Deer Park, AL

JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - The life of one woman was taken in a car crash Thursday morning. Carrie Gwen Drounette, who is 47 and from Wilmer, AL, received fatal injuries from the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene. Drounette was traveling west on Highway 614 when her...

It was reported that 47-year-old Carrie Gwen Drounette of Wilmer Alabama was headed westbound on the highway in a motor vehicle. Drounette crashed into an eastbound car driven by 44-year-old Michael Urban. Drounette suffered fatal injuries and was later pronounced dead. No additional information has been provided. An ongoing investigation...

An Alabama woman died Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Jackson County, Mississippi Highway Patrol reports. About 7:30 a.m., troopers responded to a call about a fatal crash on Highway 614. A 2009 Chevy HHR driven by 47-year-old Carrie Gwen Drounette of Wilmer, Alabama, was traveling west on Highway 614...

MONROE, Ala. (WKRG) — Satsuma High School has found a new football coach, according to a Facebook post from the Satsuma City School System Thursday, June 30. Rodney Jordan comes to the Gators after serving as the assistant athletic director, assistant head football coach, offensive coordinator and strength & conditioning coordinator for Eufaula High School […]

LUCEDALE (WKRG) — A Lucedale woman will serve 10 years in prison after she pled guilty to three counts of child abuse Wednesday, June 28. Ava Keel, 34, pled guilty to the counts after a 10-year-old child was abused. Keel burned the child with a lit cigarette, smothered them with a pillow and held their head […]

GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A George County woman will spend 10 years in prison for burning a child and trying to smother the child. The Sun Herald reported Ava Jean Keel, 34, pled guilty in George County Circuit Court last week to three counts of felonious child abuse. She was sentenced to 20 years […]

Water is an appropriate thread for much of George County’s history. Early pioneers settled near water along the Pascagoula River or one of the many creeks that eventually feed into it. Last week I had the honor of presenting a program on local history at the Lucedale-George County Public...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Wilmer woman died Saturday evening in a crash on Lott Road. It happened around 6 p.m. just north of Georgetown in Mobile County. State Troopers said Donna M. Curley, 57, was killed when her vehicle left the road and hit a tree. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 6 p.m. Saturday, June 25, has claimed the life of a Wilmer woman. Donna M. Curley, 57, was fatally injured when the 2013 Nissan Frontier she was driving veered off the roadway and struck a tree. Curley...

CITRONELLE, Ala. (WKRG) – The Citronelle Police Department is working to find Jamie Ott,16, who went missing off Robert Walker Rd. CPD says Ott left the area on June 22 and was seen wearing a blue long sleeve shirt and white shorts. Ott stands at 5’7″ and weighs about 230 pounds. She has hazel eyes […]

CITRONELLE, Ala. (WPMI) — Missing. On June 22, 2022, Jamie Glenda Ott left the area of Robert Walker Road in Citronelle, AL and has not returned. She was last seen wearing a blue long sleeve shirt and white shorts. She is possibly traveling in a white pickup truck but her direction of travel is unknown at this time. If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Jamie Glenda Ott, please contact the Citronelle Police.