Inmate executed for killing four children
By Monica Land PARCHMAN – Despite a last minute appeal to the governor and a plea from his three sisters – including one he repeatedly stabbed in the neck before killing two of her children – Henry...
View ArticleAnother doctor sought for mental evaluation of Mississippi doctor accused in...
GREENWOOD, Mississippi (AP) -- Prosecutors and the defense team for a Greenwood doctor charged in a murder-for-hire case will talk to a forensic psychiatrist at a state mental hospital about bringing...
View ArticleMississippi Supreme Court denies motion to remove judge in doctor’s...
GREENWOOD, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has again denied a motion from a Greenwood doctor charged in a murder-for-hire case to remove the judge appointed to preside over his case....
View ArticleAround Mississippi: MDOC hiring at Leakesville prison; Body recovered from...
The Associated Press Here are some news and notes from around Mississippi: In Leakesville, The Mississippi Department of Corrections is hiring officers for the prison. Interviews and screenings will be...
View ArticleAround Mississippi: Leflore County judge accused of forging signatures by his...
The Associated Press Here are some news and notes around Mississippi: In Greenwood, family members accuse a Leflore county justice court judge of forging signatures on land records related to his dead...
View ArticleCouncil suspended Greenwood police officer over arrest
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) – Greenwood police officer has been suspended pending an internal investigation by the department in the April 7 arrest of Jelani Barr, an activist and candidate for lieutenant...
View ArticleCounty seeks to lease out unused part of ex-private prison
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) – Supervisors in one Mississippi Delta county want to seek a contract to fill beds in the empty portion of a former private prison, saying that could help cover costs for the part...
View ArticleViking Range to pay $4.7M fine over self-starting ovens
By JEFF AMY JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi appliance maker has agreed to pay a $4.7 million federal fine for not reporting that certain ovens in freestanding gas ranges could turn on by...
View ArticleEaster offering stolen from church in Mississippi
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) – A church in the Mississippi Delta was robbed of its Easter offering. Greenwood police are investigating the burglary at West President Church of Christ. A cabinet was broken...
View ArticleAuditor details job shortfalls by company Mississippi aided
By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A kitchen appliance manufacturer has repaid more than $2.5 million in incentives to the state of Mississippi and could repay more if worker numbers...
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