April is Confederate Heritage month in Mississippi and the Honor Guard of the Jones County Rosin Heels, Camp #227 Sons of Confederate Veterans, fired a volley in Honor of Major Amos McLemore, CSA, who was killed at the Deason House in Ellisville in 1863 by a deserter from the Confederate Army.

This is only one of the many Honors which will be paid to Confederate Veterans throughout Jones and the surrounding counties during the month.

Thursday night, May 9, motorists traveling on Interstate Highway 59 could see orange flames shooting 30 or more feet in the air from the back parking lot of the Ronald E. Whitehead Advanced Technology Center at the Howard Technology Park in Ellisville as 40 volunteer firefighters from across Jones County participated in a LP-Gas Tank Fire Simulation. The LP-Gas Tank Fire Simulation was the hands-on portion of the LP-Gas Tactics and Live Fire Operations training class administered by the Mississippi State Fire Academy.

LAUREL, MS (WDAM)- The boil water advisory for Laurel issued by the Mississippi Department of Health has been lifted for all but six homes, according to officials with United Water.

United Water, the company contracted by the city to operate its water and sewer systems, issued a statement on Monday that read in part, "laboratory test results showed that the drinking water quality meets all regulatory requirements. These results were submitted to the Mississippi Department of Health for verification."