Simpson County News

Mickey Berry has been elected to Simpson County's District 4 supervisor's post three times - each time as a Democrat.

JACKSON a ' Simpson County's Republican contingent got a bit bigger today. At a press conference at the Mississippi Republican Party building in Jackson, chairman Brad White announced that seven of the county's elected officials were switching their party affiliations from Democrat to Republican.

Six public officials in Simpson County have switched from the Democratic party to the Republican party.

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the decision by seven Simpson County elected officials to switch from Democrat to Republican comes at the right time.

Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s nominees for police and fire chiefs are familiar faces that were both approved by city leaders.

Madison County will greet the new year with a change in its appointed leadership.

For the first time in eight years, Brad Smith missed the opening morning of archery season to work.

Longtime Simpson County Coroner Bobby Williams died early Friday morning at his home in Magee.

Stressing the relationship between good roads and economic growth, members of the American Council of Engineering Companies in Jackson held its biennial legislative breakfast Wednesday at Lake Terrace Convention Center.

Three of the four suspects in Monday's drive-by shooting on Hardy Street made their initial appearance in Justice Court on Wednesday.

Investigators said the slaying of a Simpson County chicken farmer and volunteer firefighter was brutal and baffling.

What's the most critical transportation need in the state? According to MDOT its new bridges.

A Missouri fugitive who allegedly tried to run down a sheriff and a deputy at a roadblock has been captured.Authorities say 37-year-old Daniel Jaggers Jr.

A Missouri fugitive accused of violating parole was caught in Mississippi after he tried to run over a sheriff and a deputy at a roadblock, authorities said.

A Missouri fugitive who allegedly tried to run down a sheriff and a deputy at a roadblock has been captured.Authorities say 37-year-old Daniel Jaggers Jr.

The death of a man found in the Strong River has been ruled a homicide. Simpson County Coroner Bobby Williams says Flynt Lee died from a single gun shot wound to the shoulder.

The death of a man found in the Strong River has been ruled a homicide. Simpson County Coroner Bobby Williams says Flynt Lee died from a single gun shot wound to the shoulder.

What appears to be a homicide investigation is shaping up in Simpson County. The body of a Mendenhall man, who had been missing over the weekend, has been found in the Strong River below a bridge on Everett Church Road.

The death of a man found in the Strong River has been ruled a homicide. Simpson County Coroner Bobby Williams says Flynt Lee died from a single gun shot wound to the shoulder.

The Simpson County Sheriff's Department said that a burned, bullet-riddled car led them to the discovery of a body.