Pearl News

Pearl used to be the red-headed stepchild of the Jackson area. It had a stretch of Highway 80 littered with half-empty strip malls and fast food restaurants.

PEARL, Miss -- Former Jaguars wide receiver Jimmy Smith has been sentenced to six years for cocaine and firearms possession.

Depth coupled with some fantastic individual efforts helped produce two second-place finishes for the Oxford Chargers and Lady Chargers at Saturday's MHSAA Class 5A state meet held at Pearl High School.

The Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy in Pearl isn't the most aesthetically appealing place to train officers these days, its director, Pat Cronin, concedes.

METRO JACKSON - The Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy in Pearl isn't the most aesthetically appealing place to train officers these days, its director, Pat Cronin, concedes.

PEARL, Miss.- A Ridgeland teenager has been arrested at the Rankin County prison for allegedly having marijuana while attempting to visit his sister.

The Mississippi Braves roughed up starter Eric Jokisch, the Chicago Cubs' organization player of the month for April, and the Tennessee Smokies on Saturday night with an 8-0 Southern League victory in Pearl, Miss.

Three Tennessee Smokies pitchers gave up just three hits, one through 8 1/3 innings, Thursday night in a 7-0, Southern League victory against the Mississippi Braves in Pearl, Miss.

Horses- in a herd of a dozen horses were found malnourished and in need of attention in a Brandon pasture on Mississippi 471 between East Deer Ridge and Grants Ferry Road.

One year ago Wednesday, Detective Mike Walter, 37, suffered a fatal gunshot wound in the shootout that also injured two other officers -- Dave McCarley and Shaun Terwilliger.

Four people, including two from Pearl, were killed in an accident in Sunflower County over the weekend.

Dignitaries who will speak at the ceremony include Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, U.S. Rep.