SIMPSON COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now)- Simpson County Sheriff Kenneth Lewis said an oil spill at Denbury Oil Company has been contained.

Lewis told us 20 barrels of crude oil spilled Saturday from oil wells at the facility.

The sheriff's department received the call around 6 p.m.

Lewis said the oil did not reach the Strong River or damage any residences.

The Department of Environmental Quality and other cleanup agencies were at the scene.

The facility is located at 635 Layton Jones Road in Simpson County.

SIMPSON COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now)- A Simpson County mom is accused of allowing her teenage daughter to be sexually abused. Tanya McAlister has been indicted on a charge of felony neglect and has posted $10,000 bond.

The accused molester is Gary Bates. Bates was first indicted in September on a sexual battery of a female child under the age of 14 charge. He was indicted again last week, along with McAlister.

District Attorney Daniel Jones said the case against Bates and McAlister is strong. Bates remains in the Simpson County jail.

SIMPSON COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now)- A Hattiesburg man was killed in a one-vehicle crash on highway 469 in Simpson County Tuesday night.

According to Cpl. Odis Easterling with the Mississippi Highway Patrol, 50-year-old Paul Gordon was traveling southbound on Highway 469 just north of Blueberry Road around 9:15 p.m. when his 1994 Geo Tracker ran off the road to the right and overturned.

Gordon, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle, according to Easterling. Gordon was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is ongoing.