JPD continues recovery of two men who drowned
Jackson officials are searching for two men who went under water in the river behind the Water Treatment plant and never came back up. ...
Tag : Pearl River
36,000 lbs of trash removed in first-ever Pearl River Clean Sweep
by Jared Bounds
Over 1,000 volunteers swarmed the Pearl River this weekend. Working in teams, they dragged litter, debris, trash and other pollutants out of the river that...
Volunteers gear up to “sweep” Pearl River of growing filth
by Jared Bounds
Cleanup teams dispatched from 30 locations along the Pearl River will take to the water this September in the first Pearl River Clean Sweep. The...
Location on Peal River to be dedicated as Natural Area
by Sarah Ulmer
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss.- Wildlife Mississippi, USDOT Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the Mississippi Department of Transportation plan to dedicate a natural area on the Pearl...
Body found in Pearl River
by Sarah Ulmer
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss.- A body was pulled from the Pearl River Thursday morning near Tommy’s Trading Post....
Drowning in the Pearl River: Teenager Drowns in Leake County at a Familiar Spot
by kim
LEAKE COUNTY, Miss.–A drowning Monday afternoon in Leake County is a reminder that the water is a dangerous place, especially in the summer. It’s a...
Drowning on the Pearl River: Kosciusko Man Dies Saving Daughter
by kim
LEAKE COUNTY, Miss.–Saving his little girl’s life was the last mission of Julius Reed, 41, of Kosciusko. He died Thursday on the Pearl River near...
Bringing White Tail Deer Into Mississippi Puts Louisiana Men in Hot Water
by kim
PEARL RIVER, La.–Chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis, the two reasons bringing white tail deer into Mississippi is illegal. Now three men from Louisiana and...