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WJTV
January 16, 2018
JONES COUNTY, Miss.(WHLT) – Jones County Emergency Management is opening the FEMA 361 Safe Room due to cold temperatures. The safe room is located at 1425 Ellisville Boulevard in Laurel, MS, and will open at 3 p.m.. If you are coming from I-59 take the 93 exit and head northeast for .54 milesÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
January 14, 2018
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Jones County volunteer firefighters Saturday honored a fellow firefighter who has spent several weeks in a Jackson hospital. Volunteers from several departments and deputies with the Jones County Sheriff's Department escorted Robert Clark through Jones County on hisÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
January 8, 2018
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A fire destroyed an ambulance in Jones County on Monday afternoon. The ASAP Ambulance Service vehicle was traveling eastbound on US Highway 84 East when it experienced catastrophic mechanical failure and caught fire near the intersection of Gaitlin Jordan RoadÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
January 5, 2018
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Former Powers Fire Chief Ray Melton died Thursday after a brief illness. Melton was a founding member of the Powers Volunteer Fire Department and also served the City of Laurel as a career firefighter. Powers Fire and Rescue in Jones County announced the death in aÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
December 29, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A Jones County home was damaged by fire Friday morning. The flames broke out at the home on located at #7 J.P. Geddie Road in the Johnson Community. Fire units responded to the fire at 12:48 p.m.. Emergency responders were able to contain the damage to the livingÃÂ ...
Sacramento Bee
December 21, 2017
A series of horrific text messages both describing and depicting child abuse to Santangela Turner's infant girl led to the 26-year-old mother's arrest Monday. According to a Tuesday news release from the Jones County, Miss., Sheriff's Department, Turner sent texts saying she choked her baby girl with a carÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
December 19, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a crash in Jones County that claimed the life of an Ellisville teen Monday. MHP spokesman Chase Elkins identified 17-year-old Natalie Suggs as the person killed in the crash. Elkins said the four-vehicle crash happenedÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
December 19, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A Jones County woman is behind bars after reports of child abuse to an infant. Santangela Turner, 26, was arrested and charged with felonious child abuse Monday, Dec. 18. Jones County Sheriff Alex Hodge said investigators received a referral packet from Child ProtectiveÃÂ ...
WJTV
December 31, 1999
JONES COUNTY, Miss.(WHLT) – The Jones County Sheriff's Department is working to reduce the number of domestic violence and assault cases in their county. In 2017 the department handled 776 felony cases of aggravated assault, sexual assault,sexual battery, rape and stalking. Out of these cases,ÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
December 31, 1999
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A Mississippi man was killed when his truck left I-59 Tuesday and hit a tree in Jones County. Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Chase Elkins said the crash happened on the northbound side of the interstate near exit 104 around 8:45 p.m.. According to ElkinsÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
December 14, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS -. A neglected dog found in Jones County is getting a new lease on life with the help of Southern Cross Animal Rescue. At a time when donations are low, SCAR has had to implement a no-intake policy, but rescuers said they could not turn away Lana when she was brought to theÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
December 14, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Jones County investigators said they were some of the worst images of child pornography they have ever seen. "I've been with the sheriff's department for about 10 years, and this is some of the worst that we've seen," said Chief Investigator Tonya Madison. "Kids, possiblyÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
December 13, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A log truck rollover crash has George Boutwell Rd. down to one lane near Hwy. 15 in Jones County. The truck was hauling a full load of logs when it rolled into a ditch. We're told the driver was able to escape the wreckage with minor cuts and bruises, but the cleanup couldÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
December 5, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Jones County Sheriff's Investigators asked the public for help identifying an auto burglary suspect. The suspect was spotted on surveillance video stealing from a car on Antioch Drive, and he is wanted for other local burglaries, according to a post on the sheriff's departmentÃÂ ...
WJTV
November 30, 2017
JONES COUNTY, Miss.(WHLT) – Jones County Sheriff's Department announced Wednesday they've seized over $10 million in narcotics this year. Recently, authorities arrested three men in three separate incidents in Jones County. Taylor Anderson, of Laurel, was arrested on a warrant. During the pickup ...
WDAM-TV
November 22, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Jones County Sheriff's Department made a significant narcotics arrest and recovery in an ongoing investigation of a large drug trafficking organization. Deputies arrested Jermaine Antonio "Tony" Newell on during a Nov. 15 traffic stop on Highway 28, just west of Soso.
WDAM-TV
November 20, 2017
Tyone Clemons. SOURCE: EMCC Athletics. JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. More details regarding the car wreck that killed 20 year-old-Tyone Clemons have been revealed.
