrs. Kurt L. Green of Bassfield announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Jean Green, to Kyle Grant Davis, son of Mr.

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Miss. a ' Work on the new Prentiss Bypass on U.S. Highway 84 in Jefferson Davis and Lawrence counties is nearly 80 percent complete, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

A judicial watchdog agency is recommending that the Mississippi Supreme Court publicly reprimand a Jefferson Davis County Justice Court judge, Johnny C. Hartzog.

After the murder of a 19-year-old man in Bassfield, one family is asking for peace between two feuding families.

BASSFIELD - When Lynda Thompson migrated back to her Jefferson Davis County roots from Maywood, Ill., in 2001, she didn't expect to face so many community problems.

Governor Haley Barbour's request for Jefferson Davis County to be added to the Federal Disaster Declaration for damage caused by severe weather in March was granted today by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

A retired state Department of Education employee who now heads a nonprofit is the choice to be interim state superintendent if Hanks Bound is hired as higher education commissioner.

Hattiesburg police today arrested a man at local motel in connection to a fatal shooting in Bassfield.

Jefferson Davis County authorities are investigating the murder of a 19 year old man, gunned down at apartment complex Monday.

Jefferson Davis County authorities are looking for the suspects in a deadly shooting in Bassfield.

A Jefferson Davis County man has been sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting of his brother-in-law. Willie Mack Pierce Jr.

When Hattie McLin-Bronson was growing up in Jefferson Davis County, the community included a factory that was all-white and all male.

Defense Attorney Bob Evans said the guilty verdict returned against his client, Willie Mack Pierce Jr., was disappointing.

A dog fighting ring busted just outside Bassfield by the Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Department could lead to the arrest of nearly 20 people.

The state of Mississippi has received more than $1.8 million in funding for airport improvement projects across the state.

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 1 a.m. Monday for the Pine Belt, including Forrest, Lamar, Covington, Greene, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Marion and Perry counties.

Efforts to hire the state's first medical examiner since the mid-1990s could be scaled back for some time.

Authorities are searching for a person of interest in connection with the slaying of a Jefferson Davis County couple.

Jefferson Davis County authorities are investigating the murder of man who was found burned to death early today.