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OXFORD – A man who told investigators he knew of a white supremacist plot to kill the president will be sentenced in court today. Authorities said sentencing for Ronnie Lee Owen, 41, was initially set […]

TUNICA – A funeral home employee has received a suspended sentence after authorities said she took money from a family to bury their child and then used it for her personal use. Frances Powell, 62, […]

MCCOOL – An Attala County man was arrested after agents found illegal moonshine and marijuana in his possession. James E. Patterson was arrested on April 20 after agents from Mississippi Alcohol Beverage Control served a […]

JACKSON – A 22-year-old college student has been arrested and charged with possession of 10 counts of child pornography, Attorney General Jim Hood said. Jonathan V. Russell, 22, of 9223 Warbler Avenue in Ocean Springs, […]

YAZOO CITY, Miss. – Morgan Hayden and Joe Moton stepped carefully through nails, broken glass and pink tufts of insulation, the remnants of their home leveled by a tornado as severe storms killed at least […]

Special to The Mississippi Link DUCK HILL – Christina Cathey, of Grenada, has been selected as a delegate to the 2010 Rural Youth Convening of the National Rural Assembly in Santa Fe, New Mexico, April […]

HOLMES COUNTY – In addition to the massive damage reported in Yazoo County, the EF4 twister that ripped across Central Mississippi Saturday, April 24, plowed heavily through rural Holmes County and other areas as well. […]

GREENWOOD – A suspect charged with robbing a man and then beating him to death with a slab of concrete has been sentenced to 35 years in jail. Bennie Leahman, 32, of Greenwood, pleaded guilty […]