WDAM-TV
November 18, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A portion of one lane of Interstate 59 in Jones County will be closed until further notice, after an 18 wheeler hit a bridge and flipped over Saturday night. It happened at the Sanford Road Exit just after 7:30 p.m.. The Mississippi Highway Patrol said the 18 wheeler, which was ...
WDAM-TV
November 15, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Three neighbors went into a home and rescued an unconscious person from a house fire in Jones County. Jones County Fire Coordinator, Dan McKenna, said the Jones County Fire Department responded to the fire on Clinton Road around 9:30 on Wednesday morning.
WHLT22
November 15, 2017
Jones County, Miss.- Emergency units responded to a 911 call in Jones County Tuesday morning. A man was involved in a single-vehicle ...
Greenville Daily Reflector
November 15, 2017
... impact of the recruits, and the class includes the highest-ranked signee during head Macy's tenure in Nique Cherry from Jones County (Miss.)Â ...
WDAM-TV
November 15, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Jones County Sheriff's Department is making it their priority to help keep you safe while in front of the ...
WDAM-TV
November 14, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A ribbon cutting was held on the campus of Jones County Junior College today to officially open the new ...
WDAM-TV
November 4, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Jones County Sheriff's Department arrested a Jones County man after a Friday night shooting. Gregory ...
WDAM-TV
November 2, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. An adult male pedestrian suffered what from appeared to be critical, life-threatening injuries after being struck ...
WDAM-TV
October 25, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. In the month of October, 12 to 15 new business are expected to have opened their doors in Jones County.
WDAM-TV
October 15, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Jones County Sheriff's Department is focused on keeping visitors safe at the South Mississippi Fair this ...
WDAM-TV
October 10, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Emergency crews worked to control a fire at the Hunt Southland Refining Company in Jones County on ...
WDAM-TV
October 10, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. At least six vehicles were involved in four different accidents on a short stretch of Interstate 59 Tuesday ...
WDAM-TV
October 9, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A Pine Belt rescue group is dealing with its largest seizure yet after 22 animals were taken from a property in ...
WDAM-TV
October 6, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Jones County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help locating a man accused of renting and ...
WDAM-TV
October 5, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Sanderville police arrested a pair of Jones County women on Wednesday night. Trinity McCraw and ...
WDAM-TV
September 29, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Another bridge has been closed in Jones County. According to the Jones County Board of Supervisors, the ...
WDAM-TV
September 29, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A Jones County man has been charged with sexual assault. In August 2017, Jones County Sheriff's ...
WDAM-TV
September 28, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Volunteer firefighters battled an early morning blaze at a home just outside the Laurel city limits Thursday. Firefighters with ...
WDAM-TV
December 31, 1999
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. If you are using candles around your home this chilly weekend, we have a warning for you. Heather Williams said she lit some candles at her Jones County home Friday evening when one of the candles burst into flames on the kitchen counter. Williams said she had beenÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
December 31, 1999
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Jones County FEMA 361 Shelter will open at 6:30 p.m. today and stoy open until the cold weather threat has passed. The Jones County FEMA 361 Shelter is located at: 1425 Ellisville Blvd, Laurel, MS. If you are coming from I-59, take wxit 93 and head northeast for .54ÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
December 31, 1999
148 kilos of cocaine seized in April. SOURCE: JCSD. JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Jones County Sheriff's Department announced three arrests made Tuesday and Wednesday in an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking organizations.
WDAM-TV
December 31, 1999
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A local educator has been named Humanities Teacher of the Year. Dr. Stacy Ruth, a Sociology Teacher at ...
WDAM-TV
December 31, 1999
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Union Bridge on Moselle-Ovett Road is now open for traffic after closing for over a month ...
WDAM-TV
December 31, 1999
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Jones County Sheriff's Department will be holding two church security workshops next week.
WDAM-TV
December 31, 1999
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Supreme Court of Mississippi reversed the capital murder conviction of a Jones County man accused of ...
WDAM-TV
September 28, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Volunteer firefighters battled an early morning blaze at a home just outside the Laurel city limits Thursday.
WDAM-TV
September 27, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A Jones County man has been charged with child abuse after a family member of a victim went to police.
WDAM-TV
September 25, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Castle Doctrine or the so-called “stand your ground” law is a doctrine that allows homeowners to protectÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
September 20, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. A two vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon sent three women, two children and a man to the hospital. CalhounÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
September 18, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Firefighters battled an overnight house fire in Jones County on Saturday night. South Jones, Southwest JonesÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
September 4, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Eleven dogs rescued from a dog fighting ring are recovering in Jones County, on their way to finding newÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
August 29, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. The Jones County Sheriff's Department is warning residents of a phone scam after a number of reportsÃÂ ...
WDAM-TV
August 29, 2017
JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) -. Multiple state agencies welcomed the Jones County community to a town hall meeting on the opioid epidemicÃÂ ...
