Stone County News

WIGGINS - Arrangements are incomplete for Rita Mae Rodgers, 61, of Wiggins, who died June 21, 2008, at Stone County Hospital.

WIGGINS - Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Moore Funeral Home for Reba M. Moore, 90, of Wiggins, who died June 20, 2008, at Stone County Hospital.

Nearly $3 million in federal grants will pay for two 5,000-square-foot shelters on the Perkinston Elementary and Stone Elementary campuses in Stone County.

Brighter days are ahead for 20 families who hope to own their own homes, thanks to the grant from the Mississippi Development Authority.

State Farm Won't Renew Some Miss. Coast Policies JACKSON -- State Farm Insurance Cos.

A new subdivision of affordable homes is taking shape in Stone County. The project called Wiggins Estates is made possible by Go Zone incentives.

In hopes of speeding up the work, the governing board of a massive post-Katrina water and sewer project wants legal authority to require South Mississippi property owners to turn over rights of way.

Unemployment levels resumed a decline in South Mississippi and the rest of the state in April after a static March, according to information from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security released ...

WIGGINS - Charges have been dropped against the only man arrested in the slaying of former Stone County supervisor Duncan Hatten.

Last-minute payments have saved from the auction block in Stone County 7,250 acres where a mega-development was planned.

An accident early Tuesday morning closed a southbound lane of U.S. 49 in Stone County, just north of the Harrison County line. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

A Biloxi man sustained minor injuries in a fiery crash this morning on U.S. 49. Felix R. Wilson, the driver of a 1990 Dodge van, was taken to a Stone County hospital after his vehicle was struck from behind by ... via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

By ROBIN FITZGERALD rfitzgerald@sunherald.com Stone County investigators have arrested two firefighters on a charge of arson. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

An expensive wrench has been thrown into plans to build a sprawling development with 8,000 single-family homes, along with retail shops, parks and lakes in Stone County. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

“I've been working out of town for about the last three or four years, and I'm very excited to get back to my hometown”

Stone County has seen a lot of progress since Hurricane Katrina. The Wiggins code office says so far this year, the city has issued more than 70 building permits. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

“You will bless us, but You will also mend our broken hearts”

"Now Heavenly Father, as we come for our county, we are heavy at heart. We are grieved," prayed The Rev. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

“He was involved in a lot of things, and of course, he enjoyed his church, and he enjoyed gospel music, and he attended a lot of gospel events from time to time”

A steady flow of people filed into the church to honor the life and memory of Duncan Ray Hatten. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

WIGGINS - Authorities have charged 34-year-old Bobby Hendrix with capital murder in the killing of former Stone County Supervisor Duncan Hatten. via Hattiesburg American

“He accomplished a lot. We are going to miss him. He was a good public servant for Stone County.”

Authorities late Tuesday were questioning a person about the murder of Duncan Hatten, a community leader and former Stone County supervisor shot dead at his home on Tuesday morning. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

Former Stone County Supervisor Duncan Hatten has been shot to death at his home in Wiggins. via WLOX-TV Biloxi