Three year-old Addison Stringer will be the Honorary Chair for the 2013 Jones County Relay for Life.

When Addison was five months old, she was diagnosed with langerhans cell histiocytosis; a rare disease that is caused from abnormal cells deriving from bone marrow that migrate from the skin to the lymph nodes.  

LAUREL, MS (WDAM)- Laurel Police Department has beefed up its security measure since a Jackson police officer was fatally shoot a couple of weeks ago.

Laurel police have added nearly a dozen cameras to its main office.

Police officials said they have also revisited their policy and processor when it comes to integrating a suspect.

Captain Tommy Cox said officers with Laurel Police Department are urged to watch out for each other as if their very own life was on the line.

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JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM)- By:Linda Cranford, Jones County Fire Council PIO

A young Jones County man was killed in a head-on collision near the Jeff Byrd Road intersection of Highway 84 East in Jones County on Wednesday night.

At 9:37 p.m., medical first responders and rescue units from M&M, Powers and Glade Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the accident where the male driver of a Ford F-150 had been traveling in the wrong direction of the eastbound lane of Highway 84 East. The driver collided head-on with a Toyota Corolla driven by 20-year old John Michael Aricer.