By SOPHIE BATES JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi district attorney has resigned and changed his plea to guilty in a bribery scheme that ensnared other officials in the state’s capital city, including Jackson’s former mayor. Hinds County District Attorney Jody…
BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG Updated 7:28 PM CST, December 18, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The county election officials under whose watch ballot shortages hampered voting in Mississippi’s largest county said technical mishaps and insufficient training were to blame for election day…
The Mississippi Republican Party has filed a petition challenging a court order that kept some polls in the state's largest county open longer than usual on election night in November. The papers filed Tuesday come after ballot shortages in Hinds…
A judge in Mississippi’s largest county has extended voting times to 9 p.m. at four voting precincts after they experienced ballot shortages and long lines. The order from a special judge in Hinds County came after a nonpartisan group, Mississippi…
Authorities in Mississippi are searching for two escaped inmates. Michael Lewis and Joseph Spring, both 31, were discovered missing during this morning’s official headcount at the Raymond Detention…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday extended his order that temporarily stops the Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice from appointing judges in the capital city of Jackson and the county where it’s located, both of…
Four former Circuit Court judges will help handle a backlog of criminal cases that have accumulated in Mississippi’s largest county during the COVID-19…
A Biloxi man pleaded guilty Thursday to discharging a firearm during the commission of a robbery that killed three people. U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the FBI in Mississippi made the announcement…
RAYMOND, Miss. (AP) — An inmate in a Mississippi jail has died after being assaulted by two other detainees, authorities say. Hinds County Interim Sheriff Marshand Crisler told news outlets Tuesday that Michael Richardson was attacked Monday inside the general…
Two detention officers have been accused of attempting to smuggle drugs and cell phones into a Hinds County jail. Hinds County Sheriff’s Department Captain Tyree Jones says that Keirra Clark and Patricia Sandifer were arrested Thursday after…
The Mississippi State Department of Health is confirming two more cases of West Nile Virus, bringing the year’s total to 23. The new cases are in Calhoun and Hinds counties. Hinds has reported nine total cases. Mississippi reported 63 West…
Today, the State Department of Health reported the first case of West Nile virus for 2018. The reported case is in Hinds County. MDSH officials want to remind Mississippians to act now to reduce their risk of infection. They suggest…
The top prosecutor in Mississippi’s largest county is facing felony charges of stalking and robbery. Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith turned himself in for booking in neighboring Rankin County where he was indicted. The 46-year-old also faces a…
Two capital murder suspects have escaped from the Hinds County Jail. The escapees are "Gerome Montreal Moore" and "Malcol Jamal Landfair". They were last seen during a routine head count at 4 a.m. and were discovered missing shortly after. Moore…
Authorities say two of the inmates at large after an escape at a Hinds County jail have been captured, leaving two at large
Monday, the Mississippi State Department of Health (M.S.D.H.) confirmed one new human case of West Nile virus (W.N.V.), bringing the state total to 44 cases and five deaths so far in 2014.
Monday, the Mississippi State Department of Health (M.S.D.H.) confirms one new human case of West Nile virus (W.N.V.), bringing the state total to 25 cases so far in 2014.