Wilkinson County News

A Wilkinson County jury returned a not guilty verdict late Wednesday after 30 minutes of deliberation and a morning of witnesses including the defendant herself.

WOODVILLE a ' A Wilkinson County jury has returned a not guilty verdict in the voter fraud trial of Connie Hollins.

If no one is planning to stand outside the Wilkinson County courthouse Monday with a voter ID petition and a pen, someone should.

The trial of a Woodville woman on charges of voter fraud stemming from the 2007 Democratic party primary is scheduled for Monday in Wilkinson County Circuit Court.

More than two years after initial allegations of voter fraud were leveled during the Wilkinson County Democratic primary, the prosecution of the only person charged in the incident will begin Monday.

A retired West Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputy and former state trooper died Wednesday morning when his truck ran off a boat ramp into Lake Mary in neighboring Wilkinson County, Miss.

More than 100 public-owned vehicles go home with city, county and parish employees around the Miss-Lou each night.

From the Natchez Democrat: If any area of Mississippi should support making voter identification a mandatory practice, Southwest Mississippi should.

Because of voter fraud in past Adams and Wilkinson county elections, county Republicans are looking to help the statewide push to get photo voter identification on the ballot in 2010.

If any area of Mississippi should support making voter identification a mandatory practice, Southwest Mississippi should.

By this time next year, the combined efforts of a Texas-based fiber optic company and millions in federal stimulus dollars are scheduled to result in high-speed Internet access for rural Adams County residents.

WOODVILLE a ' Darren Terell Tillery, 25, died from a single gunshot wound to the head, Wilkinson County Coroner Travis Sharp said.

An early morning auto theft lead to the arrest of a Wilkinson County fugitive Wednesday.

Two Natchez men and one juvenile are in custody charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of several four-wheelers. Adams County Sheriff's Deputy Investigator Ricky Stevens said of the five recovered vehicles, four were stolen within the past month.

The Jackson Census Office has been flooded with support as they attempt to verify all addresses leading up to next year's Census.

For 10 years, the Summer Youth Work Experience Program lay dormant. But in a true meaning of its name, stimulus money brought it back to life this year by leaps and bounds.

Tupelo has 35,000 people. In this year's Democratic municipal primary, 33 absentee ballots were tallied.

The event is hosted by the Mississippi Flood Map Modernization Initiative Team at the Wilkinson County Courthouse in Woodville.

WOODVILLE a ' A Centreville girl drowned Monday in a neighbora TMs swimming pool.