He replaces Stacey Pickering, who resigned recently to become executive director of the Mississippi State Veterans Affairs Board.

The escapee was serving two consecutive life sentences for the murders of Carmen Dale Edwards and Kenneth Gibson in Biloxi and Gulfport in 2014.

Wilson was sentenced to two life sentences in September 2015 for killing two people in coastal Harrison County a year earlier.

Barbershop owner, Jill Lewie Case, sadly doesn't have insurance and will have to foot the bill for the "unhappy customers."

During the 2017 Fourth of July enforcement period, the patrol investigated 183 crashes with three fatalities.

If you are in the left lane and have a bunch of cars stuck behind you and encounter an officer, chances are you will get pulled over.

The office runs a program to help the state's 82 counties build and maintain roads and bridges that are not owned by the state.

If you know or have seen anything, call the Jones County Sheriff's Department at 601-425-0223.

A number of witnesses already jailed for their parts in Broadus' 2015 death testified to the suspect's guilt.

Lawmakers will decide whether and how to cover the state's share in the 2019 legislative session, months before elections.

First responders performed life saving measures and airlifted him to a hospital, where he died.

In her resignation letter released Friday, 77-year-old Thomas says she has tried to serve with "respect, integrity, accountability and sincere humility."

Agent Fred Herndon says moonshining has increased, blaming the Discovery Channel show Moonshiners.

Mississippi still struggles with 30 percent of children living in poverty.

Support from Rankin County turned what would have been a comfortable victory for the 48-year-old Guest into a blowout over runoff opponent Whit Hughes.

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is warning that turnout could be abysmal in Tuesday's runoff.

The Boston Herald reports that the victim's father, Marco Rodriguez, shouted "coward" at one of the defendants being led from the courtroom.

A major in the Air National Guard, Pickering has repeatedly been deployed in his role as a chaplain.

No other injuries were reported. Diamondhead is 30 miles west of Biloxi.

Under proposed rules, casinos would pay state and local taxes, worth 12% of the wagers minus payouts.

Speakers will include Till's cousin Wheeler Parker, now 79. Parker was an eyewitness to Till's 1955 abduction.

President Donald Trump nominated former Pike County Sheriff Mark Shepherd of McComb for the position.

The two sisters' religious orders, based in Nazareth, Kentucky, and Milwaukee, have opposed the death penalty because it contradicts Catholic teaching.