Hinds County News

James Cobb Hutto, who is on trial in connection with the death of a Clinton woman, continues to put on a show in court.

James Cobb Hutto appeared in Hinds County Circuit Court today on the second day of his capital murder trial, getting an admonition from the judge after yelling an expletive and giving the audience the finger.

In the county's District 4, McCarty Road near Big Creek Road is closed until about 3 p.m. Thursday to replace a cross .

The Clarion-Ledger reports that Mark Nichols' body was discovered Saturday night on the side of a road in Clinton.

Hinds County Supervisor Kenny Stokes said he believes it may be the work of gang members, and he pointed to graffiti as evidence of gang activity in the city.

Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps says the prison system faces a budget crunch, partly because the Parole Board releases fewer inmates these days.

A once far-reaching plan to redevelop nine city blocks below Mississippi's Old Capitol has been scaled back to a single mixed-use building on 2.74 acres just south of Pascagoula Street.

The Mississippi Personnel Board wants dismissed a lawsuit filed by attorney who alleges he is being paid less than what is allowed by state law.

Hinds County District 4 Supervisor Phil Fisher handily defeated two opponents in Clinton's Republican mayoral primary, avoiding a runoff many expected.

An Alabama man charged with capital murder in the kidnapping and death of an 81-year-old Clinton woman in 2010 will stand trial May 20 in Hinds County.

A Clinton woman has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to identity theft and other crimes.

An attorney in the Mississippi Department of Human Services' Child Support Enforcement Division is suing the agency, claiming his salary has been lower than allowed by state law.

Hinds County supervisors on Monday will pay tribute to the late Doug Anderson, the board's District 2 representative, but they won't choose his interim replacement that day.

If you are looking to avoid the danger from tornadoes , Mississippi 's capital is definitely not the place to be.

Five of the brown DeKay's snakes _ sometimes called earth snakes _ have been found in the Hinds County circuit clerk's basement office since April 8. A deputy clerk, Kelly Phillips, says the largest was as big around as her finger and a few inches long.

The Hinds County Sheriff's Office, along with the Pearl Police Department, made two arrests after a vehicle was pulled over on Interstate 55 and a large load of marijuana was discovered in the car.

Joe Battle has barely been on the job a year as director of the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and he's already faced an investigation by the Office of Special Counsel and an audience with many angry veterans.

According to Othor Cain, Public Information Officer for the Hinds County Sheriff's Department, a male and female were shot.

WAPT-TV reported Thursday that five non-venomous brown DeKay's snakes or earth snakes, have been found in the Hinds County Court 's basement office since April 8 in downtown Jackson.

Hinds County voters now can go to the county's website, type in their address and get complete information on who their elected officials are and where they vote in the county, including a photo of their precinct.