Simpson County News

Three men charged with capital murder faced a Simpson County judge Thursday. Bryce Mills, Rodrick Gilbert, and Christopher Hubbard are all charged with capital murder.

Three Mendenhall men have been charged in connection with the slaying of a Simpson County poultry farmer, authorities said.

Poor weather conditions are to blame for the Monday head-on collision that killed a Mendenhall woman whose vehicle slammed into a school bus in Simpson County, officials said.

A Simpson County school bus was involved in a collision that killed one person Monday, officials said.

I read Jere Nash's 'Blognotes' in your Nov.10 edition . In his blog, Jere tries to minimize the importance of the recent party switches of seven local Simpson County officials to the Mississippi Republican Party.

Kristopher Durham is not the same person accused in the death of Simpson County Sheriff E.C. Mullins in 2001, and should be released from a state mental institution, Durham's grandparents said.

Mickey Berry has been elected to Simpson County's District 4 supervisor's post three times - each time as a Democrat.

JACKSON a ' Simpson County's Republican contingent got a bit bigger today. At a press conference at the Mississippi Republican Party building in Jackson, chairman Brad White announced that seven of the county's elected officials were switching their party affiliations from Democrat to Republican.

Six public officials in Simpson County have switched from the Democratic party to the Republican party.

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the decision by seven Simpson County elected officials to switch from Democrat to Republican comes at the right time.

Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s nominees for police and fire chiefs are familiar faces that were both approved by city leaders.

Madison County will greet the new year with a change in its appointed leadership.

For the first time in eight years, Brad Smith missed the opening morning of archery season to work.

Longtime Simpson County Coroner Bobby Williams died early Friday morning at his home in Magee.

Stressing the relationship between good roads and economic growth, members of the American Council of Engineering Companies in Jackson held its biennial legislative breakfast Wednesday at Lake Terrace Convention Center.

Three of the four suspects in Monday's drive-by shooting on Hardy Street made their initial appearance in Justice Court on Wednesday.

Investigators said the slaying of a Simpson County chicken farmer and volunteer firefighter was brutal and baffling.

What's the most critical transportation need in the state? According to MDOT its new bridges.

A Missouri fugitive who allegedly tried to run down a sheriff and a deputy at a roadblock has been captured.Authorities say 37-year-old Daniel Jaggers Jr.

A Missouri fugitive accused of violating parole was caught in Mississippi after he tried to run over a sheriff and a deputy at a roadblock, authorities said.