UPDATE: RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Authorities said the EOC Incident Commander has announced that they are releasing some of the fire units, signaling that although the fire has not been ...

A Rankin County man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for sexually abusing a child. In April 2025, a Rankin County jury found 26-year-old James Matthew Gardner guilty of statutory rape and ...

Jason Dare, legal counsel for the Rankin County Sheriff Department, discusses the $2.5 million settlement for the lawsuit regarding the 2023 abuse of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker in Rankin ...

A 51-year-old Rankin County man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. Don Edd Woods, 51, was sentenced to 30 years in prison but will serve 15 years ...

Rankin County Supervisor Steve Gaines is responding to criticism over remarks he allegedly made about "Goon Squad" victims Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins.Gaines was recorded referring to them as ...

Officials in Rankin County, Mississippi, have agreed to a $2.5 million settlement with Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, the two Black men who were tortured in their home by a group of white ...

Rankin County will pay $500,000 of the settlement, while the county's insurance will cover the remaining $2 million. The settlement is not an admission of guilt by the county or sheriff's department.

Rankin County Circuit Court Judge Dewey Arthur is the presiding judge in the case. Below is what we know ahead of the upcoming trial: When is the trial for Carly Madison Gregg?

Rankin County is the state’s fourth most populous county, with a population of approximately 160,000. Contact Charlie Drape at cdrape@gannett.com.