Men Killing Women: Mississippi Gets Bad Marks in New Report From Anti-Gun Group
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Mississippi can be a pretty dangerous place for women when it comes to domestic violence. The Magnolia State is fifth in the country in...
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Keeping Your Kids Safe: Judge Says No Dice to Triplett in Child Pornography Conviction
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COLUMBUS, Miss.–Robert Triplett’s stepdaughter went missing in 2009 in Lowndes County, and when police were trying to find out where she was, they searched through...
Lowes Defrauded With Phony Benjamins, Two People Guilty in Mississippi
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GULFPORT, Miss.–Your local Lowes may have been biled out of money when two people paid with phony $100 bills. Now the feds say two people...
Keeping Your Kids Safe: Molesting Children Gets Choctaw Man 25 Years
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CHOCTAW, Miss.–Molesting two children under the age of 12 has gotten Gary Tubby 25 years in the federal pen. The sentence came this week in...
Keeping Your Kids Safe: Former Coach Gets Chance to Appeal Child Sex Sentence
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ABERDEEN, Miss.–Dwight Bowling was once a celebrated high school football coach in Mississippi and Alabama, but in 2011 he pleaded guilty to repeatedly violating the...
Hate Crimes in Mississippi: Four More Charged in 2011 Incidents
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JACKSON, Miss.–You probably remember the 2011 death of James Craig Anderson, a black man who was run down by three white men in a pickup...
If Your Car Got Tossed By a Twister, There Could Be Federal Help
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JACKSON, Miss.–A lot of vehicles got damaged when tornadoes tore through Mississippi at the end of April. If your car or truck got damaged or...
Don’t Do It in Public: Bribery Trial Continues For Former Canton Alderman
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CANTON, Miss.–Accepting bribes is the charge and Louis Smith, former Canton alderman, says it was not bribe money he was taking when he was video...
Abortion in Mississippi: State Going to Federal Court Today to Try to Force Closure
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JACKSON, Miss.–The state’s only abortion clinic is still open and women continue to have abortions there despite laws passed in 2012 that could have forced...
Scruggs Goes Home, But He’s Still in Custody
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OXFORD, Miss.–He’s been trying to get out of prison ever since he went in back in 2009. Now former famed attorney Dickie Scruggs is serving...