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Counties with the highest unemployment in Mississippi
Despite a relatively low unemployment rate, the fear of job losses remains amid ongoing economic uncertainty. Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rates in Mississippi using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Counties are ranked by their preliminary unemployment rate in May 2024, with initial ties broken by the number of unemployed […]
Steamy and stormy start to the week with a big late week change
Temperatures remain in the 70s to kick off the week with highs projected to return to the mid 90s. With high humidity, feels like temperatures will range between 103 and 108 degrees. Hit and miss storms will be possible late in the afternoon with slightly higher chances east of Interstate 55.
OS Man Faces New Charges, More than $5 Million in Bonds for Holiday Shooting
An Ocean Springs man now faces additional criminal charges including felony child abuse, and $5.2 million in bonds following the Fourth of July shooting on Cumberland Road in the Fort Bayou Estates neighborhood. Henry William Andray, 68, turned himself in last week after investigators added additional charges. Deputy Chief Steven...
Damascus Road: Drug court changing lives, saving taxpayers ‘boatload of money’
By his own analysis, Michael Fisher, 39, just a few years ago was a “dope-selling, drug-addicted failure … homeless with a needle in my arm” who’d spent about half his life in jail, on probation or on parole. He had never even gotten a driver’s license or graduated high school.
Woodmen Life Donates New American Flags to Stone County EDP, Fire Department
ABOVE: WoodmenLife Recruiting Sales Manager Shawn Lizana, and sales representative Eddie Jenkins present a new American Flag to Miss Rhoads of the Stone County Development Partnership. The flag was replaced so that a new flag would proudly flag over the building for the 4th of July. WoodmenLife Chaper 28 is proud to make this donation. WoodmenLife standing stong for generations. BELOW: Lizana and Jenkins donate a new American Flag to fly in front of the Wiggins Fire Department. Photos contributed by WoodmenLife chapter members.
Diamondhead businesses feeling impact of roadwork
DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. (WLOX) - Orange cones along the interstate in Hancock County are becoming a well-familiar sight for drivers and a headache for business owners. “I’m definitely seeing less people coming from south of I-10 because there’s no way of getting here,” Matt Skaer said. Skaer is...
Man arrested for fatal shooting near Chastain Drive in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson police arrested a 57-year-old man in connection to a fatal shooting. The shooting happened near Chastain Drive and Garvin Street on Thursday, July 11. Detective Tommie Brown said the unidentified victim was shot at the location and was pronounced deceased at the scene. According to the Hinds County Detention Center’s […]
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