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A former law enforcement officer in Mississippi has been arrested in Louisiana for allegedly impersonating an officer.

Lucedale, Mississippi is on the national radar. The George County softball team landed on MaxPreps’ newest national top 25 ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Monday morning, Mississippi State University officially broke ground on the Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center, a first-of-its kind facility in Mississippi dedicated to ...

A man who escaped a Puerto Rican prison nearly 40 years ago was taken into custody in Florida, according to the Lee County ...

Seventy-one-year-old Nevin Whetstone is back in custody three days after he escaped the Mississippi State Penitentiary at ...

Whetstone was captured with the help of local, state, and federal authorities, according to MDOC. Whetstone is serving a life ...

An inmate who escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) was captured in Sunflower County on Friday, March 7.

PARCHMAN, Miss. (WTVA) — The manhunt for a Parchman prison escapee is over. Authorities captured Nevin Whetstone, 71, west of ...

Nevin Whetstone, who is serving life for the 1983 murder of Loretta Darlene Steele in Lee County, was recaptured Friday.

Three days after escaping from Parchman prison, a man serving a life sentence was recaptured in the same county.

Nevin Whetstone is serving a life sentence for capital murder committed in Lee County. He remains on the loose from prison.