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Victim identified in fatal Friday shooting
From Staff Reports Details are sparse, but officials have released the identity of the man killed in a shooting near McLain on Friday. An official with the Greene County Sheriff’s office said Lewis Jerome Rockwell was discovered shot to death on Moody Chapel Road around 9:30 p.m. He is identified as a 45-year-old white male…
Read MoreAll GCSD students to receive free meals for upcoming school year
Greene County School District Child Nutrition Director Elisabeth Hollinghead said all students will receive free meals at school, however, parents still need to complete school meal applications for the 2022-2023 school year. The Greene County School District Child Nutrition Department is so excited to announce that all students will eat FREE breakfast and lunch meals…
Read MoreBear Hugs … local group sewing Teddy Bear dolls to help police comfort children in difficult situations
By ANNETTE HARVISON Herald Staff Several ladies at Neely Baptist Church have been on a mission (many missions, in fact) to make sure the smallest and most vulnerable in our communities have something to comfort them in unexpected times of need. The mission is sewing small teddy bears to donate to local law enforcement agencies, ambulance…
Read MoreLucedale man indicted on two counts of manslaughter in 2020 ATV crash that killed two
Chavers also faces new tampering with evidence charge By RUSSELL TURNER Herald Editor A Lucedale man is facing a multi-count indictment roughly 18 months after an ATV he was allegedly driving plowed through a group of people leaving a party in Leakesville, killing two and injuring others. Derrick Wayne Chavers, 37, of Lucedale, turned himself…
Read MoreRaid leads to big stash of meth, edible candies and packaging
Leakesville man, 41, charged with aggravated trafficking From Staff Reports A search warrant executed in Leakesville this week produced the big stash of hi-grade methamphetamine police were expecting. But what they weren’t expecting was the large quantity of edible cannabis gummies in packaging designed to mimic popular candy brands. Leakesville resident Christopher Sumlin,41, was…
Read MorePalazzo, Ezell headed for runoff in Republican Primary
From Staff Reports Very few of the county’s registered voters bothered to turn out for Tuesday’s Congressional Primary Elections, but the candidates they supported are moving on. Just over 14 percent of the county’s 8,119 registered voters went to their polling places on Tuesday to cast their ballots. Of those, the resounding majority threw their…
Read MoreFormer paramedic pleads guilty to sexual assaults of women in ambulance and fondling of two children
Lavelle Walley will face potential life sentence when sentenced in June From Staff and Associated Press Reports A once well-respected emergency medical provider and Greene County resident continued his fall from grace earlier this week with admissions in court to sexually-charged crimes against two young girls and multiple women under his medical care. Longtime Leakesville…
Read MoreOpting-In … BOS voices support for resident’s plan to grow medical marijuana
From Staff Reports While several municipalities and counties are ‘opting out’ of the state’s new medical marijuana program, Greene County officials are showing little sign of doing so. In fact, the county board of supervisors on Monday gave their blessing to one local businessperson looking to cash in on the new legal crop. County supervisors…
Read MoreAlcohol raid at Wild Country event brings questions, draws ire of officials
From Staff Reports A local businesswoman was cited by Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) officers on Saturday at Wild Country Off Road for allegedly selling alcohol without a permit. Tianey Lee Welford, 53, of Irvin Turner Sr. Road, Leakesville, was cited for misdemeanor possession of alcoholic beverages with the intent to resale without an ABC permit.…
Read MoreWayne Co. man with long criminal record back in jail after elderly mother badly beaten in L’ville
Woman, 74, left bleeding badly in convenience store parking lot From Staff Reports A 53-year-old man from the Battles Community of Wayne County is in jail in Greene County, accused of severely beating his 74-year-old disabled mother and leaving her bleeding badly in a convenience store parking lot. Johnny Johnson, 53, of Cleo Woodard Drive,…
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