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McCollum first allegedly tried to steal a vehicle in the Picayune Criminal Justice Center parking lot that belonged to an on-duty police officer. “The suspect tried to get away in it and managed to get stuck on the curb leaving the lot,” Magri said.

• Police employees’ personal vehicles broken into at the jail, city vehicle stolen

  One suspect has been arrested for multiple vehicle burglaries and two stolen vehicles.

  June 19, 2013 2 Photos

• Two shoplifting suspects also suspects in car accidents

  Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department, Picayune Police Department and Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a three car accident on U.S. Highway 11 on Tuesday morning.

  June 19, 2013 2 Photos

• Gas line explosion rattles Washington Parish

  A pre-dawn gas line explosion shook residents out of their beds in a rural, wooded area of Washington Parish, briefly knocking out power to thousands of people but not injuring anybody.

  June 19, 2013

• Supervisors hold hearing on road realignment

  The Pearl River County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing after the regular meeting Monday morning to discuss the realignment of the southern portion of Richardson-Ozona Road and its intersection with U.S. Highway 11.

  June 18, 2013 2 Photos

• Buccaneer Bay Water Park is back in Hancock County

  The Buccaneer Bay Water Park at Buccaneer State Park reopened on Thursday in Hancock County.

  June 18, 2013 1 Photo

Sports

• Back home, Heat try to stop a 5th Spurs NBA title

  The Miami Heat weren’t supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway.
  Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year together — LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh still trying to figure it all out and clearly a long way from it.

  June 18, 2013

• It’s been a good year for Pigott’s teams
• Bulldogs are Omaha bound
• Hickman earns top statewide honor
• Northrop is in All-Star game

Lifestyles

• Special Boat Team 22 helps SPCA

  Special Boat Team 22 members, based out of Stennis, visited the Pearl River County SPCA, on Saturday, to implement “Operation Rescue PRC SPCA.” The Pearl River County SPCA posted on their Facebook page that they were blessed by the team, who “swarmed” in on them from 8 a.m. until after noon. The team, who could not be identified for security issues, did board rot repairs, landscaping, and repainting some of the interior and exterior of the building.

  June 19, 2013

• Swamp Hunters to judge Post 73 Ladies Auxiliary Barbeque Cook Off
• Arboretum Paths: Owl pellets and pitcher plant bellies
• Lions Club marks seventy years of service
• Vocability

State News

• Gas line explosion rattles Washington Parish

  A pre-dawn gas line explosion shook residents out of their beds in a rural, wooded area of Washington Parish, briefly knocking out power to thousands of people but not injuring anybody.

  June 19, 2013

• 2nd victim dies after blast at La. chemical plant
• 1 dead, 73 hurt in La. plant explosion
• Body of 4th drowning victim found off Gulf coast
• Levees, removable walls proposed to protect NYC

International

• Barbara becomes hurricane off Mexican coast

  Barbara rose to hurricane strength Wednesday as it steamed toward a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, where it was expected to quickly make landfall.

  May 30, 2013

• Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis
• Pope Benedict VXI resigning
• Suicide bomber kills guard at US Embassy in Turkey
• EU summit ends without budget deal

Opinion

• Hood’s ‘open carry’ ruling strikes important balances

  Attorney General Jim Hood’s office issued an opinion this week that went a long way toward establishing some order and applying some common sense to what has become a contentious and confusing debate both for proponents and opponents of free exercise of the Second Amendment.
  House Bill 2, which becomes law July 1, was authored and led to passage by state Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton. Gipson has told the press that he believed the legislation was necessary to clearly define what a concealed weapon is under the law and to distinguish between “concealed carry” and “open carry” rights. But many law enforcement officers charged with enforcing the state’s “concealed carry” law and other contradictory statutes, the bill created some confusion and Hood’s AG opinion brought some clarity to the ongoing debate.

  June 19, 2013

• Analysis: Miss. supes discussing county budgets
• The Loss of Trust
• Mary Dorsa Guttry
• We all need to be prepared for disasters

News Distribution Network

• Facebook's organ donor status sends registrations soaring

  Facebook's addition of a way for its users to tell people their organ-donor status helped boost the number of people who registered as donors 21-fold in one day.

  June 18, 2013 1 Photo

• State photo-ID databases become troves for police
• Mass. madam's arrest could prove embarrassing
• Police arrest man accused of dining and then dashing
• When did sunscreen get so complicated?

CNHI Special Projects

A man check his car on Interstate 35 after a tornado ripped through Moore Monday afternoon.

• Audio: How can we better prepare for tornadoes?

  An NPR broadcast examines the question of how communities can better prepare for tornadoes like the one that struck Moore, Okla. on Monday. The broadcast features commentary from Michael Fitzgerald, who reported a five-part disaster series for the CNHI News Service.

  May 22, 2013 1 Photo

• The Big One: Preparing for mid-America earthquake
• Technology speeds disaster alerts, response
• Warning Signs: Technology speeds disaster alerts, response
• Tips for tornado readiness

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