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JACKSON – (AP) In the legal showdown over the convicted killers pardoned by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, dozens of people who served time years ago for lesser crimes could lose the chance to clear […]

JACKSON – (AP) A prominent Jackson businessman has taken his own life, days after his former wife was released from prison by then-Gov. Haley Barbour, authorities said. Jackson Police spokeswoman Colendula Green told The Associated […]

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 […]

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 […]