Year: 2010

JACKSON – A Lawrence County man has been charged with communications fraud after authorities said he scammed potential job seekers out of $14,000. Christopher David Smith, 34, of New Hebron, was arrested last month by […]

Jackson firefighters were called to the scene of a massive fire downtown Tuesday, June 1, around 6:30 p.m. The fire quickly spread to involve three other buildings. Jitney Jungle Wholesale Produce, Bolden Body Shop and […]

JACKSON – The former director of Crime Stoppers, Margaret Cooper, recently plead guilty to embezzlement, State Auditor Stacey Pickering said. Cooper was the director of the Advisory Council of Mississippi Crime Stoppers from July 1, […]

BOLTON – United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) said the deadline to apply for disaster unemployment assistance is fast approaching. Any individual that suffered income losses from the storms and tornadoes that struck Attala, […]

News Briefs From Across The State Robbed the bank at gunpoint Authorities in Marshall County are looking for three men who allegedly robbed a Holly Springs bank Thursday afternoon. WTVA reported that on May 20, […]

Thanks to $3.49 million in funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Stimulus Package), residents of the North Mid-town area in Jackson will […]

News Briefs From Across The State Court says he will stay in jail WTVA reported that an inmate that robbed a Winona woman in her home in 2008, has lost his request to have his […]

CLARKSDALE – Authorities said a man who nearly beat his girlfriend to death and then chained her in a feces infested kennel with his dog, is scheduled to appear in court next month. John Casey, […]