House ‘uninhabitable’ after search in ricin-laced letter case
CORINTH — Attorneys for a Mississippi man who was briefly charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and others are encouraged after speaking with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office...
View ArticleItems from suspect’s karate studio test positive for ricin
TUPELO — When poison-laced letters were sent to President Barack Obama and two other officials, it didn’t take long to track down a suspect based on a phrase in one of the letters often used by a...
View ArticleNo injuries in Hub City bar fire; investigation underway
HATTIESBURG — A fire gutted the Frat House bar early yesterday but authorities say there were no injuries. The Hattiesburg American reports no one was in the bar on South 37th Avenue when the fire was...
View ArticleFamily of murdered mayoral candidate wants federal investigation
CLARKSDALE — Relatives of a slain Mississippi mayoral candidate are renewing their push for a federal investigation amid their complaints that local officials are withholding information about the...
View ArticleLab owner wants evidence tossed because of lack of coffee
WATER VALLEY — A laboratory owner charged with faking wastewater samples wants a judge to dismiss evidence taken from her computer because she claims she was stressed, “without coffee” and intimidated...
View ArticleDA starts collecting evidence on alleged voting irregularities
CANTON — Complaints about alleged irregularities in Canton elections have prompted the Madison County district attorney’s office to start collecting information in anticipation of an official...
View ArticleInvestigastors looking into cause of fall that killed two workers
COPIAH COUNTY — Federal and local investigators are trying to determine the cause of an accident in which two workers fell to their deaths from a cellphone tower in Copiah County. The accident happened...
View ArticleNew VA director trying to recover hospital’s reputation
JACKSON — The new director of the veterans’ hospital in Jackson is struggling to change perceptions of the institution as members of Congress and a government oversight office pursue investigations...
View ArticleCounty wants Entergy customer records; utility says it’s ‘fishing’
MADISON COUNTY — County officials are seeking customer information on 25,000 Madison County residents from Entergy Mississippi in an ongoing investigation of homestead exemption fraud, but the utility...
View ArticleReassigned ex-clerk sues city, officials over multiple claims
HATTIESBURG — One of the former clerks reassigned after an investigation into the Hattiesburg City Court has sued the city, Mayor Johnny DuPree and City Council President Kim Bradley. Sharon Mark seeks...
View ArticleAttorneys ask judge to allow oil spill payments to continue
NEW ORLEANS — A team of plaintiffs’ lawyers urged a federal judge on Thursday to reject BP’s bid to suspend all settlement payments to Gulf Coast businesses and residents who claim they lost money...
View ArticleFAA looking into crash of medical helicopter; pilot injured
CANTON — Federal authorities are investigating the emergency landing of a medical helicopter. The MedStat EMS Inc. helicopter was damaged while landing east of Canton Thursday night, reports WJTV-T....
View ArticleDMR gets new executives as investigation continues
BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has hired two new executives. Director Jamie Miller says in a news release today that 42-year-old Bill Feidt, of Pascagoula, will become chief...
View ArticleInvestigators continue to probe debris found in bay
BILOXI — The state Department of Marine Resources plans to further investigate the debris field just north of the Biloxi Bay Bridge on the Biloxi side of the bay that is a threat to boaters. They...
View ArticleContact lens investigation leads to multiple arrests
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — An undercover operation has resulted in several arrests and numerous businesses facing allegations of unauthorized dispensing of contact lenses, according to Attorney General Jim...
View ArticleCoast newspaper wins in bid to get information from MDMR, Pickering
BILOXI — A Harrison County judge has ordered the state auditor and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources to turn over records to a Gulf Coast newspaper. The Sun Herald reports that Chancery...
View ArticleCoast newspaper’s request for DMR records hits new snag
BILOXI — Records that a Mississippi judge said a newspaper has a right to review have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury. A Harrison County judge last week ordered the state auditor and the...
View ArticleRefinery explosion claims a life; investigation underway
PASCAGOULA — Authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire at a southern Mississippi refinery Friday that killed one worker. An operator at the Cracking II Processing Unit died after...
View ArticleAnti-fraud group names Rose Cancer Center investigation year’s best
SUMMIT — The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) has presented its Investigation of the Year Award to a team of federal and state agencies and a Medicare Part C health plan that...
View ArticlePickering wants court to authorize release of DMR records
JACKSON — State Auditor Stacey Pickering asked a federal court yesterday to authorize the release of Mississippi Department of Marine Resources records that are being sought by a Gulf Coast newspaper....
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