Brandon News

After the Memorial Day program at the Hinds County Courthouse, Jacob Maggio, 5, of Brandon pauses for a photo with his "dad doll." On it is the face of his father, Matt Maggio.

Here are the 42 Contestants who will vie for the Miss Mississippi title later this year.

Review: No real point to Foursquare, yet addictive BRANDON, Miss. It took a return to the South to get me back on Foursquare.

New Stage Theatre's The Marvelous Wonderettes features Mandy Kate Myers as Cindy Lou, Kelly Karcher as Suzy, Taylor Galvin as Missy and Brittney Morello as Betty Jean.

News of Oscar-winning actor and director Kevin Costner and his band's Jackson show in July comes just as Costner wraps up a whirlwind week of national TV appearances.

Ole Miss' SEC Tournament run came to an end Thursday morning at Regions Park with an 11-2 loss to... Brandon, Miss.

A Rankin County resident has been arrested and charged with two counts exploitation of a child, Attorney General Jim Hood said today.

The city is clearing out overgrown grass and weeds in the Pecan Ridge West subdivision at Pecan Circle to prevent problems with rodents, snakes and bugs.

When I first started working at The Clarion-Ledger, I really didn't know anything at all about the Metro area, much less Rankin County.

Richland: BancorpSouth, Bloom Floral Designs & Gifts, Vickie Chapman of Premier Jewelry, City of Richland, First Baptist Church, Forget Me Not, Lyndsea Evans, One-Way Printing, Polk's Drugs, PriorityOne Bank, Sonic Drive-in, TempStaff, Trustmark National Bank, Wright's Fruit Stand.

BRANDON, Miss. - A prison guard was killed Sunday during a riot that also injured five other correctional officers and hurt three inmates at a privately run facility in Mississippi that holds illegal immigrants, authorities said.

Source: www.cnn.com --- Sunday, May 20, 2012A Prison Riot that claimed the life of a guard continued into the late night hours Sunday at Adams County Correctional Facility in Natchez, Mississippi, with no clear word from authorities about what caused it.

BRANDON, Miss. -- Officials say a riot at a privately run federal prison in southwest Mississippi that left one guard dead and five other correctional officers and an inmate injured has been brought under control.

How to Identify Striped Bass and Hydrid Striped Ba...: Paul Johnson of Brandon says hybrid striped bass have broken lateral lines and a wider profile while the striped bass is slimmer and has continuous stripes.

Hours after the Rankin County Sheriff's Department released a composite sketch of a man wanted in connection with a string of auto burglaries, a tip came in that led to two arrests.

Jan Morgan of Starkville and a throng of fellow bicyclists make their way up County Line Road in Ridgeland late Wednesday afternoon during the fifth annual RIde of Silence.

A Police memorial luncheon was held at the Trade Mart building on the fairgrounds Tuesday noon.

BRANDON, Miss. -- A Louisiana man has been sentenced to serve eight months in prison for failing to pay support for his child in Mississippi.

The two librarians at the Flowood Library began the Happy Couponing Club last September to share tips and tricks about how-to-use coupons and to learn from participants who also use coupons.

A traveler can't get away from Foursquare app BRANDON, Miss. It took a return to the South to get me back on Foursquare.