Heidelberg News

"At 54 years of age, I was too young to retire and just do nothing," said Taylor.

Members of the Beaver Meadow Choir in Heidelberg sing praises to God during SundayA's Dr.

Jail Docket Sunday Warren Clinton, 36, warrants for possession of marijuana, suspended driver's license and no driver's license, and no insurance and driving while license suspended.

It turns out there is life after death for the old King Edward Hotel, for decades the home away from home for hundreds of the state's lawmakers.

Those participating in the ground breaking ceremony for the Ellisville multipurpose building are State Representative Gary Staples; Bill Felder, a representative from Congressman Gene TaylorA's office; EDA Chair Marlo Dorsey; Mississippi Development Authority Director Gray Swoope; Ellisville Mayor Tim Waldrup; and Jones County Board of Supervisor ...

When a mischievous 14-year-old Patrick Hogan crept behind the King Edward Hotel's boarded up doors, he found all the accoutrements of dilapidation and squalor - a stench-laden den of homeless people, signs of drug use, broken glass, emptied bottles.

A Jasper County family is without a home following a Thursday night fire. Heidelberg Fire Chief Prentiss Henley said the fire occurred around 8 p.m. Thursday on Highway 528 west of Heidelberg in Jasper County.

By Jennifer Jacob Brown jbrown@themeridianstar.com When a small town of 1,500 sits shoulder-to-shoulder with a city of 40,000, the larger town is bound to steal the spotlight most of the time, and the town of Marion has seen no exception.

Heidelberg Mayor Juan Barnett continues to give to the community as he hosted his seventh annual Thanksgiving dinner for the elderly.

Members of the Mississippi Attorney General's Office visited Laurel Monday as part of a state-wide initiative to educate the public on the services provided by the state agency.

Woodie Assaf was more than a longtime weatherman. "He was a person who used the tool of television to help people," said Dan Modisett, general manager of WLBT-Channel 3 in Jackson.

No injuries were reported in a Wednesday afternoon explosion at a Jasper County oil well site.

PASCAGOULA a ' Singing River Health System will celebrate the beginning of construction of the 70,000-square-foot Singing River Medical Park with a ceremonial dirt dumping Nov.

Some voters in this Jasper County community elected their representative for District 4 on the East Jasper School Board.

Some voters in this Jasper County community will be going to the polls today to elect their representative on the East Jasper School Board.

Students saying no to drugs is the goal of organizers of Red Ribbon Week activities at Heidelberg High School in the East Jasper School District.

Heidelberg Mayor Juan Barnett, Heidelberg Alderwoman Carolyn McFarland and Heidelberg Police Sgt.

Students in the East Jasper School District remembered those who lost their lives eight years ago during what has become known as 9-11. The America Reads Mississippi group of William J. Berry Elementary in Heidelberg hosted "The National Day of Service and Remembrance" Friday.

The Laurel Police Department has apprehended its third suspect in a recent weekend drive-by shooting.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 08/31/2009 8:19 AM Saturday night I went to the meeting of Madison's Glenn Beck fan club - the local 9.12ers group - organized by fellow MHS alumnus Jason Bjorklund .