Fayette News

FAYETTE, Miss. -- A third person has been charged with libel and released on bond in relation to an embezzlement case against a Natchez couple.

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Adams County until 3:15 p.m. According to the National Weather Service's Web site, NWS meteorologists detected a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing quarter-sized hail and damaging winds in excess of 60 miles per hour.

Charles Evers, an African American on the state Republican Executive Committee, feels the GOP is turning its back on a large segment of voters.

Five more suspects were arrested Monday in connection with a high-speed car chase in Jefferson County that ended Sunday with shots fired at sheriff's deputies.

Two Jefferson County sheriff's deputies are unharmed after being shot at early Sunday morning after suspects fled a vehicle that the deputies chased down Mississippi 28.