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Court denies Grayson's motion for a rehearing

The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied death row inmate Blayde Grayson’s petition for a rehearing.

Grayson, 37, was convicted in George County in 1997. He was found guilty of the 1996 slaying of 78-year-old Minnie Smith during a house burglary. Authorities say Smith was stabbed more than 30 times on the night she died in her rural home at the edge of the Pascagoula River flats.

The state Supreme Court upheld Grayson’s capital murder conviction and death sentence in 2001. […]

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Fire death being investigated as suspicious

News Briefs From Across The State By Monica Land Body burned beyond recognition Authorities in Lucedale said they are still working to identify a person killed in a suspicious fire in George County last week. […]

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Man killed in George County motorcycle accident

News Briefs From Across The State By Monica Land Motorcycle ends up in yard Authorities said a 56-year-old man Alabama man is dead after he missed a curve in the roadway and ended up in […]

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One dead, 2 injured after crash in Benndale

News Briefs From Across The State By Monica Land Injured taken to Alabama hospital George County authorities are investigating a single-vehicle accident that left one person dead and two others injured late Saturday night. The […]