Lincoln County News

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.

Two people have been killed in a single engine plane crash in Copiah County. Emergency officials say the crash occured on Lilly Road, near Hazlehurst.

There is a controversy in Brookhaven about moving the district headquarters of the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks from Brookhaven to near McComb.

More bad weather is on the way, even as nearly 7,000 Mississippians remained without power Monday night from thunderstorms Sunday that downed trees, closed roads and damaged homes in 18 counties.

Deputy Coroner John Hart said 24-year-old Kevin Humphrey was pronounced dead on the scene where it appears he lost control of his car.

Regionalism, a fancy word for working with your neighbors, will be the buzzword today as state and regional economic developers descend on Franklin County.

Multiple Mississippi men are behind bars Wednesday for their role in a burglary ring and chop shop spanning several states.

Officials are considering cutting the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport's managerial position down to a part-time job, saving payroll funds and allowing the facility's automated features to run in a self-service capacity.

The same weather system that did so much damage in Simpson County, had caused much less damage in Lincoln County as it moved through early Thursday morning.

Five Lincoln County bridges have been closed and weight limits have been reduced on some others after several spans scored poorly on recent safety inspections in February.

PETAL - James Hutto can be found every Friday in the fall tailgating at Petal football games dressed in red just like any other fan.

A $1.3 million federal health-care grant issued last week to Pearl-based Family Health Care Clinic makes it one of the first organizations in the state to benefit from the recently signed stimulus bill.

A Brookhaven man has been convicted for the second time in the 2006 beating death of 36-year-old Jewel Duane Douglas in Lincoln County.

The state Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence given to Julian C. Williams in a 2006 killing in Wesson.

Rain this week was a welcome sight for Licoln County firefighters. They've had to fight several grass fires that, in some cases, were the result of controlled burns that got away from landowners.

The body of a man reported missing from Lincoln County, Miss., has been found at a truck stop near Interstate 49 in Louisiana.

Lincoln County authorities are asking for your help finding a missing man. 58 year old Ollie B. Magee of Brookhaven works for a trucking company.