Rankin County News

It's that time again, when families are getting ready to cook Thanksgiving meals.

News Channel 12 and Michael Guest join forces to launch a new crime fighting tool for residents in Rankin County.

An Arizona woman accused of transporting explosives and guns through Rankin County on Tuesday is being held in the county jail on a $250,000 bond.

Authorities in the central Mississippi city of Pearl say they've arrested an Arizona woman after allegedly discovering grenades and several assault rifles in a vehicle she was driving.

JACKSON - Mississippi's mental hospital isn't properly equipped to handle a death row inmate whose execution was blocked by a federal judge, who ruled the inmate was insane, state authorities argued in court records.

Three Mendenhall men have been charged in connection with the slaying of a Simpson County poultry farmer, authorities said.

State highway officials have reopened one lane of Interstate 20 eastbound at Pelahatchie in Rankin County on Tuesday after a tractor-trailer rig overturned.

Mississippi parents expect their tax money to pay for their children's education, but a WAPT 'Who's Accountable?' investigation showed that a lot of taxpayer money goes to keeping the system going and may not reach students in the classroom.

A Ross Barnett Reservoir-area panel joined the chorus of groups opposed to apartments being built at a site near Spillway and Old Fannin roads.

Mississippi's K-12 administrators may have to look at personnel if there is another round of budget cuts this fiscal year, superintendents said.

The Mississippi Department of Health has reported another death from the West Nile virus in Mississippi.

Swine flu shots remain in demand across the state with some clinics temporarily running out of the vaccine.

It used to be a thriving water park, but now the old Rapids on the Reservoir is an icon of disdain for Rankin county residents.

The debate over health care reform has local residents rallying for and against the bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday.

A Madison title insurance company is accusing two brothers of committing mortgage fraud and leading the title company to issue fraudulent title insurance policies in Madison County and elsewhere in the state.

Two groups on the opposite ends of the political spectrum are holding rallies in central Mississippi this weekend to discuss national health care legislation.

The Piney Woods School choir, the Cotton Blossoms, sang for the Board of Supervisors this morning, where the Board presented school leaders with a resolution commending the school's 100 years of service.

Former teacher Sheral Smith, who is charged with statutory rape, is being held at the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield, where she will undergo a psychiatric evaluation, according to her attorney.

Former private school teacher Sheral Smith's trial will be delayed until she undergoes a mental evaluation.

A former private school teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy has suffered a mental breakdown, according to her attorney.