Vancleave News

Two men were arrested on a drug charge shortly after authorities received a report of a man they had been with died of drug-related causes, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department.

Police announced Thursday that they have temporarily shut down Camilia's Personal Care Home and arrested the owner and her son on obstruction of justice and other charges, a move that came less than two weeks after the owner's brother, a convicted felon, was accused of raping a mentally handicapped patient there.

The state Department of Transportation is looking at an alternate route for Mississippi 15 that would take it across west Jackson County, from just above Interstate 110 to a little north of Vancleave.

Day 2 of the 61st Annual Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo was all about the cobia.

Alcohol is suspected of being a factor in an apparent drowning Wednesday morning on Bluff Creek, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

A report of a man driving under the influence led to his arrest on a meth-related charge, according to Jackson County Sheriff's Department reports.

Gary Bourgeois has been named the USPTA Mississippi Coach of the Year in tennis.

On June 11, during a ceremony on the Jackson County campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, more than 20 local students were presented with scholarships by the Gautier Rotary Club.

Authorities have arrested a former bookkeeper on a charge of embezzling more than $100,000 from the Home of Grace, a Christian drug and alcohol recovery program in Vancleave.

For the past two years, Travis Brown of Big Point has been the manager of Bluff Creek Nursery in Vancleave.

Hitchhikers charged in the capital murder of Thomas Corbin of Vancleave have admitted to robbing and beating him in a hotel room at Crystal Inn, a detective testified Friday.

A traffic stop early Thursday morning resulted in the arrest of a Vancleave man on a meth manufacturing charge, said Jackie Trussell, an agent with the Narcotics Task Force of Jackson County.

A Vancleave woman told authorities that she forgot to take a bag of marijuana out of her purse before she tried to go through the security checkpoint at the Jackson County Courthouse on Tuesday, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department.

Mikki Lloyd is fortunate to love both her jobs. For nearly two years, Lloyd has worked as a registered nurse at Ocean Springs Hospital.

Jackson County sheriff's deputies are investigating a series of home burglaries in the county, according to Sheriff's Department reports.

South Mississippi is singing the blues, loud and long, with "Come and pick 'em!" as the most popular refrain.

It looks pretty much as it did a couple of generations ago, and 101 Boy Scouts will leave Camp Wilkes today with the same life skills their fathers and grandfathers learned at camp plus high-tech computer and up-to-date environmental education.

Martha and Henry Turner planted their first blueberry bush 18 years ago and today run the U-pick-'em Spring Lake Berry Farm in Vancleave.

Illegal drugs impaired a Lucedale driver who died from a crash that left her two children trapped in a submerged SUV, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

Three suspects were arrested recently by the Pearl River county Sheriff's Department for illegal drug activity.