The Hinds County Drug Court celebrated its 31st graduation this month in Jackson at the Hinds County Courthouse. Eleven people graduated from the two-year program.
The keynote speaker was Kevin T. Wilbert, director of operations for the University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Circuit Judge Winston Kidd, who supervises the Drug Court, presided over the graduation.
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On Jan. 7, sophomore Everett Golson will attempt to tie a Notre Dame record by winning his first 11 starts as the Fighting Irish quarterback (originally set by Bob Williams from 1949-50).
Maybe the most refreshing aspect of this potential milestone is Golson is known as a quarterback – not “a black quarterback.”
That’s not how it was for Cliff Brown, who became Notre Dame’s starter as a sophomore in 1971, the man who bridged Joe Theismann (1969-70) and Tom Clements (1972-74). Theismann was a Heisman runner-up for the No. 2 team in 1970, and Clements directed the 1973 national title […]
Mississippi State’s Wendell Lewis is expected to miss at least the next eight weeks because of a broken right kneecap.
The school says the 6-foot-9 senior from Selma, Ala., was hurt in a non-contact drill and was scheduled for surgery Monday. The injury is another blow to the already undermanned Bulldogs (3-5), who had just six scholarship players when they traveled to face Loyola of Chicago (6-3) this past Saturday. […]
Voters will select a successor to the late Sen. Alice Harden on Feb. 5.
If no candidate wins a majority, a runoff will be held Feb. 26.
Gov. Phil Bryant set the election dates Tuesday. Candidates, who will run without party labels, must qualify by Jan. 7. Senate District 28 covers parts of Hinds County. […]
If budget talks fail and automatic spending cuts take hold, federal spending on education would be cut by about 8 percent across a broad range of programs, including money for special education, low-income students and schools near military bases, The Sun Herald reported.
Compounding the potential problem is that many states have been hammered by the recession and don’t have funds to cover the shortfall. The U.S. Department of Education reported that 80 percent of school districts in a recent poll said they would not have state or local funds to make up for the lost federal money. […]
Cannon Nissan of Jackson, a member of the Metro Area Coalition, and The Hinds County Sheriff’s Department are going ‘GREEN.’
Cannon Nissan of Jackson, Mississippi’s premier Nissan dealership, has offered The Hinds County Sheriff’s Department a two-year leased deal on a 2012 Nissan Leaf. The Leaf is Nissan’s first foray into the world of electric vehicles. The Leaf is a five-door, five-passenger car fitted with a 24kW lithium-ion battery complete with 48 separate modules, housing four cells apiece. […]
Federal officials said that H. Claiborne Frazier, Austin W. Frazier, Cresco Elmore (“C.E.”) Frazier, Jr., and Spencer Copeland have been charged in a two-count indictment.
H. Claiborne Frazier, formerly of Brandon, Austin W. Frazier, formerly of Ridgeland, and C.E. Frazier, Jr., formerly of Jackson, owned and operated C.E. Frazier Construction, Inc. and several other businesses. Spencer Copeland is the step-brother of H. Claiborne Frazier and Austin W. Frazier. […]
Authorities said a 17-year-old has been charged with robbery and capital murder after an elderly woman was found dead and on fire inside her Clarksdale home Saturday afternoon.
Captain Robbie Linley said Nathaniel Roberson Jr. is being held without bond for the murder of 80-year-old Ethel W. Lewis. Lewis was robbed, murdered and then set on fire. […]
The last remaining inmate mistakenly released from the Hinds County Detention Center is back in custody, WLBT reported.
The Hinds County Sheriff’s Department said aggravated assault suspect Germarkes Smith was taken into custody Friday, Dec. 14.
House burglary and attempted rape suspect Bruce Antonio Bradley and aggravated assault suspect David Jackson both turned themselves in last week. […]
A search continues for two men who allegedly stole a safe full of cash from a Dollar General in Pontotoc County.
The burglary happened during the early morning hours of Dec. 10 on Highway 278 in Pontotoc.
According to the Pontotoc County Sheriff’s Department, the two males entered through the front door of the store. […]
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