App to report suspected human trafficking comes to Mississippi
Jackson, Miss. (WXXV)- Attorney General Lynn Fitch announces a human trafficking reporting app has made its way to the state. The app is called "Simply Report", allowing…
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Attorney General Lynn Fitch discusses issues the state is facing
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch visited the Coast Thursday morning. She joined the Gulf Coast Business Council breakfast to discuss issues the state is…
AG Fitch provides updates on immigration
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)-Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch was on the Coast Thursday morning to talk to South Mississippi business leaders about the many initiatives her office is tackling right now.…
Favre tries to expand his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi auditor over welfare spending
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is trying to expand his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Auditor Shad White to include a book White wrote about the misspending of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the…
Biloxi man convicted of child exploitation denied appeal
A Biloxi man who appealed his 2022 conviction on two counts of child exploitation has been denied his appeal. Stanley Follett, 48, was charged in 2019 with two counts of child exploitation, accused of possessing child pornography on his laptop…
Mississippi attorney general asks state Supreme Court to set execution dates for 2 prisoners
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has asked the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for two men on death row. Fitch’s office filed motions Thursday that asked the court to schedule executions for Willie Jerome…
Attorney General clears deputies in officer-invovled shooting in Jones County
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has cleared Jones County deputies in relation to an officer-involved shooting in November 2022. The state Attorney General said in a statement today that her office has completed the review of the shooting, in which use…
Gulfport man faces child porn charges
A Gulfport man is behind bars, charged with three counts of possession of child pornography. Sheriff Troy Peterson said 23-year-old Austin Dakota Vick is being held at the Harrison County jail under a $45,000 bond set by Judge Albert Fountain.…
Mississippi sues Favre, wrestlers, over welfare misspending
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Human Services on Monday sued retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre and three former pro wrestlers along with several other people and businesses to try to recover millions of…
Former Hancock County deputy charged with exploitation of children
A former Hancock County deputy has been charged with two counts of exploitation of children, accessing child pornography, after the Sheriff's Office received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.…
Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas
Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is departing amid lingering tension over the president’s baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into President-elect Joe Biden’s son.
Lynn Fitch has won the Attorney General race
The state of Mississippi has a new Attorney General. Lynn Fitch has won the Attorney General race. She had 58% of the votes.
BREAKING: Attorney General reaches agreement with T-Mobile-Sprint merger
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Wednesday that an agreement has been reached with T-Mobile and Sprint. The two wireless companies plan to merge into one company, operating under the T-Mobile name and branding, with hopes of creating a nationwide…
Lynn Fitch has won the Republican nomination for attorney general
Lynn Fitch has won the Republican nomination for Attorney General. Fitch won with 51.75 percent of the vote. She will face off against Democrat Jennifer Collins in the general election November 5th.
Fitch heads to GOP runoff for attorney general
Mississippi's current state treasurer will go to a runoff for the Republican nomination for attorney general. Lynn Fitch, after two terms as treasurer, won the largest number of votes Tuesday, leading state Rep. Mark Baker and prominent Republican Andy Taggart.…
Mark Baker running for attorney general
After the election in November, Mississippi will have a new attorney general for the first time in 16 years. Current Attorney General Jim Hood is running for governor this year. Four candidates are running for attorney general, three are Republicans…
Attorney General candidate Andy Taggart media tour on the Coast
Andy Taggart announced his candidacy for Mississippi attorney general and kicked off his media tour on the Coast today. Taggart will run against State Representative Mark Baker and Mississippi Treasurer Lynn Fitch in the Republican primary. Current Mississippi Attorney General…
Candidate for Mississippi Attorney General: Andy Taggart
A fight to win the spot as attorney general sparked by the destructive war on drugs. Andy Taggart is on set with more.
Lynn Fitch announces run for attorney general
This morning, Republican state Treasurer Lynn Fitch stopped by Gulfport City Hall to officially announce her run for attorney general. The fourth-term attorney general, Democrat Jim Hood, is running for governor this year. Fitch has served the state of Mississippi…
Sessions resigns as attorney general
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country's chief law enforcement officer at President Donald Trump's request. Sessions announced his plan to resign in a letter to the White House on Wednesday. Trump announced in a tweet that Sessions'…
Mississippi treasurer intends to run for attorney general
Second-term Mississippi Treasurer Lynn Fitch says she intends to run for state attorney general next year. She briefly discussed her plans last week with a Republican women's club. Her chief of staff, Michelle Williams, says Fitch, a Madison Republican, will…
Senate kills bill to regulate attorney general powers
A Mississippi Senate committee is killing a bill to limit the powers of the Democratic attorney general. Judiciary A committee members set aside House Bill 555 today. Committee Chairman Sean Tindell, a Gulfport Republican, says it’s pretty much dead for…
House Bill 555 to Limit Attorney General's Powers
The Mississippi House narrowly rejects a bill to limit the attorney general's powers, but there will be another debate on the bill and a Republican chairman needs to pick up just a few votes for the bill to pass and…
Statement by Attorney General Jim Hood on HB 1523
Attorney General Jim Hood says he will not appeal the ruling that blocked controversial House Bill 1523 from going into effect July 1st. In a statement released, Jim Hood says “I am convinced that continuing this divisive and expensive litigation…