Area News

By ANNETTE HARVISONHerald Correspondent Turkey Fork Reservoir and the Sand Hill community have welcomed a few evacuees from the wrath of Hurricane Irma. Many residents of the state of Florida were given the orders to evacuate, and with that came mass traffic congestion on southern highways. Knowing the hurricane was supposed to miss Mississippi, some of…

From Staff Reports Accused killer Matthew Moberg has been extradited from Alabama and is being held without bail in the George-Greene Regional Correctional Facility in Lucedale. Moberg, 22, of Wilmer, Ala., is facing a capital murder charge in connection with the death of Brian Parker, of Semmes, Ala. Moberg is accused of bringing Parker across…

    From Staff Reports Harley Reigh Prentiss will serve 15 years in prison for the 2012 sexual battery of a defenseless teenage girl. That was the ruling passed down Thursday by Judge Kathy King Jackson in Greene County Circuit Court. Judge Jackson sentenced Prentiss to the state-recommendation of 20 years, but ordered the 20-year-old…

    By RUSSELL TURNER Herald Editor Charges against a Mobile County man linked to the death of a 16-year-old whose body was discovered in Greene County last week have been upgraded to capital murder. Sheriff Stanley McLeod confirmed just after 11 a.m. Friday that his office was charging 22-year-old Matthew Moberg, of Wilmer, with…

              By ANNETTE HARVISON Herald Correspondent Members of the Sand Hill School Class of 1967 remembered one of their fallen classmates during their recent class reunion. That classmate, PFC Ronnie Dale Fulmer, was drafted for the Vietnam War and did not return home. Sue Turner, an SHS alumnus and former…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi officials are rolling out new ideas for pay for roads and bridges. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says a lottery is one possibility, while House leaders are proposing a local fuel tax, subject to approval by voters in cities or counties. Mississippi is one of six states…

  From Staff Reports A Greene County native is celebrating the publication of her first novel and will be back in her old stomping grounds later this month to discuss the book and enjoy the moment with friends and family. Mary Shepard Abraham’s first novel, Where the Creek Runs, is a story about the complexity…

By RUSSELL TURNER Herald Editor Greene County Sheriff Stanley McLeod said Tuesday he needs the community’s help in finding those responsible for two recent heists in Neely and bringing them to justice. McLeod said the burglaries occurred at separate properties along Old Hwy. 24 in Neely over the past few weeks, but he believes the two…

  By JEFF AMY, Associated Press LEAKESVILLE (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections announced Tuesday that a hunger strike at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution at Leakesville has ended, as the prison system continues to push a crackdown on contraband there and elsewhere. The announcement came eight days after officials said 11 maximum security inmates had…