Local Sports

Jackson St. faces Texas Southern next

Jackson State’s 0-2 start hasn’t taken any of the fire out of coach Rick Comegy.

During Monday’s press conference, the usually reserved Comegy came out firing when asked about the Saturday’s SWAC opener at Texas Southern.
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Woman convicted in George Co. sheriff’s death

A woman has been convicted of capital murder for running over and killing George County Sheriff Garry Welford in 2010.

Brandy Nicole Williams was convicted Monday by a jury in Lafayette County. Williams was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. […]

National Sports

Serena Williams wins U.S. Open title

Finally tested, even trailing, at the U.S. Open, Serena Williams turned things around just in time.

Time keeps moving, but Greg Garber says one thing remains the same about Serena Williams’ legacy: those Grand Slam trophies. […]

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Hinds County employee indicted for taking bribes

A Hinds County employee has been indicted for allegedly accepting bribes, Attorney General Jim Hood said.

Steven Craig Walter, 51, of Jackson was indicted by a Hinds County Grand Jury for two counts of accepting bribes from defendants to fix cases while employed as a clerk at the Hinds County District Attorney’s Office. […]

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A Byte Out of History: Murder and the Dixie Mafia

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the murder of Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife, Margaret, whose deaths at the hands of the so-called Dixie Mafia exposed the lawlessness and corruption that had overtaken Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in the 1980s.
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Merdian man, 19, dies in Jones County accident

A 19-year-old Jones County Community College student from Meridian was killed in a weekend traffic accident.

The Hattiesburg American reports that the accident was reported Saturday morning around 4:30 a.m. at Ellisville Trucker’s Crossing. […]

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Smoking ban for city owned vehicles

Municipal workers in Houston, Miss., can smoke, just not in city-owned vehicles.

The new city policy – which applies to cigarettes, cigars and pipes as well as chewing tobacco – was adopted by the board of aldermen in August. […]

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Woman gets 3 years for “slip and fall” scam

A Southaven woman is going to jail for three years for faking a “slip and fall” accident at a local business in order to collect insurance money.

Tracey Leigh Davidson, 36, of Southaven pleaded guilty to the insurance fraud charges on Sept. 5, after an investigation by the attorney general’s office showed that she received a $3,440 payment from Nationwide Insurance Company by fraudulent means. […]