Perry County News

A Hattiesburg man allegedly shot at club security in the Remington's Hunt Club parking lot early Friday morning.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Jackson County will celebrate its bicentennial on Dec. 18, 2012. Throughout this year, The Mississippi Press will republish a series of stories about the histories of our local communities, beginning with today's feature on Americus -- the first county seat.

If you can look at a dented, chipped, dusty piece of furniture that's been in someone's garage for... A Forrest County petit jury found a Hattiesburg man guilty of sale and possession with intent of spice - a synthetic, marijuana-like substance recently outlawed in Mississippi.

Gerald Jamaine Taylor, 28, and Drakkar L. Fleming, 19, both pleaded not guilty to the May 28 slaying of Edward Leo Cameron.

A Mississippi judge has temporarily blocked the release of 21 inmates who had been given pardons or medical releases by Republican Haley Barbour in one of his final acts as governor.