McComb News

In the latest twist, the Mississippi Parole Board has revealed that it didn't reject David Glenn Gatlin's request for parole 10 days before it was granted by Barbour, as initially reported.

At least 12 fire units from multiple counties and two states responded to fully engulfed fire at the former Georgia Pacific paper mill Wednesday night.

Portland Community College will be bringing in Mississippi Civil Rights veteran Hollis Watkins to speak the week of Feb.

MCCOMB, Miss. -- A National Transportation Safety Board reports finds a former McComb heart surgeon had been drinking before his airplane crashed in a creek, killing him and two of his relatives last year.

The Natchez Democrat staff won 16 total awards, including five first-place awards and second in the overall advertising excellence category, at the Mississippi Press Association's Mid-Winter Conference Better Newspaper Advertising Awards luncheon Saturday.

When the 10-year veteran Natchez Police chief walked away from his office this fall, his salary was lower than that of many other chiefs in the state, including those serving smaller communities.

If you can look at a dented, chipped, dusty piece of furniture that's been in someone's garage for... MCCOMB - Anthony McCray Jr.

An investigation has determined that a Lufkin doctor crashed his plane because he had been drinking, causing the death of himself and two other people.

Authorities in Kenner located 25-year-old Damion Ferguson in a house. He will be extradited to Pike county to face armed robbery and attempted armed robbery charges.

Many apologies for failing to blog about Nietzsche and American funerals last night.

"None of us knew we were making history we just wanted to bring about change, we just wanted a different life," said Brenda Travis, a civil rights activist.

The civil rights office started by Mickey and Rita Schwerner in Meridian is being restored and turned into a center to reach out to students in the community - just as that office did almost a half century ago.

Author J. Moffett Walker , a resident of Clinton, Mississippi, will be presenting at Clinton's library on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 12:00 pm .

Environmental permits for the town's sewage lagoons have expired, and officials must come up with a plan this year to treat wastewater.