Magee News

The inauguration of the City of Laurel's newly elected officials is expected to take place Friday morning at the Arabian Theater.

Magee police are still awaiting toxicology reports on the truck driver who said that she fell asleep before the tractor-trailer hit and killed a family of four.

The driver of an 18-wheeler that struck and killed a family of four in Magee on June 23 told police she had fallen asleep at the wheel before the collision, according to the police incident report obtained this week by The Clarion-Ledger. According to the incident report, Mary Gibbs with JNJ Express in Memphis "dozed off" before hitting a van that ...

When Albert Sperath arrived as director of the University of Mississippi's University Museum, an exhibition of Theora Hamblett's tree paintings was on display.

Magee police were investigating a wreck that killed four members of an Inverness family.

Magee Police are asking for state help in investigating a fatal wreck that killed a family of four Tuesday night on U.S. 49.

The Hattiesburg American won 16 awards, including six first-place honors, in the Mississippi Press Association's annual Better Newspaper Contest.

Perhaps Lafayette teens haven't known the joy of cruising around an established route - trying to catch the eye of a certain someone.

Picayune Police Department's Street Crimes Strike Team arrested a number of suspects during an operation on Wednesday.

The Outlaws race at the Twin City Drawgway started with track surface temperature over 150 degrees, and the racing action was just as hot.

Blacks in Forrest and Lamar counties earned almost $8,000 less than whites in 2007, according to a recent study released by the American Human Development Project.

SUMRALL -The Lamar County School District went a long way to find Larry Easterling's replacement as principal at Sumrall Middle School.

Approve business zoning exception, rename tennis facility at Sportsplex and baseball field at K.C. Bottoms By Eloria Newell James, community@laurelleadercall.com The Laurel City Council confirmed several city positions Tuesday while also granting a business' zoning exception for the sale of beer.

Church members in Magee will soon have a new place of worship. Two months ago a devastating F-3 tornado tore through Magee, ripping up the countryside, and destroying Corinth Baptist Church.

ELLISVILLE - Four home dates highlight the 2009 Jones County Junior College football schedule, which was released by the school on Monday.

This weekend, Thacker Mountain Radio takes the show on the road as it hops from Oxford to Canton Square.

This year, the 800 AmeriCorps members in Mississippi have been working hard, with 75 of them devoting their time and efforts to enhancing the quality of life for residents in the Pine Belt.

LAUREL - LAUREL LITTLE THEATRE'S second production of the season, 'The Women,' will be performed at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. May 24, under the direction of Cynthia Welborn and Susan Mangum.

After 13 years in the business, I am leaving the lifestyle of journalism. Journalism ... it's not a career, not a job.

The largest state-owned military training facility received its new leader Friday.