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Ex-Jackson police officer charged in 5 robberies
A former Jackson police officer who was out of jail on bond was charged Thursday with robbing five local businesses within 24 hours.
Former Hinds judge sentenced to 18 months
Former Hinds County Circuit Judge and prosecutor Bobby DeLaughter, who made a career of watching convicts go behind bars, is headed off to prison himself for 18 months.
Scandal tied to Scruggs nearing end
Some have suggested Friday's sentencing of former Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter marks the end of the judicial bribery scandal involving disbarred litigator Dickie Scruggs.
Teenagersa STDs a growing health problem in Miss.
Teenagers make up almost 40 percent of those diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases in Mississippi.
Hinds Rape Suspect Was Not In Jail When Four Women Went Missing
In July 1999 the body of a woman investigators call Jane Doe #1 was found near an oil well on Ricky Franklin's property in Bolton.
Famed Miss. judge sentenced for lying to FBI
Bobby DeLaughter, a history-making prosecutor who became a judge, has been sentenced to 18 months for federal obstruction in a case that ended his career and brought down some of the most powerful lawyers in Mississippi.
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Settlement reached in fraud suit against Scruggs
A settlement has been reached in a long-running fraud lawsuit filed against Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the once powerful anti-tobacco litigator who is now behind bars, an attorney says.
FBI Now Involved In Franklin Case
The Federal Bureau of Investigations is helping to build a case against a man who may be connected to the slayings of 10 women in Hinds County, officials said.
Sheriff: Man Charged In Assault Suspect In Several Slayings
The Hinds County Sheriff's Department said a man who is charged with aggravated assault, may be connected to the slayings and disappearances of several women.
Suspect in Hinds slayings arrested
Authorities say a man who has been suspected in the deaths or disappearances of at least 10 women since the 1990s faces kidnapping and rape charges in a weekend assault.
Hinds taps EOC chief, attorney
Two Hinds County offices have new leaders. Supervisors on Monday in a 4-1 vote selected Permit and Zoning Director Jimmie Lewis to take over the county's Emergency Operations Center.
Judge To Allow Access To DeLaughter Pre-Sentencing Letters
A federal judge will allow reporters to have access to pre-sentencing letters written on behalf of former Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter.
Hinds delays vote on youth center
Hinds County supervisors today again delayed a vote on an agreement with a juvenile detention watchdog group that would mandate certain changes at the Henley-Young center in Jackson.
A Jackson man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for causing the 2007 crash that killed a Clinton firefighter and his wife in a two-car accident at I-55 and Siwell Road in Byram.
Hinds County names new E.O.C. director
In its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, the Hinds County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to promote Mr.
Hinds prosecutor's post filled
Supervisors this morning chose Assistant Hinds County Attorney Sherri Flowers to assume the job of the county's top prosecutor.
Work will close interstate lanes in metro area
Multiple interstate lanes in the metro area will close this weekend, barring rain delays, so the Mississippi Department of Transportation crews can do needed improvement work.
Car fire believed tied to hit-and-run death
Police believed a burned vehicle found Sunday morning could be related to the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian.
Clinton school district mulls new grade scale
Clinton Public Schools could be the next district in the state to adopt a 10-point grading scale.
Hinds County Subdivisions Ordered To Clean Up
Fifteen subdivisions in Hinds County have 30 days to get streets in their neighborhoods up to par before the county files a lawsuit against them.
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