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News Briefs From Across The State More arrests pending Police in Bay St. Louis have arrested three men and one juvenile in connection with the rape and sexual assault of two underage girls at a […]

PICAYUNE – A 27-year old marine from Pearl River County was killed Thanksgiving Day on his first deployment to Afghanistan. First Lt. William Donnelly, IV, of Picayune, was conducting combat operations in Helmand province, in […]

Attorney General looking at the case CLEVELAND – Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood will reportedly determine what will happen to two police officers involved in the death of a man who was tasered and later […]

News Briefs From Across The State Social worker notified police A Greenville man is behind bars after authorities said he abused his 2-month old son putting the infant in the hospital. Corey Williams, 19, was […]

Lawsuit claimed initial monies were diverted BILOXI – Residents of Mississippi’s coast will receive more than $100 million in Hurricane Katrina housing recovery funding if they drop a lawsuit claiming that initial monies for that purpose was spent […]

JACKSON – A registered sex offender has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said. Wallace S. Weeks, 48, of Florence, was arrested at his home by investigator’s […]

Earlier this week, the state College Board announced it had selected former Norfolk State University President Carolyn Meyers as Jackson State’s potential new leader and Fisk University Vice President Christopher Brown was the suggested choice […]

The Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning announced Monday, Nov. 22, its preferred candidates for the presidencies at Alcorn State University (ASU) and Jackson State University (JSU). M. Christopher Brown, executive […]

PACE – A Bolivar County man has been charged with aggravated assault and shooting into an occupied dwelling after he allegedly shot a woman in the stomach after she told him to leave her apartment. […]

News Briefs From Across The State Two families injured in wreck An Alabama man was killed Saturday night, and his daughter seriously injured, when they were involved in a head-on collision in Lowndes County. Sixty-eight […]