Moss Point News

Cpl. Lance Shipman kept his promise. Moss Point's mayor and aldermen last week presented medals of bravery to Shipman and officer J.D. Savage, both with the Moss Point Police Department, and Lt.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN Friday's edition of the Hattiesburg American which reported on two murder trials involving two separate incidents.

Lawyers for Jennifer Lisa Benton said in opening arguments Tuesday that she was acting in self-defense when she fatally shot husband James M. Benton four years ago.

Remika Patton's mother took the stand this morning in the murder trial of Frank D. Patton, who is accused of killing his wife.

The state Court of Appeals has thrown out the murder conviction of John Edward Johnson and ordered him resentenced for manslaughter.

Two Moss Point residents are on trial for murder in separate cases this week in Jackson County Circuit Court, with the first beginning Monday afternoon with jury selection.

Coast law enforcement saw a morning wreck in Harrison County involving the patrol car of a deputy with the Harrison County Sheriff's Department and an evening armed robbery at a store in Moss Point on Sunday.

A woman wounded by a deputy on Friday was distraught over the break-up with her former girlfriend, said Sheriff Mike Byrd.

"It just goes to show just because we go to school with him it does not mean we're the same," Moss Point High Senior India Tate told Michael Porter's daughter Wednesday.

Moss Point teenager Darwin Wells Jr. showed little emotion after being found guilty Thursday of murdering a Hattiesburg man.

PASCAGOULA Testimony is expected to begin this morning in the capital murder trial of Darwin Marquel Wells Jr.

Seven people associated with a medical clinic have been indicted for alleged Medicaid and Medicare fraud and federal authorities seized millions of dollars in cash and property in Mississippi and Texas, court records said.

Circuit Court Judge Dale Harkey has denied a final request for a change of venue in the capital murder trial of Darwin M. Wells, 16, one of four teens accused in the Oct.

Moss Point parks are about to make a comeback. The city is working on a new plan to upgrade its parks and recreational facilities damaged by Katrina and suffering from a lack of maintenance.

PASCAGOULA - Jury selection got under way today in the capital murder trial of 16-year-old Darwin Wells, accused in the 2008 killing of Michael David Porter of Hattiesburg.

MOSS POINT, Miss. - Jackson County Coroner Vicki Broadus said a contract worker from Louisiana died Saturday night following a scaffolding accident at a V.T. Halter Marine, Inc., project site.

Trial is scheduled to begin Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court for a 16-year-old accused in the slaying of a Hattiesburg man killed last year after he stopped at a Moss Point gas station to ask directions to a football game.

John McCanlis has gratefully volunteered with Moss Point's Fall-de-Rah, an autumn-themed decorative riverfront display, since 1996.

More than a year ago, playwright Alvin Moore pitched organizers of the International Black Film Festival of Nashville the idea of showing the film of his live stage play, "A Mother's Prayer," during their 2009 festival.

Tuesday was a learning experience for 30 Moss Point High students. They spent the morning 'on the job' at AT&T's customer service center in Ocean Springs.