Grenada County News

The Rev. Jimmy Stauddy and his caregiver, Martha Stoker, were killed a week ago in an apparent argument over $8 needed to purchase illegal drugs, according to Grenada County Sheriff Alton Strider.

An arrest has been made in a double homicide in Grenada County. Sheriff Alton Strider tells the Greenwood Commonwealth that 22-year-old John Wayne McChriston has been charged with capital murder.

Attorney General Jim Hood says a Grenada police officer has been arrested on charges of sexual battery of a minor.

The Grenada County sheriff says a retired police investigator and his caregiver were found stabbed to death Sunday in the former officer's home in a rural community.

Members of a tiny church in the rural Mississippi Delta are mourning the loss of their pastor who was found stabbed to death in his own home this past weekend.

The Grenada County sheriff said a retired police investigator and his caregiver were found stabbed to death Sunday in the former officer's home in a rural community.

As a part of Tornado Awareness Month , the Jackson Weather Examiner will review severe storms that affected the state throughout the month of November.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for death row inmate Anthony Doss, reversing a ruling it handed down last December.

A strong to severe line of storms moved into Western Mississippi, just before noon and swept east across the state with damaging winds and possible tornadoes, with Northern Mississippi, receiving the brunt of the severe weather.

THE GRENADA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY RECEIVED A CALL AROUND 5:50 P.M TUESDAY.

GRENADA COUNTY JAIL IS FACING A PROBLEM THAT MANY OTHER JAILS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE DEALING WITH AT VARIOUS LEVELS.

IN GRENADA COUNTY, SEVEN CASES OF SWINE FLU HAVE NOW BEEN REPORTED. ACCORDING TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THREE CASES OF SWINE FLU WERE CONFIRMED IN THE COUNTY LAST WEEK.

Work is expected to be completed by the end of the year on 220-acre drop zone at Camp McCain for the training of special forces and paratroopers.

In a time when cotton has been relegated to back seat status for most Mississippi producers, Coley Little Bailey Jr., and his father, Coley, still grow just one crop: cotton.

Work is expected to be completed by the end of the year on 220-acre drop zone at Camp McCain in Grenada County for the training of special forces and paratroopers.

On Saturday, Aug. 15, Asian soybean rust was confirmed in multiple Mississippi counties.

Acting U.S. Attorney Stan Harris announced that Charles W. Gavin and Charles McCullough were sentenced in U.S. District Court today on charges of conspiring to commit murder for hire.

A JOINT COUNTY AND STATE JAIL IS COMING TO GRENADA COUNTY. GRENADA COUNTY RECEIVED A ZONING PERMIT TO BUILD A NEW COUNTY IN THE CITY OF GRENADA.

Sentencing has been rescheduled for two men convicted of conspiring to hire a Detroit hit man to kill a Mississippi prosecutor.

In a couple of weeks, a gaggle of governors and national media will be here. But likely, we're all going have to work hard to get things cleaned up after this weekend, as Fourth of July revelers are likely to trash our beaches.