George County receives $1.4M federal grant for economic development
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recently announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.4 million grant to the George County Board...
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Featured Methamphetamine trafficking in George County
Earlier this week agents with the Southeast Mississippi Narcotics Task Force (SMNTF) and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) arrested 33 year-old Joey Preston Mills...
Featured George County man on run after prison escape
by Alex Paton
A state inmate has escaped from a George County correctional facility. 37-year-old Eugene Robinson escaped the George County Regional Correctional Facility in Lucedale at 7...
20 people in custody after “Crackdown” operation in George County
by Alex Paton
On Thursday, the Southeast Mississippi Narcotics Task Force began serving arrest warrants for Operation “Crackdown” in the City of Lucedale and the surrounding George County....
Week 5 high school football games to watch
by Jared Bounds
High school football rankings will get shaken up tonight. Four of the top-ten teams going head to head under the lights. The top-ranked, undefeated Pearl...
Morning drug raid leads to 18 suspects arrested
by Sarah Ulmer
LUCEDALE- During an early morning drug raid 18 suspects were arrested and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy expects there to be more. ...
Cop impersonator in George County
by kim
A man in George County is impersonating a police officer. The sheriff’s department became aware of the deception after someone reported they were pulled over this...
Woman killed on ATV by train
by Sarah Ulmer
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss.- A woman was pronounced dead on the scene after being hit by a train when the ATV she was riding got stuck...
Watch Out on the Roads: Several Wrecks in Mississippi Over the Weekend
by kim
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss.–Be careful driving. There were some rough wrecks over the July 4th weekend in Mississippi, at least one of them ending with someone...
Early Sunday Showdown With Police Leaves Man Dead in George County
by kim
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss.–A stand-off with police in George County ended early Sunday with a man who was suspected of shooting his gun off around the...