Pearl River County News

The city of Picayune is taking steps to annex the local airport. The city council approved the annexation this past week.

Pearl River County Supervisor Charles Culpepper has died. Culpepper had been battling pancreatic cancer.

When St. Tammany Box Co., 205 Street A, in the Picayune Industrial Park,, moved to Picayune on Aug.

A group of Bienville Community residents in Hancock County, together with Pearl River County residents who live nearby, are fighting the proposed establishment of a liquor store at a closed former quick stop at North Bienville Road and Mississippi Highway 43 South.

Six bridge locations along Interstate 59 in Pearl River County are being widened.

Two deaths were reported over the weekend, one involved a man accidentally shooting himself with a loaded gun, while the second involved a woman who is believed to have died of natural causes days before she was found.

Twelve Pearl River County deputies have spent a week training to be prepared for any situation that will require swift law enforcement response.

Jackson County is paying to have about 55 inmates from its Adult Detention Center housed in another county jail to help alleviate overcrowding over the short term, officials have confirmed.

Cleanup of about eight drainage areas in Pearl River County is expected to help reduce flooding during heavy rains.

Residents of Pearl River and Hancock Counties should be prepared for the effects of what was Hurricane Ida, which at press time was classified as a tropical storm.

A local event to honor veterans of the United States armed forces started three years ago at a fallen soldier's funeral procession.

Forty-four Jackson County prisoners were scheduled to be transferred to the Pearl River County jail late Monday or early Tuesday, said Sheriff David Allison, who asked supervisors on Monday to sign a contract with Jackson County in connection with the transfer.

An ongoing dispute escalated into a fight Monday afternoon at a home in Hide-A-Way Lake.

A report of suspected drug activity led to the arrest of two suspects alleged to have been engaged in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Creel announces candidacy I, Margie Montgomery Creel, am pleased to officially announce that I seek re-election to the Pearl River County School Board, District 5. I have been honored and privileged to serve this community over my last term and I humbly ask for your support on Nov.

Incumbent Pearl River County District 5 school board member Margie Creel will face off with challenger Twila Crabtree in a Pearl River County school board election on Tuesday.

The inmate who walked away from his job post at the Pearl River County jail was found the next day in Alabama.

The burglary of a warehouse in Picayune led to the arrest of three suspects by the Pearl River County Sheriff's Department.

A Pearl River County jail inmate who escaped Sunday is back in custody and faces a new felony charge.

Two arrests made following traffic stops on Interstate 59 earlier this month resulted in the seizure of more than two pounds of cocaine and a vehicle that was listed as having been stolen in New Orleans.