For the second time this year, a Holmes County supervisor may be headed to a federal prison because of criminal wrongdoing. Norman Cobbins Jr., 61, will face a judge on Oct. 26 at 9 a.m. after pleading guilty to stealing federal funds.
Cobbins entered his plea in U.S. District Court to theft concerning programs in Holmes County that received federal funds. […]
Officials said a 54-year-old Biloxi man died from injuries suffered in a boating accident near Deer Island
Jackson County Coroner Vicki Broadus tells The Mississippi Press Mark Barhanovich was pronounced dead at 7:52 a.m. Sunday at Ocean Springs Hospital Emergency Room. […]
Contractor Jimmy Johnson has been given two years’ probation for his role in aiding and abetting embezzlement in a kickback scheme from a Mississippi Delta housing agency.
He had faced up to 10 years in prison. […]
There was no big celebration when Mississippi State entered the national rankings on Sunday. It’s another indication of how much things have changed for the Bulldogs.
“I want it to be something that is expected for this program,” Mullen said.
It’s certainly becoming more common. The Bulldogs have been ranked for at least part of the past three seasons. […]
A former city judge with the city of West Point was arrested last Thursday in Monroe County after he allegedly tried to break into a house.
David Lambert, 47, was arrested on Sept. 13 by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department after an incident on HuckLann Drive. Authorities said Lambert went to the residence and allegedly kicked in the door. […]
An autopsy will be conducted to determine how a man whose body was found in his vehicle in Itta Bena early Saturday morning died.
Leflore County Coroner Debra Sanders tells the Greenwood Commonwealth that 31-year-old Christopher Cross of Itta Bena was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police Chief Robert Kirklin says Cross’ body was found in his Chevrolet Tahoe, which was parked across the street from a convenience store in downtown Itta Bena. […]
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 29 new human cases of the West Nile virus.
The new cases were reported in Adams (2), Claiborne (1), Harrison (1), Hinds (5), Humphreys (1), Jackson (1), Jefferson Davis (1), Lamar (1), Lauderdale (1), Madison (5), Perry (1), Rankin (6), Sunflower (1), Warren (1), and Yazoo (1) counties, bringing the state total to 169 cases and four deaths. […]
The football coach at Gulfport High School was hospitalized after a heart attack that may have started during a game. Mike Justice remained hospitalized Sunday at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport.
Justice complained of chest pains at halftime Friday, when Gulfport led Oak Grove 14-13, and went to the emergency room early Saturday, assistant athletic director Donny Fuller told The Sun Herald. […]
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating a Sunday morning fatal
crash in Pontotoc County on State Route 346 involving a man on a horse.
Troopers responded to the scene in the Ecru community at
approximately 9:15 a.m. […]
Four Brookhaven caregivers have been sentenced on charges they conspired to commit abuse of a vulnerable person by arranging for one resident at a nursing home to beat up another, authorities said.
Four certified nursing assistants (CNA’s), all employees of the Lincoln Residential Center in Brookhaven, Tierra Allen, Kista Crockett, Abranese Johnson, and Monique Brown, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to abuse a vulnerable person before Judge Mike Taylor in Lincoln County Circuit Court. […]
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