Holmes County News

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The two people accused of killing Jackson businessman Bobby Perry, 54, and his assistant Andreca Manning, 28, have been given more time to enter their pleas.

Charles Lyndell Moore, wanted in connection with the shooting of Darnell Blare on May 22 in Balance Due near Lexington, was captured at his sister's house in the West-Emory area on May 29 by Holmes County deputies, according to Holmes County Sheriff Willie March.

Five years after Mississippi came out from under a federal court order to bring more racial equality to the Department of Public Safety, two black troopers say they still see discrimination.

Some progress is being made toward building a new Tchula Lake Bridge. Crews have started removing utility lines from the bridge, which is the last step before the county can advertise for bids to build a new bridge.

Civil rights pioneer James Meredith, on a stop on his 200-Mile Walk For The Poor, will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday with Holmes County residents at the Community Students Learning Center.

A swine flu case has been confirmed in Hinds County, according to the state Department of Health Web site.

A radio station owner is killed in a one car crash in Lexington. The Holmes County Coroner says Brad Maurice Cothran, age unknown, of Lexington, died when his vehicle left the roadway and hit a tree.

A fourth man was arrested early this morning in a shooting last week south of Lexington, Holmes County Sheriff Willie March said.

A Greenwood man's trial on charges of first-degree murder in Jackson, Tenn., has been delayed until June 22.

Before he climbed up to the window of a mobile home and allegedly shot and wounded Darrell Blair, Charles Moore threatened to harm him and the mother of his five children.

A shooting is under investigation in Holmes County. Sheriff Willie March tells WLBT it occurred last Friday night in a mobile home just outside of Lexington.

A disbarred lawyer's embezzlement trial has ended in a mistrial after two jurors told Holmes County Circuit Judge Jannie Lewis they didn't agree with the not-guilty verdict the jury initially returned.

Some Tchula residents have lost patience in the wait for a new Tchula Lake Bridge.

Antwayn Patrick has represented many clients in court, but Thursday the disbarred lawyer will be the one on trial.

Breaking and entering doesn't pay in Attala County. Sheriff William Lee said a property owned by Dean Rone in the Ethel area was broken into on Sunday, April 26, and three were charged with burglary.

Nigel Turner talks with a member of the National Guard Armory Wednesday at a career expo held in the Pat McGowan Workforce Training Center on the Ridgeland campus of Holmes Community College.

People are stopping by Burger Village downtown these days not only to grab a quick lunch but also to see if the riverfront mainstay is hiring.

According to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security the State's unemployment number rose slightly.

Mississippi's unemployment rate was at 9.4 percent in March, up two-tenths of a percentage point from February, according to figures from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security released Wednesday.