PONTOTOC, Miss. —
Authorities say a 59-year-old Pontotoc County man died in a one vehicle accident.
Sheriff Leo Mask tells WTVA TV George J. Wheeler died Sunday from injuries suffered in the accident.
Mask says Wheeler was driving a PT Cruiser when it ran off the roadway and overturned.
The accident remains under investigation.
Authorities say a 20-year-old Lucedale man arrested on a charge of animal cruelty is accused of dousing his 5-year-old Chihuahua mix in a flammable liquid and setting it on fire.
Former Picayune bank teller Vonetta Jordan has been sentenced to 17 months in prison for bank fraud and ordered to repay over $117,000.
Jefferson County and state law enforcement officials are investigating the death of a 24-year-old woman whose body was discovered in the graveyard of East Mount Olive Baptist Church.
A 41-year-old man accused in a high-profile murder case elected not to attend the first day of his trial.
Missing person
Authorities are searching for a missing 20 year-old autistic male.
A sport utility truck has plowed into the children's play area of a McDonald's restaurant outside of Jackson, Miss., injuring five people.
An 18-year-old student at the Clinton district's Alternative School has been charged in one of the three bomb threats that have been phoned in to Clinton High since last Friday.
A 24-year-old Lowndes County man has been sentenced to eight years for the death of his friend in a fatal accident more than two years ago.
A 36-year-old Purvis man has been charged with murder and first-degree arson following a fatal house fire Monday night.
A Picayune police officer is on administrative leave pending an investigation into the shooting of two men at a local service station.
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