Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Friday called for dialogue with Washington, hours after President Donald Trump threatened ...

The Jones County Board of Supervisors adopted the 2026 budget on Tuesday, which saw an overall tax rate cut of 6.15 mills after a school bond was paid off.

The council reappointed Zeke Baucum and Cruz Gray as Judge Pro Tem for the Laurel municipal court, David Sullivan and Aaron Parker as city prosecutors, Matt Sherman as public defender, Kyle Robertson ...

Carlos Alcaraz beat 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic in straight sets on Friday to reach his second US Open final, ...

On Thursday, President Trump intimated that he might send National Guard troops into New Orleans to help curb what he called an out-of-control crime problem. The comments came as the ...

A shouting match broke out between Laurel Municipal Judge Kyle Robertson and defendant Richard Franklin, 34, of Laurel.

A man who was charged with aggravated domestic assault and kidnapping received a plea deal, but not before Circuit Court ...

Clifton McGruder, 25, surrendered to the Jones County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday after skipping bond on a 2024 shooting ...

The Greater Pine Belt Junior Cotillion chapter said its annual fall kickoff is set for Wednesday from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Trest tea room at the YWCO on West Oak ...

Frank Alonzo Nixon, 29, was apprehended by the Laurel Police Department and charged with two felony charges, including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a stolen firearm, ...

I stay pretty wrapped up in other things, which leads me to not having a care about who is protesting whom. It just so ...

Reading Mr. Jim McNeill’s recent letter commending my fairly distant in-law Transportation Commissioner Busby and MDOT regarding their approach to resurfacing 16th Avenue and HWY 15 inspires me to als ...