A Jones County man is out on bond after being accused of “inappropriately touching” a young girl who was in his care last month.

Police Chief Tyrone Stewart and the Laurel Police Department will host their fourth annual “Fill-a-Truck” food drive at Walmart on Highway 15 on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to benefit The Good Samaritan Center’s Food Pantry & Soup Kitchen. 

Woman used sex to set up rapper who was shot

Standout Laurel High O-lineman commits to Mississippi State

Fire chief offers safety tips for cold weather, holidays

Break-in, ransacking doesn’t stop pastor/policeman from having Sunday services

Justin Henry starred in baseball a Vicksburg High before moving on to Ole Miss, where he played alongside his brother Jordan. Both were ridiculously talented athletes, but it was Justin who knew the game of baseball more than any other person I have met.

Old Gibson’s building sold for $350K

Jasper woman, 62, sexually assaulted, family offers $5,000 reward for information

Judge has ‘moral obligation’ to get 67-year-old drunk off the roadway

I don’t have a son — at least, not that I know of (I apologize for the obligatory clichéd joke of every fun-loving man in the world). And, barring some Abraham-esque miracle (or a mental lapse in Vegas), I never will. 

Today (Saturday) is the last game of the 2018 college football season as Army takes on Navy at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia at 2 p.m. on CBS in the 119th meeting between the two service academies.

HSUS official told Jones couple personal pets wouldn’t be taken

What started as a disaster over a hummingbird cake has turned into a bit of Netflix stardom for a Calhoun grandmother.

The case of a missing woman in Hattiesburg took a turn on Tuesday, with her Laurel boyfriend being charged in her disappearance.

A home was a total loss and three family dogs were missing, but a grandmother and two toddlers managed to escape a house fire in the Pendorff Commnunity early Tuesday.

Jones County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Division agents went to the Hebron Community with an arrest warrant for one suspected drug dealer, but wound up making seven arrests for drug-related offenses, a weapons violation and a burglary.

An Ellisville man who was wanted for dealing three kinds of drugs was arrested five months after the illegal substances were discovered in his residence.

A 14-year-old boy who is believed to have vandalized his school fought with officers as he was being picked up for questioning on Thursday, according to a Facebook post by the Jones County Sheriff’s Department.

A cashier in Eastabuchie may not have been putting all the money she received in the register.

City to utilize eminent domain to acquire land at Burger King

An argument over who wrote a rap song may have triggered a shooting in Jones County that reportedly put a man in a Jackson hospital.

A witness to the I-59 crash that killed three people in Pearl River County on Thanksgiving morning took to Facebook to describe the terror and helplessness — and to make a plea for changing laws after dodging death. 

Supervisors agreed to apply for funds to get seven more bridges on Jones County roads to be repaired or replaced next year.

PICAYUNE — Some West Jones fans weren’t there for kickoff because of a big wreck on I-59, but they were there for the celebration. And what a celebration it was. The Mustangs beat Picayune 21-13 for the Class 5A South State championship to punch their ticket to the state title game at The Rock.

Baby-gift-wrapped ganja had birthday card attached; some of seized stash was likely headed to local schools

The balance beam is Emma DeSantis’ favorite event in gymnastics. That’s no surprise, considering how she has been able to balance things in her life to achieve her goal of signing with the perennial national power University of Alabama.

The Jones College Fine Arts Department is continuing its partnership with the Salvation Army in providing a bit of Christmas cheer for kids in the Pine Belt. 

Sennes’ attorney questions search warrant signed by chancery court judge

NEJ star rises from Russian orphanage and death bed to take next step toward dream

Bama commit, stalwart defense have Mustangs riding high

The 35th annual Christmas at Landrum’s Homestead and Village is scheduled to begin Saturday at the iconic village on Highway 15 South in the Landrum Community.

HATTIESBURG —  The West Jones Mustangs have been bridesmaids five times in Scott Pierson’s tenure as the school’s head football coach.

A trio of Laurel teenagers who were involved in the attempted robbery of a Hispanic man got prison time instead of cash.

An Ellisville man is being accused of having sexual contact with minor children, but no details about the charges were provided by the arresting agency.

Creole mustard-crusted 

Sophomore QB Keyes has thrown for 8,025 yards, 83 TDs in 2 seasons

County paying 30% over estimate for replacement on Lower Myrick Road

Council proposing to pay part-time firefighters

Jurors fined for failure to show, get chastised by judge

Older fans will remember this. Back in the old days, when John Vaught was the Ole Miss football coach and the Rebels were ranked in the Top 10 nearly every year, the Rebels would play an annual game with Chattanooga.

A Heidelberg man was going almost 100 mph while drunk, with two children in the car, shortly after being released from prison for felony DUI, according to testimony in Jones County Circuit Court.

Burglar gets 5 years for stealing coin jug from church

Local businessman Lang Rogers was the only one to make mention of the proverbial elephant in the room at the Nov. 5 meeting of the Jones County Board of Supervisors at the courthouse in Ellisville.