Amite County News

After spending time in prison for selling drugs, Charles Ashley began a new life selling perfume from his car.

Tom Allen has served as Mississippi State University Extension plant pathologist since May, 2007.

A New Orleans man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2006 robbery of a Trustmark Bank office in Gloster.

All of Mississippi's public school districts that closed this week because of Hurricane Gustav will reopen Monday.

Forty-four counties and 46 cities in Mississippi have declared local emergency proclamations, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said today.

Mississippi health officials report that the number of West Nile virus cases in the state is up sharply.

An 18-wheeler trailer overturned this morning at an intersection where such incidents are all too common.

Two local judges were elected to office at the Mississippi Justice Court Judges Association convention at Biloxi last week.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe, a film based on the popular television series about two FBI agents who investigate paranormal cases, lands in movie theaters today.

The cost of getting an education is high, and with gas prices hovering near $4 a gallon, just getting to school has never been more expensive.

Lions, tigers and bears. Oh my! The line from the screenplay of "The Wizard of Oz" conjures up all kinds of wondrous childhood spooks.

An Amite County man, not wearing his seat belt, died after being ejected from his pickup over the weekend.

Some of Mississippi's most popular bass fishing lakes, including Ross Barnett Reservoir, have benefitted from a excellent year of Florida bass production at the state's new hatchery.

A Magnolia, Mississippi dentist has been shot to death. Amite County authorities arrested his live-in female companion and charged her with the crime. via WLBT-TV Jackson

Amite County Sheriff Timothy Perkins said a domestic dispute led to the shooting death of Magnolia dentist this morning. via The Clarion-Ledger