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Unofficial election results show that Wilkinson County Sheriff Reginald L. Jackson won re-election Tuesday night.

' Judge Jim Persons is expected to rule this morning whether or not the Wilkinson County special general election will continue as planned, a move that not only change the date of the election, but also could ...

When the vote count was complete at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, incumbent sheriff Reginald Jackson and District 2 supervisor Richard Hollins prevailed and candidate Lynn Tolliver Delaney unseated circuit clerk ...

Elections in Woodville, Mississippi have voters and even the federal government keeping a close watch.

WOODVILLE, Miss.- The U.S. Justice Department says it will monitor special elections Tuesday in southwest Mississippi's Wilkinson County.

For the past nine years, Winfred Forkner has been serving life without parole in Mississippi for stealing an air conditioner.

In the romantic setting of moss-draped oaks at Desert Plantation in Woodville, MS, Bonnie Dickerson and Kevin Dingli, both of Jackson, MS, exchanged marriage vows.

For months it has seemed like democracy died in Woodville. The wonderful system our forefathers created was balled up like a paper ballot and stuffed in a hole in the ground.

“Although inartful, his complaint does not fail to allege sufficient facts to state a facially plausible claim for relief at this juncture, although the ultimate viability of Marcus's claim is dubious”

Jerry Marcus had complaints about his stay at the state prison at Parchman. He couldn't get baby oil. via Picayune Item

At approximately 11:30 p.m. Saturday, a truck traveling south on Lower Woodville struck a large oak tree that had fallen across the roadway, lodging itself beneath the tree. via Natchez Democrat

State health officials are warning residents of Woodville in Wilkinson County that their water supply will be temporary shut off on Monday. via The Clarion-Ledger

“Although we currently do not have a management contract for the Adams County facility, CCA decided to move forward with increasing the design capacity based on anticipated demand from federal and state agencies.”

Corrections Corporation of America , the nation's largest provider of corrections management services to government agencies, announced today its intent to increase the total capacity of its Adams County ... via Market Wire

A crew trimming trees discovered on Thursday the decomposed body of a missing Woodville, Miss., man and a wrecked motorcycle in grass and brush off U.S. 61, State Police Troop A spokesman Johnnie Brown said. via 2theadvocate.com

“It's a great opportunity to be able to come in and actually see the art work, being an African Mmerican and it's being Black History Month I feel like we should be able to have somewhere to go see this kind of work.”

The Mississippi Museum of Art is settling into its new home and offering premiere exhibits in hopes of attracting visitors from across the country. via WLBT-TV Jackson

“Every time we had something with the civic club, he was there”

The Liberty Area Chamber of Commerce presented awards Friday to a lifelong farmer, a longtime circuit clerk and the widow of a veteran attorney. via Enterprise-Journal

“Ocean Springs is a very special place, but it's certainly very gratifying and an honor to be chosen by the office of the governor and the MDA because there are so many unique communities in the state”

Art is a major draw for Ocean Springs.

Gov. Haley Barbour this month named Ocean Springs as one of only five cities in the state to take part in the new Certified Cultural Corners program, which helps towns with a population of less than 20,000 preserve and promote their cultural heritage significance.

The program will help enhance and promote communities that have cultural assets of national importance, Barbour said. As a pilot community in the program, Ocean Springs, as well as Cleveland, Holly Springs, Philadelphia and Woodville, will be assisted with identifying its cultural heritage assets, developing a tourism infrastructure, aesthetics improvements and marketing. Read more

“I didn't receive a dime from him.”

' Seven witnesses took the stand in Wilkinson County to testify to whether they were either bribed, engaged in voter fraud or participated in other illegal infringements. via Natchez Democrat

“I marked whatever (Hollins) told me to mark”

' After a myriad of delays, the election contest in Wilkinson County resumed on Thursday. via Natchez Democrat

A one-car accident Monday morning on Old Highway 24 in Wilkinson County claimed the life of a Centreville teen. via Enterprise-Journal