Lincoln County Jail docket, Monday-Sunday, July 6-12, 2026: • Victor Hamilton, 10/26/1995, 612 White Oak Drive — arrested, charged with failure to appear in Justice Court, by Lincoln County Sheriff’s ...

Barbara Kay Bowers, 88, of Brookhaven, passed away on June 18, 2026. She was born on October 9, 1937, in Bakersfield, North Carolina, to the late Kenneth Walker and Olean Harrell Walker. Born in the ...

Brookhaven — Ashley Charles, Bachelor of Fine Arts; McKenzie Loomis, BA Biological Science; Kendra Lee, PhD Music; Peyton Morse, MS Sport Management; Caleb Ritchie, BS Exercise Science; Mary Sullivan, ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health has announced a list of County Health Departments that are providing back-to-school immunization clinics. During the clinics, additional nursing staff will ...

A 17-year-old and 18-year-old have been charged in connection with a drive-by shooting. On Monday, July 6, Nicolas Brian Golman, 17, of California Road, and Dezieone Diggs, 18, of McComb, drove past a ...

Most of the Brookhaven aldermen pushed forward at a recent board meeting for a $4.5 million bond sale to finance infrastructure improvements. Alderman-at-large Ronald Hines abstained from the vote ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed Mississippi’s first human case of West Nile virus this year in Hancock County. West Nile virus is transmitted primarily through the bite of an ...

The U.S. Small Business Administration offers low-interest federal disaster loans to aid homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes, and most private non-profit organizations — including faith-based ...

The Mississippi Forestry Commission has announced the winners of the 2026 Arbor Day Poster Contest, held in celebration of Arbor Day and the agency’s 100th Anniversary. Two of those winners are ...

The Wesson Garden Club recently honored a Strong Hope community couple with the club’s Patriotic Design Award. Cherry and Ira Head, of 3008 Monticello Road, were honored for their landscaped yard, ...

The Brookhaven School District will reintroduce its band program at Lipsey Middle School beginning in the 2026–2027 school year, marking the return of the program after a six-year hiatus. All current ...

One man is dead and another person in custody after a Wednesday morning shooting in Lincoln County. At approximately 6:20 a.m., the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a person having ...