4+ day, 36+ min ago   (301+ words) Lexington alderman Charles Earl Simmons was found guilty Wednesday of harassment and stalking during a retrial. The case involved allegations from city employees, including Deputy Clerk Brenda Powell and City Clerk Casshondra Pitchford. During the hearing, Simmons was accused of…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (90+ words) tippahnews.com The Mississippi Capitol Police announced it is recruiting a crime scene investigator and set a Sept. 18, 2026, application deadline, the agency said. The agency said the role involves working crime scenes and handling evidence. The posting encourages applicants with…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (137+ words) tippahnews.com A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of a task force to fight crime was arrested after allegedly drawing a gun on a fellow Guard member in a dispute over regulation haircuts, authorities…...

6+ day, 35+ min ago   (384+ words) Mississippi law changes how law enforcement handles missing persons cases tippahnews.com Petal, Miss. — More than 30 years after 17-year-old Angela Freeman disappeared in Petal, a new Mississippi law is altering law enforcement procedures for missing persons cases. House Bill 377, which…...

6+ day, 32+ min ago   (222+ words) The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting death of Claiborne County deputy Terrian Bailey, the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Office said Monday night. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (200+ words) tippahnews.com The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said a Claiborne County deputy was fatally shot and a female bystander was wounded during an officer-involved shooting near Hermanville. MBI said deputies were attempting to disperse a crowd in the parking lot…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (237+ words) A former senior U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services official and an accomplice were arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging they accepted nearly $960,000 in exchange for manipulating and expediting immigration benefit applications, including citizenship cases, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District…...

1+ week, 33+ min ago   (90+ words) tippahnews.com Jackson police are investigating after a man was found dead in a ditch, investigators said. Deputies responded to a home in the 2700 block of Pine Tree Drive just before 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 6 in reference to an aggravated assault, investigators…...

1+ week, 32+ min ago   (96+ words) tippahnews.com Two men were hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds after a shooting on Sunset Drive in Jackson, police said. Detective Tommie Brown with the Jackson Police Department told WJTV officers responded at approximately 10:32 a.m. on Sept. 6, 2026, to an apartment complex…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (322+ words) tippahnews.com Federal prosecutors said Kawal Preet Singh was indicted Thursday on federal drug and firearm charges after agents searched his home and a Round Table Pizza restaurant in Dinuba and seized more than 40 pounds of methamphetamine, three guns and…...