Marion County News

Another batch of travel trailers, once used as temporary housing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is being auctioned this week.

Cory Maye has won a new trial in the slaying of a Prentiss police officer because a judge denied Maye his constitutional right to be tried in south Mississippi's Jefferson Davis County.

Marion County deputies are searching for a third man involved in the 2008 double homicide of two Kokomo men.

By naming William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in his trust, Joel McKenzie of Foxworth established one of the largest gifts by an individual in the history of the university.

A new family services initiative has started to Marion County. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Wednesday morning for the commUNITY cares program.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reports one additional human case of West Nile virus for 2009, bringing the state's total to 39 with three deaths.

A RECEPTION will be from 4-6 p.m. Monday for Patsy Davis at the Lumberton Library.

Three people were killed and one person critically injured in a two-car wreck on Mississippi 588 west of Ellisville, according to initial reports from the scene.

The slow economy has had a U-turn effect on almost anything involving money. "If we don't have the money, then we can't do things," said Columbia Mayor Reed Houston.

A Marion County man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to three charges, including capital murder.

Marion County investigators arrested a man in connection with a Tuesday shooting that left another man critically wounded.

Charges have been upgraded to murder for three suspects arrested in the July slaying of a Columbia man, Marion County officials said Friday.

Charges have been upgraded to murder for three suspects arrested in the July slaying of a Columbia man, Marion County officials said Friday.

Charges have been upgraded to murder for three suspects arrested in the July slaying of a Columbia man, Marion County officials said Friday.

The Mississippi Department of Health has reported the state's first West Nile death of the 2009 season.

Mississippi has reported the first death from the 2009 West Nile Virus Nile season.

Marion County sheriff's deputies are searching for a suspect after a shooting Wednesday near Mississippi 13 south.

JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Department of Health is reporting two new human cases of West Nile virus.

A judge sentences a Marion County woman to multiple prison terms. 58-year-old Pamela Loizzo of Foxworth, Mississippi entered a guilty plea Monday to one count identity theft and one count of fraudulent use of identity.

A Marion County woman has pleaded guilty to identity theft. State Attorney General Jim Hood said 58-year-old Pamela Loizzo of Foxworth pleaded guilty before Marion County Circuit Court Judge Prentiss Harrell to one count of identity theft and one count of fraudulent use of identity.