Lincoln County News

Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Rushing has authority, but Robert Charles Applewhite had power.

Billy Hudson Jr. of Hudson's Salvage will be keynote speaker for the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce banquet.

Officials say an out-of-state lumber corporation has purchased Columbus Lumber Co.

Earlier this year, an 11-year-old student in Greenwood, Mississippi sued the LeFlore County School District after suffering deep bruising, and possible kidney damage, from a severe paddling at school.

A Wisconsin man arrested in Lincoln County for making Internet threats against then President-Elect Barack Obama receives a three year prison sentence.

A Bogue Chitto teen has been expelled after bringing a pocket knife to school. A teacher found the knife when it fell out of the TeSheon Rogers' book bag during a fight with a male student.

A Lincoln County teen said bullying by girls is a problem that's getting worse. Kelsey Jackson, a senior at Brookhaven High School, visits schools and organizations around Mississippi and Louisiana talking to girls about bullying and how to handle it.

One of Lincoln County's numerous old country schools will soon be recognized and remembered, though the old schoolhouse has long been torn down.

BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - Many companies have wilted during the dry spell of the national recession, but one Brookhaven business continues to blossom.

A 68-year-old woman died following a collision with an Amtrak train in downtown Brookhaven.

A Lincoln county woman is fighting for her life after driving her vehicle into the path of an oncoming train in downtown Brookhaven.

Stressing the relationship between good roads and economic growth, members of the American Council of Engineering Companies in Jackson held its biennial legislative breakfast Wednesday at Lake Terrace Convention Center.

Mark Anderson, McComb's former acting police chief, is scheduled for a Sept. 25 city court hearing on charges of impersonating a police officer and joy riding after he allegedly stole a patrol car on Wednesday.

A Wesson pawnshop owner was shot and killed Tuesday during an apparent armed robbery, police said.

A Brookhaven man will spend the next five years in prison following a guilty plea on Wednesday to possession of child pornography, Attorney General Jim Hood said today.

The former congregation of Brookhaven's only Jewish temple has agreed to its conversion into a local history museum.

A 23-year-old Monticello woman has admitted to using excessive force while placing a nursing home patient on a mechanical lift.

Authorities say an 18-year-old Lincoln County inmate who escaped on June 3 has been captured at his mother's house.

ADAM NORTHAM Brookhaven Daily Leader BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - The ownership of Brookhaven's historic Jewish temple may soon change hands to the Lincoln County Historical and Genealogical Society.

Carol Ford of Hazlehurst has been appointed to chair the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Copiah-Lincoln Community College.