Perry County News

About 1,300 nonviolent inmates have been released on early parole in the last 18 months, which concerns some local prosecutors who fear they will return to communities and commit new crimes.

Edna Myrick Sims will celebrate her 100th birthday on Nov. 29 at the home of her daughter and only child, Jolyn Sims Farris Bush in Ellisville, where she now lives.

Governor Haley Barbour's proposal to consolidate some public schools has many educators concerned.

State health officials lifted a precautionary boil water alert Saturday for customers of the Arlington Water Association in Hintonville in Perry County.

Dixie Electric Power Association crews are working in Wayne County to restore electricity to nearly 2,000 accounts.

There's something spooky, evil and scary lurking in the woods near a residence at 4336 Highway 29, South in Perry County.

The August sales tax report brought bad news to some Pine Belt cities, including Hattiesburg.

Gates open at 8 a.m. today for the 22nd annual Mississippi Pecan Festival near Richton.

City officials were presented with an annexation study earlier this week - and what they heard reinforced their beliefs that annexation is not in the cards for the city right now.

Sen. Roger Wicker was the guest speaker recently at a Perry County Chamber of Commerce dinner in Runnelstown.

Agents from the Forrest/Perry County Narcotics Task Force conducted a raid in Richton Tuesday and seized five marijuana plants from the back of a home on Will Best Road.

A train collided today with a log truck in Perry County, closing a section of Highway 29.

Clean-up is underway at the site of a fire that damaged some crude oil storage tanks in Perry County overnight.

State health officials today lifted a boil-water alert for customers who get their drinking water from the town of New Augusta water supply in Perry County.

State health officials today issue a precautionary boil-water alert for customers who get their drinking water from the town of New Augusta water supply in Perry County.

Petal narcotics investigator Jason James spends much of his time immersed in drug stakeouts - hunting methamphetamine manufacturers, dealers and users.

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker would have been hailed as a hero had he come to the Coast to declare that he would not support one end of the Pascagoula River over the other on the issue of turning the salt dome at Richton into an oil storage facility.

There is a big gap that needs to be filled. It's not cheap or popular, but engineers with the Mississippi Department of Transportation say it needs to be done.

JACKSON - The Mississippi Department of Transportation will hold several public hearings on highway projects in the state.

JACKSON - The Mississippi Department of Transportation will hold several public hearings on highway projects in the state.