Jones County News

With Hurricane Ida battering Nicaragua, Don McKinnon, executive director of the Jones County Emergency Management Agency said plans are on hold until next week to combat what may be the last hurricane of the season.

The Jones County School District is partnering with the Mississippi Department of Health to provide free H1N1 flu vaccinations to all students.

A Jones County man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of an elementary school teacher.

Ellisville aldermen have cleared the way for the sale of beer and light wine within city limits.

One of the two inmates who escaped Friday from the Jones County Adult Detention Facility in Ellisville is back behind bars.

A multiple story home at 551 Buffalo Hill Road, just off Highway 29, north in Ellisville was completely destroyed by fire Saturday night.

Fire destroyed a home near Ellisville early Sunday morning. The fire was reported around 1:00 a.m. at a home on Buffalo Hill Road.

Jones County deputies today are searching for two Jones County inmates who walked away from the recreation yard shortly after 2 p.m. Sheriff Alex Hodge said Claude Johnson, 32, last known address at 18 James Parrish Road in Laurel; and Ira Hadley Jr., 17, last known address at 317 West 17th St.

A local Circuit Court Judge has requested that the Mississippi Supreme Court appoint someone else to hear a Laurel resident's lawsuit against the city and county in connection with the relocation of the Jones County Department of Human Services building.

Local law enforcement officials are looking for a thief who took off with some antique furniture from a home in Ellisville.

County fire officials are still investigating a house fire early Sunday that was caused by a falling power line.

Food vendors at the South Mississippi Fair are remembering one of their own as the event kicks off its opening weekend.

Individuals 60-years-old and older can now receive free hot and nutritious meals, five days a week at the Roosevelt Community Center in Ellisville.

Sixteen-year-old Destiny Pinder had a reputation of never smiling, following directions, completing assignments or listening to authority figures and always using vulgarities to express anger.

Although he previously spoke to the Jones County Republican Women, Petal businessman Joe Tegerdine will return to the area Oct.

The Jones County Emergency Management Agency will be participating in a statewide tornado drill conducted by the National Weather Service Wednesday.

Days after obtaining their first Department of Defense contract, International Fire & Safety Inc.

Two Jones County women plead guilty to embezzlement in Jones County Circuit Court Thursday.

State health officials said on Thursday that although a low number of doses of swine flu vaccine are in the state, it will be a few weeks before enough shipments arrive to allow the general public to get them.

A mobile home dealer is still searching for a 16 by 80-foot mobile home stolen from his dealership in early October.