The Rankin County Sheriff's Department held a news conference Thursday afternoon, May 1, to discuss a settled lawsuit regarding the assault two men faced at the hands of five former Rankin County ...

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - A Rankin Flowood man is dead after a single-vehicle rollover crash occurred on Wednesday. According to the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office, Michael Ray Smith ...

PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - A Rankin County man was found guilty of murder Wednesday. Austin Brookshire was on trial this week for his role in the death of Willie “Chill” Jones in Pearl ...

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 ...

Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker reached a $2.5 million settlement with Rankin County and Sheriff Bryan Bailey over their assault by former deputies. The "Goon Squad" officers involved are serving ...