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Deadbeat Parents Sentenced for Failing to Pay Child Support
From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – Two of Mississippi’s deadbeat parents have answered in court, in separate cases, after failing to support their children, Attorney General Jim Hood said. Sha M. Helton, 46, of […]
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NAACP asks feds to block Mississippi voter ID law
JACKSON – (AP) The Mississippi NAACP is asking federal officials to block what will likely become the state’s new voter ID law, contending it will violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act by diminishing the voting […]
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Caledonia nurse arrested on drug charges
From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – A Chickasaw County nurse has been arrested on charges involving possession of a controlled substance, Attorney General Jim Hood said. Vanessa Thompson, 52, of Caledonia, Mississippi turned herself […]
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Nursing home employee takes $100k from residents
By Monica Land JACKSON – A former nursing home employee is still waiting for her day in court after she was arrested for allegedly taking more than $100,000 from residents at two separate facilities. Bond […]
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Convicted felon gets life for murder of Jackson man
By Monica Land JACKSON – A 31-year-old convicted felon has been sentenced to life in prison, without parole, for shooting a man three times in the head in 2009. Attorney General Jim Hood said it […]
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Barbour pardons valid, Miss. Supreme Court rules
JACKSON – (AP) On Thursday, March 8, the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the pardons issued by former Gov. Haley Barbour during his final days in office, including those of four convicted killers and a robber […]
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Miss. joins $25 billion settlement on foreclosure wrongs
From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – Mississippi is now part of the $25 billion joint federal-state agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers over foreclosure abuses and fraud, and unacceptable nationwide mortgage servicing […]
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AG warns of email scam for grants and donations
From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – Attorney General Jim Hood is warning consumers and businesses of a recent scam purporting to come from the Ford Foundation. Mississippians may be receive an email soliciting confidential […]