Laurel Leader-Call

BREAKING: #Missouri star Ahmad Hardy was shot at a concert in Laurel in the early-morning hours Sunday. leader-call.com/news/breaking-…

On Friday, the Northeast Jones Tigers used a five-run second inning to run past visiting Wayne County 12-2 in The Jungle. leader-call.com/news/prep-base…

The Jones County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the whereabouts of Rodney Jevon Jones, 26, for questioning in an ongoing homicide investigation. leader-call.com/news/jcsd-seek…

The West Jones Quiz Bowl team won the Hurricane Bowl in Ocean Springs on Feb. 21, beating teams from Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. leader-call.com/news/quiz-bowl…

The Laurel Police Department has dropped statutory rape charges against a Laurel man, and the alleged victim’s father took to Facebook to apologize to the accused. leader-call.com/news/my-son-li…

A Monday raid on a barn in the 100 block of Shady Grove-Moss Road resulted in the seizure of an arsenal of weapons and drugs ranging from marijuana to mushrooms, and also led to a stern warning from Sheriff Joe Berlin. leader-call.com/news/massive-d…

Emily Cooley, assistant vice president of marketing at First State Bank, spoke to Laurel High ninth-grade girls on Friday on financial literacy as part of Junior Auxiliary of Laurel’s Girl Talk program. leader-call.com/news/first-sta…

Ebonee Johnikin with the Laurel-Jones County Library came to the Jones County Board of Supervisors, giving an update on security at the library, as well as staffing challenges. leader-call.com/news/library-g…

An employee helped foil an attempt to steal a bank bag of cash from Blackwell Furniture Store on Saturday. leader-call.com/news/man-steal…

A man was killed after a shooting outside of the Millennium Inn in Ellisville in the early hours of Monday morning, but after the suspect was taken into custody, he was found unresponsive in his jail cell at the Jones County Adult Detention Center. leader-call.com/news/death-in-…

A 36-year-old man was seriously injured when the Jeep he was driving crashed in the 2900 block of Augusta Road Sunday afternoon. leader-call.com/news/man-injur…

Golfers and supporters gathered at the Laurel Country Club for the South Central Health Care Foundation’s Holston Memorial Golf Tournament. leader-call.com/news/south-cen…

Jones County Law Enforcement Training Academy cadets participated in a realistic active-shooter training exercise Thursday night at East Jones Elementary School. leader-call.com/news/active-sh…

A Bay Springs man was arrested after a traffic stop where Jones County Sheriff’s deputies discovered he had five unrestrained children in the car. leader-call.com/news/bay-sprin…

A Laurel man who is a suspect in a break-in at a home on East Jessamine Street in Ellisville was caught by the Laurel Police Department on Sunday morning, Ellisville police Investigator Kyle Pickett said. leader-call.com/news/doggie-do…

The Mississippi Department of Education released its yearly school ratings for the 2024-2025 school year, which saw the Jones County School District receive an overall “A” rating and the Laurel School District receive an overall rating of a “C.” leader-call.com/news/county-sc…

A repeat sex offender was arrested Saturday after, police said, he exposed himself to a 6-year-old girl and placed her hand on his crotch. leader-call.com/news/sex-sicko…

The Kiwanis Club of Laurel has continued a long tradition of providing third-grade students in public, private and home school settings with multiplication and division flash cards. leader-call.com/news/free_news…

During halftime of the Jones College football game on Sept. 27, Queen Alexis McQueen of Laurel and the entire JC student-elected, 2025 homecoming court will be presented. leader-call.com/news/free_news…

I’m really surprised at how hard I took the murder of a young man I had never met. leader-call.com/news/free_news…