Animal rights group want cockfighting made a felony
JACKSON — Cockfighting is big business because Mississippi has the second weakest cockfighting law in the nation, according to Humane Society of the United States. John Goodwin, HSUS’ director of...
View ArticleMayoral candidate’s appeal denied due to felony
VICKSBURG — David Day’s name has been restored to the ballot for mayor by the Vicksburg Municipal Democratic Executive Committee. The Vicksburg Post reports the committee denied the appeal of Lester R....
View ArticleCouncil approves motion on accepting applicants with felonies
COLUMBUS — The Columbus City Council has approved a motion by Councilman Kabir Karriem to stop the city’s practice of disqualifying job applicants with felonies. The Commercial Dispatch reports the...
View ArticleNurse charged in connection with cancer clinic fraud case
SUMMIT — A nurse has been charged with withholding information about a felony at a former south Mississippi cancer clinic that prosecutors accused of a multimillion-dollar fraud related to chemotherapy...
View ArticleConvicted felons see voting rights restored
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant has signed bills to restore the voting rights of three people convicted of felonies. In Mississippi, the only way to restore the right to vote after a a felony conviction is...
View ArticleBlogger arrested for photographing Cochran’s ill wife
JACKSON — A magistrate in Mississippi has scheduled a preliminary hearing Thursday for a conservative Mississippi blogger who is accused of photographing the bedridden wife of Republican U.S. Sen. Thad...
View ArticleInvestigation into Rose Cochran photos yields three more arrests
MADISON — Mississippi authorities have arrested a total of four men in the investigation of photos taken of the ailing wife of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. The arrests today included attorney Mark Mayfield,...
View ArticleCochran calls scheme to photo ill wife ‘bizarre’
MADISON — Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi said yesterday that it’s “unfortunate” and “sort of bizarre” that somebody photographed his ailing wife in a nursing home and posted her image...
View ArticleEx-Marine Resources chief of staff pleads guilty to misprision
GULFPORT — A former Mississippi Department of Marine Resources employee has pleaded guilty to misprision, or helping conceal a felony. Joe Ziegler entered his plea yesterday in U.S. District Court in...
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