Monroe County News

Two Smithville parents face charges of manufacturing meth and child endangerment after Monroe County sheriff's deputies reported finding a meth lab in their home this week.

A 23-year-old Monroe County man Monday was arrested and charged with a June 26 double shooting on Old Columbus Road in Aberdeen.

A pair of Columbus teens June 9 were arrested on felony vandalism charges after police discovered the two were connected with a string of incidents in western Lowndes County.

A Monroe County man Wednesday was arrested on methamphetamine charges after a Nettleton police officer discovered a mobile meth lab in the man's work truck.

The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock as a state judge wrongfully dismissed an automobile-negligence suit filed in Monroe County against an Alabama state trooper without letting a jury hear the case.

The body of a Smithville teen who disappeared May 15 while swimming with friends in a branch of the Buttahatchee River was found this morning, according to Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley.

A volunteer diver with the Itawamba County Dive Team died while searching for the body of a teenager in the Buttahatchie River.

A volunteer diver with the Itawamba County Dive Team died today while searching for the body of a teenager in the Buttahatchie River.

A fugitive from Anniston was captured in Monroe County, Mississippi, over the weekend.

Authorities were to continue searching Monday for the body of a 15-year-old boy who disappeared while swimming with friends in a branch of the Buttahatchee River.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Department, with help from the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, has busted up an alleged methamphetamine lab.

An 11-year-old student has been expelled for one year for bringing a gun to East Amory Elementary School.

Thirteen pit bulls and five guns were seized after officers discovered an alleged dogfighting operation in Mississippi while arresting a fugitive wanted in a Chicago gang killing, authorities said Thursday.

Monroe County will lose one of its two General Motors' dealerships as the struggling automaker and its dealers struggle with the weak economy.

Mississippi authorities say they uncovered a possible dogfighting operation during the arrest a man wanted in a deadly 2005 Chicago shooting.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office released the following felony arrests reports: Robert Louis Gathings, 50, of 307 B Franklin Avenue in Aberdeen, was arrested by the MCSO April 20 on one count of felony failing to register as a sex offender.

Block Corp . has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. The apparel maker operates a distribution center and warehouse in Tupelo and a sales and executive office in Manhattan.

The Monroe County Sheriff Dept, Agents from the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, Ms.

The Caledonia Board of Aldermen is going ahead with plans to expand the Caledonia Water Department.

Bob Skelding and his four Percheron horses travel west on East U.S. Route 36 Wednesday afternoon, Dec.