CRIME & SAFETY
UPDATE: Gulfport man handed death sentence for murder of 2-year-old stepson
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Just one day after being found guilty for the capital murder of his 2-year-old stepson Hayden Lee Bataille, 41-year-old Joseph David Heard has been sentenced to death. Joseph and his wife Hailey Leann Heard, 24, were first taken into custody in January 2022 after Hayden was...
Official resigns after guilty plea to drug conspiracy in Mississippi and North Carolina vape shops
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A city council member in south Mississippi is leaving office after pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge related to running a business that sold illegal drugs in his home state and North Carolina. Robert Leon Deming, III, announced his resignation from the Biloxi City Council on Tuesday, according to local news outlets. […]
Sheriff’s deputies run with Special Olympians in Torch Run through downtown Natchez
NATCHEZ – Mississippi’s State Games for Special Olympics begin Friday and continue through Sunday at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi. The Special Olympics Torch arrived in Natchez Thursday morning, where a group of Area 7 Special Olympians and Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies carried it through downtown Natchez beginning at the Bluff, taking it up […] The post Sheriff’s deputies run with Special Olympians in Torch Run through downtown Natchez appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper.
Long Beach PD searching for missing 14-year-old
The Long Beach Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Ashleigh Bailes. Bailes was last seen on Sunday May 5, leaving the Daugherty Road Apartment Complex, heading south on Daugherty Road. Bailes was wearing blue jean shorts and a dark tank top. It was learned through...
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