The following is a news release from the Mississippi Attorney General's office.

A Laurel resident is going to prison for possession of child pornography, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. 

Wayne McLain, age 54, of 624 East 20th Street, Laurel, pleaded guilty to possession of child porn before Judge Billy Joe Landrum in Jones County Circuit Court Monday.

Gaining Ground Pine Belt Chapter invites you to the presentation: Recycling in Hattiesburg, May 24 at 7 p.m. at the Parkway Heights Methodist Church (2420 Hardy St).

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In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which that date falls as National Police Week. May 15, led by Chief Tyrone Stewart, the Laurel Police Department held a Peace Officers Memorial Day Ceremony in the front parking lot of the department’s headquarters where a memorial wreath was placed at the base of the flag pole in memory of fallen officers across the country and Jones County.