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Adam Mayes dead; Bain sisters okay
By Monica Land BLUE SPRINGS – One day after being added to the FBI’s Most Wanted list, Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards said Adam Christopher Mayes shot himself in the head. He died later at […]
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Obama first president to support gay marriage
WASHINGTON – (AP) President Barack Obama reversed his position on gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea and injecting a polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the […]
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Man gets 20 years for rape of granddaughter
By Monica Land COLUMBUS – A 73-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping his granddaughter nearly two years ago. It only took a jury 15 minutes to decide David Arthur […]
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Legislature honors black women judges
Special To The Mississippi Link JACKSON – The Mississippi Legislature recently honored the state’s first African-American women judges. The concurrent resolution recognized Hinds County Chancellors Denise Owens and Patricia Wise, Fourth District Circuit Judge Betty […]
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Funeral held for state’s first black female Republican mayor
By Monica Land TCHULA – Funeral services were held Saturday for Mississippi’s first black Republican female mayor, Yvonne Rayford Brown. Brown, 59, died of cancer on Monday, April 23, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. […]
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Governor proclaims May 7 as Day of Mourning
By Monica Land JACKSON – Last week’s murder of Pearl Police Officer Michael J. Walter was a sobering reminder of the men and women in law enforcement who put their lives on the line – […]
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2 bodies found at home of man suspected in kidnapping family of 4
By Monica Land GUNTOWN – FBI officials are confirming that two bodies were found at the residence of a man suspected of kidnapping a woman and her three daughters, but they have not released […]
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Doctor accused of hiring two men to kill lawyer
GREENWOOD – (AP) It wasn’t a secret that Dr. Ralph Arnold Smith Jr. was still angry at the attorney who represented his ex-wife during their divorce in the mid-1990s. Now authorities in Greenwood are investigating […]
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3 arrests made in shooting of 76-year-old woman
By Monica Land News Briefs From Across The State Woman was shot during robbery Copiah County Deputies have arrested Jermaine Benson, Ashley Dollar, and Juan Catchings, all of Crystal Springs, in connection with a shooting […]
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Miss. bill aims to reduce sexual abuse of minors
A WTVA report TUPELO – The director of the Family Resource Center in Tupelo supports a bill sent to the governor that requires health professionals, clergy and others to report suspected sexual abuse of children. […]