Year: 2011

News Briefs From Across The State Victim misjudged the curve, police said Investigators initially thought a man found dead in the street had been the victim of a hit and run accident. Authorities now believe […]

JACKSON – A Jackson doctor will be sentenced in June for filing more than $12 million in false Medicare and Medicaid claims and numerous other charges. Dr. Cassandra Faye Thomas, owner of Central Jackson Family […]

Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. held a press conference in response to today’s severe storms at 2:45 p.m., Friday, April 15, at the Emergency Operation Center (EOC), located in the basement of the Eudora Welty Library. […]

News Briefs From Across The State Food and music will be featured In an effort to promote tourism and unity within their community, the Town of Vaiden is hosting their first Spring Festival on Saturday, […]

ARTESIA – Investigators said a 76-year old Lowndes County man who allegedly raped his 16-year old granddaughter – more than once – may be headed to trial next month. David Arthur Gill was arrested after […]

JACKSON – The Mississippi Supreme Court recently announced that Judge L. Joseph Lee has been appointed as Chief Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. made the […]

News Briefs From Across The State All passengers on board confirmed dead Authorities are still investigating a deadly plane crash near McComb early Sunday morning that left three people dead. The Associated Press reported that […]

JACKSON – A Gulf Coast contractor has admitted that he took money from victims of Hurricane Katrina for home repairs and then failed to deliver. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said William Wesley Mohr, 41, of […]

WASHINGTON – With a little more than an hour to go before their midnight deadline, President Barack Obama, Democrats and the GOP reached a compromise Friday night that brought the wheels of a government shutdown to […]

JACKSON – The Wilkinson County Board of Supervisors said they have yet to decide if a justice court clerk, who reportedly promised people she would “fix” their traffic tickets if they paid her, will keep […]