JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A federal courthouse in Mississippi has a new name. According to the U.S. District Court website, the building in Jackson is now the “Thad Cochran United States Courthouse.” Mississippi media report […]
By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s prison system is removing some inmates from county-run jails to save money, but sheriffs are protesting the reductions. Corrections Commissioner Pelicia Hall announced Thursday […]
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) – Sheriff’s deputies in Mississippi have been commended for running into a burning home. The Natchez Democrat reports that Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten called deputies Stephen Karabelen and Kevin Bailey to […]
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi bank will pay $146 million in stock and cash to buy a Texas bank. Tupelo-based BancorpSouth announced Thursday that it would buy Icon Capital Corp, whose Icon Bank has […]
By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A settlement has been reached in a racial discrimination lawsuit against a Mississippi Gulf Coast county and its coroner. David Owens, a lawyer representing six black-owned […]
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – The drive-thru lane of a Sonic Drive-In is no place to fall asleep, particularly if drugs are in plain sight inside your car. Police in Gulfport, Mississippi say officers found 24-year-old […]
WAYNESBORO, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi county’s board of supervisors is accused of providing free dirt and gravel at taxpayers’ expense to private citizens whose support they coveted. The Clarion Ledger reports Chris Stallings filed […]
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK AP National Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Rashon Nelson initially brushed it off when the Starbucks manager told him he couldn’t use the restroom because he wasn’t a paying customer. He thought […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The founder of one of Mississippi’s largest privately-held companies has died. Flowood-based Ergon says Leslie B. Lampton died Tuesday of natural causes at his Jackson home. He was 92. Privately-held Ergon […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A unanimous Mississippi Supreme Court says a suburb acted improperly in rezoning property for what would be Mississippi’s first Costco store. The court on Thursday reversed a lower court ruling. It […]
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