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Second JDC escaped prisoner captured
JDC escaped prisoner Desmond Fortenberry has been apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Service. He was taken into custody in Chicago on Sept. 17. Brothers Desmond ...
Holley Cochran, Author at Prentiss Headlight
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Family seeking answers in son’s murder
Parents of Stephen Abram spoke with the Jefferson Davis County Board of Supervisors at its meeting Monday concerned over unsolved murders in the county. The ...
by Holley Cochran, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:17 am
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Breast Cancer Awareness event to be held in Prentiss
The JDC Women in the NAACP, along with the Youth Council and Eureka Arts Federated Club are sponsoring a Breast Cancer Awareness Program and Walk ...
by Holley Cochran, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:16 am
Obits
Harry Price
Gravesite services for Mr. Harry Price of Bassfield, were held on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020,at 11 a.m. from the Sweet Water CME Church Cemetery in ...
by Holley Cochran, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:15 am
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Gloria Nell Rogers
Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel for Miss Gloria Nell Rogers,49, who died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, at ...
by Holley Cochran, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:14 am
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Ruth Davis Lovett
Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Ruth Davis Lovett, 91, who died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, ...
by Holley Cochran, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:14 am
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Coach Jack Bailey
Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at the Collins City Cemetery for Coach Jack Bailey, 93 of Collins, who ...
by Holley Cochran, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:09 am
Records
Jeff Davis Jail Docket Sept. 14 – Sept. 21
Rochelle Calcote, DOB 3-6-73, 51 Walthall Ave., Carson, petit larceny. Talia Sweezer, DOB 11-4-97, 700 Montrose Ave., Hattiesburg, aiding and abetting, conspiracy. Micheal Walker, DOB ...
by Holley Cochran, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 11:05 am
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Citizens upset over tax increase
Several concerned citizens attended the public hearing last Thursday for the proposed tax increase for Jefferson Davis County. For the next fiscal year, the Jefferson ...
by Holley Cochran, Wednesday, September 16, 2020 2:02 pm
News
Prentiss home destroyed by fire
Firefighters with the Prentiss Fire Department were called to a house fire just after 11 p.m. Sunday night right off Columbia Avenue on Sixth Street ...