Rankin County News

After a change of attorneys and a refiling of briefs, Mississippi death row inmate Howard Dean Goodin will argue before the state's highest court that he is mentally disabled and should not be put to death.

A 31-year-old Jackson man is in the Rankin County Jail charged in an ongoing methamphetamine trafficking investigation that netted 53 other suspects on federal and state charges and 50 pounds of Mexican "Ice" worth more than $1.5 million.

Catching catfish by hand, which many folks consider too crazy to try, goes by many names.

There are 11 county/regional jails scattered around Mississippi. With them, the Mississippi Department of Corrections has created its own cottage industry.

A task force of federal, state and local authorities have dismantled Mississippi's largest methamphetamine distribution enterprise operating in the state.

A former Jackson firefighter and his wife were among 17 suspects in federal court here Wednesday facing charges in a methamphetamine distribution ring.

Officials believe a sinkhole along the banks of the Pearl River may have contributed to the weekend drowning of a former naval officer from Clinton.

A Richland woman faces a murder charge in connection with the stabbing death of her boyfriend.

Bail has been lowered to $500,000 for a Richland woman accused of killing her boyfriend.

Seasonal job losses in economic sectors such as education were likely major factors in Mississippi's unemployment rate rising by a full percentage point, experts say.

A woman accused of stabbing and killing her boyfriend over the weekend was arraigned in Richland Municipal Court this morning.

Almost 50 people have been arrested in what authorities call one of the largest drug ring busts in Mississippi history.

A new north-south corridor between Flowood and Brandon is gaining ground as funding is piling in to pay for the second phase of the project, officials say.

Authorities broke up a methamphetamine distribution ring based in Mississippi that had connections to at least three other states, arresting dozens of suspects on Tuesday.

The body of a 43-year-old woman was found floating in a backyard pool on Sunday, Brandon police said.

A family is without a home after a mobile home fire overnight Sunday. It happened in Rankin County on Lake Harbor Road just before 1 a.m. Monday.

A man Mississippi judges fear to see in their courtrooms is stepping down as head of the watchdog group that investigates judicial wrongdoing.

Authorities say an 81-year-old Brandon man died Tuesday when his tractor rolled over him at his Rankin County home.

A Chickasaw County mother has been charged in the death of her child. Tonya Williams, 30, of Woodland, was charged with Culpable Negligence Manslaughter for the death of Gavin Daniel Williams, who was born and died June 2. Chickasaw County Coroner, Andy Harmon, said that drugs were a factor in the death and the arrest.

City officials will decide the fate of an Upper Drive home, where numerous animals and a toddler were removed amid unsanitary conditions in early April.