Family Medicine

Nutrition fairs set for Vicksburg and Jackson

Health screenings, cooking tips and exercise demonstrations are being offered this month at nutrition fairs in Vicksburg and Jackson.

The free events are sponsored by the National Urban League and Tyson Foods as part of a yearlong project to alleviate hunger for about 19,000 Mississippians […]

Local Sports

Coach: MSU player received money from booster

A football coach in Tennessee said he saw Mississippi State freshman defensive back Will Redmond receive money from a booster during the recruiting process.

Byron De’Vinner, who coaches a 7-on-7 team during the summer in Nashville, Tenn., said he witnessed a “handshake” worth about $200 and that former Mississippi State assistant coach Angelo Mirando knew about the payment. […]

Local Sports

Jackson St. faces Texas Southern next

Jackson State’s 0-2 start hasn’t taken any of the fire out of coach Rick Comegy.

During Monday’s press conference, the usually reserved Comegy came out firing when asked about the Saturday’s SWAC opener at Texas Southern.
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Uncategorized

Woman charged with embezzling $300k from employer

A 47-year-old Pass Christian woman has been accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from her employer over a period of nearly two years.

The Sun Herald reports Harrison County sheriff’s investigators arrested Kathleen Sue Woods on an embezzlement charge Monday. […]

News

Woman convicted in George Co. sheriff’s death

A woman has been convicted of capital murder for running over and killing George County Sheriff Garry Welford in 2010.

Brandy Nicole Williams was convicted Monday by a jury in Lafayette County. Williams was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. […]

National Sports

Serena Williams wins U.S. Open title

Finally tested, even trailing, at the U.S. Open, Serena Williams turned things around just in time.

Time keeps moving, but Greg Garber says one thing remains the same about Serena Williams’ legacy: those Grand Slam trophies. […]

News

Hinds County employee indicted for taking bribes

A Hinds County employee has been indicted for allegedly accepting bribes, Attorney General Jim Hood said.

Steven Craig Walter, 51, of Jackson was indicted by a Hinds County Grand Jury for two counts of accepting bribes from defendants to fix cases while employed as a clerk at the Hinds County District Attorney’s Office. […]

News

A Byte Out of History: Murder and the Dixie Mafia

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the murder of Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife, Margaret, whose deaths at the hands of the so-called Dixie Mafia exposed the lawlessness and corruption that had overtaken Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in the 1980s.
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