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.…
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…
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.…
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.
The state of Mississippi has a new Attorney General. Lynn Fitch has won the Attorney General race. She had 58% of the votes.
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. Fitch won with 51.75 percent of the vote. She will face off against Democrat Jennifer Collins in the general election November 5th.
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.…
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…
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…
A fight to win the spot as attorney general sparked by the destructive war on drugs. Andy Taggart is on set with more.
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…
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'…
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…
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…
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…
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…
State Attorney General Jim Hood also released a statement. He said, “Our attorneys will evaluate this decision to determine whether or not to appeal all or parts of Thursday’s ruling. I believe in the free exercise of religion and there…
Tomorrow many laws will go into effect, the biggest and likely most controversial one being House Bill 1523. It’s been several months since Governor Phil Bryant signed the Religious Accommodations Act into law. It is a law allowing private businesses…
“Start acting like leaders” those are words Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has for Legislators as he says they continue to pass unneeded tax cuts. Hood released an opinion column to lawmakers today in part stating: “even a child understands…
An appeals court has ruled that Mississippi’s attorney general can resume an investigation of Google. Overturning a district judge’s ruling saying the company did not have to answer a subpoena by Attorney General Jim Hood. Hood says he’s trying to…
Mike Hurst was the U.S. attorney responsible for bringing down Sean Anthony, Kamran Pahlavan, and Kim Savant for their roles leading to federal bribery charges in the Harrison County Utility Authority scandal.
