Vancleave News

Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said alcohol and drugs could be factors in a two-vehicle head-on collision Saturday night that claimed the life of a Vancleave man.

Alcohol and drugs could be factors in a two-vehicle head-on collision Saturday night that claimed the life of a Vancleave man, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said Sunday.

A Hancock County dirt-hauling contractor, hired to supply fill dirt for the new high school, said he wants to save taxpayers money by using dirt off property he owns in Vancleave.

One person is dead after a two car collision on Jim Ramsey Road Saturday evening.

Troy Frisbie defeated longtime incumbent Thomas Tootle in Tuesday's election for a spot on the Jackson County School District's board of trustees representing District 5, according to unofficial election results.

South Mississippi families had a chance to get rid of their leftover Halloween candy Monday, for a good cause.

Two major road projects in Jackson County will begin in 2010, a Mississippi Department of Transportation engineer told Jackson County leaders Monday.

State Rep. Jeff Guice said Monday night that people along the existing route for Mississippi 15 want to keep their state highway as much as the people of Latimer want to keep it out of their community.

Gautier Fire Chief Michael Gray has been suspended with pay after an insurance audit allegedly found he'd listed his ex-wife as a dependent, costing the city nearly $140,000. Gray attorney Keith Miller denied the allegation and said he'd seek a civil service investigation if the city fired Gray.

Jackson County sheriff's deputies are investigating a series of vehicle and home burglaries and at least one vehicle theft over the weekend, according to Sheriff's Department reports.

The Gulf Coast Messiah Chorus has announced that singers are needed for the Messiah Chorus Christmas season.

Jackson County sheriff's deputies are searching for suspects in several recent vehicle and residential burglaries in the county, according to Jackson County Sheriff's Department reports.

A homeless woman was jailed on a felony charge accusing her of stealing a diamond ring from a Vancleave home, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

Oct. 13 - A homeless teen is accused of stealing a $1,400 diamond ring from a Vancleave homeowner.

SUMRALL - A Hattiesburg Public Schools employee pleaded no contest today to indecent exposure.

Matthew and Hanna Mayfield were perfectly at home in their house in Eagle Point in Ocean Springs.

A sex offender was back in jail Tuesday, this time charged with felony computer luring of a person under the age of 18 for sexual purposes, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

A three-time convicted sex offender stands accused of posing as a 13-year-old boy on the Internet while trying to get a 15-year-old girl to send him nude photographs and meet him for sex, investigators said today.

Jackson County supervisors decided Monday to help the county's Amateur Radio Association in its efforts to use an old federal communication tower in Vancleave for their hobby.

Investigator Eddie Clark, left, and Sgt. Chad Heck, right, gather $6,000 worth of stolen concession stand food items found while executing a search warrant on an Ocean Springs residence.