Harrison County News

D'IBERVILLE - Undercover officers across two Coast counties came up with a solution to being recognized by the prostitutes and escort services they try to arrest or raid.

"A girl in the sixth grade pushed me down and I sprained my hand," said ten-year-old Marlon Paz.

Harrison County supervisors have found themselves in a catch-22 over the expansion of the jail.

A 32-year-old Perkinston man died in a collision with a tractor-trailer on County Farm Road in Harrison County.

Coast law enforcement saw a morning wreck in Harrison County involving the patrol car of a deputy with the Harrison County Sheriff's Department and an evening armed robbery at a store in Moss Point on Sunday.

An investigation is underway into what caused a two-car accident involving a Harrison County sheriff's deputy.

Located on Orrell Drive in Gautier, the fourth marker in our series on historic markers in our county is pending at the site of the First Henry Gautier House and actually does not as yet exist.

South Mississippi's unemployment numbers continue to drop, according to information released Wednesday by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

A look at crime and law enforcement news from the past week: n Biloxi resident Katie Lynn Murphy was arrested on felony charges of residential burglary, grand larceny and vehicle burglary in connection with a scam targeting elderly people in the Woolmarket area.

Fire protection is now just minutes away for residents who live in Northeast Harrison County.

Harrison County officials say an increase in portable meth labs has them concerned about the safety of county employees.

A Biloxi man has been charged with murder after police say an argument ended gunfire.

The Harrison County Narcotics Division arrested 30-year-old Jerry Patrick Palang of 222 Shalimar Drive in Long Beach on Tuesday.

Nearly everyone complains about the trash that litters the Coast and today thousands of people will do something about it during the 21st annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup.

A Coast policyholder is appealing to the state Supreme Court for access to Mississippi Insurance Department records that would show the dollar amount of Katrina claims denied by insurance companies.

A Long Beach woman is free on bail in an embezzlement complaint from a fast-food restaurant.

A man convicted of sex crimes, including sexual assault of a child, is accused of failing to register his address.

Harrison County sheriff's deputies have arrested four people on drug charges in unrelated incidents, two involving meth.

The Mississippi State Department of Health reports one additional human case of West Nile virus for 2009, bringing the statea TMs total to 47 with four deaths.

A Biloxi man jailed in Harrison County is accused of robbing a man last week, Biloxi Police Capt.