Area News
County municipal elections set
McLain ballot will be county’s largest, while Leakesville officials all unopposed From Staff Reports Two of the mayors serving Greene County’s three municipalities are facing challenges for re-election this year. The deadline for candidates to qualify for the May 2 municipal primaries was Friday. Leakesville Mayor George Perkins was the only Greene County mayor not…
Read MoreOperation Showtime nabs 18 on drug charges
From Staff Reports Law enforcement officers on Thursday announced a large roundup of suspected drug traffickers culminating from a 6-month operation they are calling Operation Showtime. The 6-month investigation was a joint operation between the newly-formed Southeast Mississippi Narcotics Task Force (SMNTF) and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotic (MBN). Operation Showtime has so far resulted in…
Read MoreJury finds McCarty guilty of capital murder and desecration of corps
From Staff Reports Welford Lee ‘Levi’ McCarty will spend the remainder of his life in jail after being found guilty Thursday morning in Greene County’s first capital murder trial in over two decades. A Greene County jury returned verdict of guilty against McCarty Thursday morning on charges of capital murder and desecration of human corpse…
Read MoreANNEXATION UPDATE – Citizens’ group asks BOS to help pay legal fees in fighting town’s proposal
By RUSSELL TURNER Herald Editor The Greene County Board of Supervisors is considering a request to help pay legal fees incurred by a citizens’ group fighting the Town of Leakesville’s annexation efforts. Pine Level resident Rodney Courtney, a spokesperson representing the group known as Citizens for the Betterment of Greene County, proposed the idea to county…
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