– Mississippi joined 36 other U.S. states in legalizing marijuana for medical use on Wednesday, as the governor signed legislation permitting cannabis for treatment of severe, debilitating health conditions such…
A police officer in Mississippi responded to a shooting early Sunday to find the victim was her 20-year-old son, who had been shot dead. “We initially responded to the call,…
LOS ANGELES – A college football player was taken into custody this morning on federal charges alleging he orchestrated a scheme that fraudulently sought hundreds of thousands of dollars in…
PONTOTOC, MS – Since late Summer, the District Attorney’s Office has been engaged in communication with the Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel (CPCC) regarding the possibility of a disclosure…
Memphis, TN – Jacobly Whitehead, 27, of Greenwood, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 336 months in federal prison for Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime…
National media coverage of the Mississippi abortion law at the center of a major Supreme Court Case has failed to note that the law would leave the state more pro-choice…
GREENVILLE, Miss. – A Tennessee man was sentenced on Thursday to 30 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender in Mississippi. According to court documents, the…
Jackson, Miss. – A former member of the Tribal Council for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for wire…
MOBILE, AL – A Moss Point, Mississippi man was sentenced last week to ten years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine on December 11, 2019 in Grand…
D’Illberville, MS – On Wednesday, at approximately 3:50 P.M., the D’Iberville Police Department received a call of a possible kidnapping in the Winn Dixie parking lot. Our officers quickly responded…
NEW ORLEANS – A Venezuelan man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) passed away Oct. 1 at Merit Health River Oaks (MHRO), Flowood, Mississippi. The preliminary cause…
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On Friday, October 1st, 2021, at 9:43 A.M., Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the area of Levee Rd. near Mitchie Rd. rural Monroe County for a report of…
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that STEVEN WILLIAMS, age 35 of Jackson, Mississippi, was sentenced on September 28, 2021 to 13 years and 8…
Spring is almost here and around America, which also means Girl Scout Cookies and cookie ordering is here too. Americans are passionate about their annual Girl Scout Cookie sale. Whether…
HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI – Randy James, 56, the former City Clerk of Bay Springs in Jasper County, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Taylor McNeel, for the federal crimes of…
Residents in northeast Louisiana and central Mississippi cut up fallen pine trees and assessed damage Wednesday after apparent tornadoes hit the region. Officials in Mississippi say eight to 10 houses…