Lamar County crime: Murders up, rapes down
PURVIS – (AP) According to the latest statistics, murder was up in Lamar County in 2011, but the amount of rapes dropped sharply. There were four murders in the county in 2011 – the most in […]
PURVIS – (AP) According to the latest statistics, murder was up in Lamar County in 2011, but the amount of rapes dropped sharply. There were four murders in the county in 2011 – the most in […]
PHILADELPHIA – Authorities have confirmed that the man killed in a plane crash in Neshoba County Monday afternoon was a former Navy pilot and businessman from Meridian. Forty-eight-year-old Richard Howarth Jr. was pronounced dead at […]
JACKSON – (AP) Workers in Hinds County don’t have to worry about running out of toner or printer ink anytime soon. An audit of county’s administrator and purchasing department found $35,000 of stockpiled toner and […]
“You can’t ask for redemption until you admit that you sinned,” Barbour said. JACKSON – (AP) Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Friday that two sisters he released last year on the condition that one […]
JACKSON – (AP) The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it plans to close 11 offices in Mississippi as part of a $150 million cost cutting measure that includes 259 closures nationwide. The Clarion-Ledger reports that […]
CLINTON, Miss. – Mississippians take great pride when one of their own makes it. Whether it be in entertainment, business or the arts, we proudly stick out our chest and boldly proclaim “They’re from Mississippi.” […]
News Briefs From Across The State Victim saw his stolen property on popular social network A Gulfport man has been charged with embezzlement after his former employer saw items from his business in a photo […]
OXFORD – The top scorer for the Ole Miss Rebels’ basketball team has been benched – permanently – for violating team rules when he was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia earlier this month. Authorities […]
News Briefs From Across The State Driver admits he had taken drugs A trucker who hit four motorists and a police cruiser during a drug-fueled chase on Interstate 81 near Hagerstown, Maryland has been sentenced to […]
JACKSON – (AP) A building contractor pleaded guilty Monday to participating in a kickback scheme involving the South Delta Regional Housing Authority, which promotes affordable housing for the poor in the impoverished Mississippi Delta. Court […]
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