Court records: Scruggs will take 5th in lawsuit against Hood

By HOLBROOK MOHR
The Associated Press

JACKSON - Plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, facing corruption and contempt charges in unrelated cases, will invoke the Fifth Amendment if forced to testify in a federal lawsuit involving Mississippi’s attorney general, according to court records.
State Farm sued Attorney General Jim Hood in September, accusing him of using the criminal investigation to [...]

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Houston man held without bond in sexual assault on MSU student

STARKVILLE (AP) - A Houston, Miss. man has been denied bond on multiple charges related to the 2007 sexual assault of a Mississippi State University student.
Johnny Griffis, 30, was arraigned on charges of rape, sexual battery and kidnapping in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court on Wednesday.
All the [...]

Biggers responds to Scruggs

Famed attorney Dickie Scruggs gets an answer to bringing Kenneth Coghlan back to his team. Click PDF link below to read motion.
scruggsmotion.pdf

Chaney tells coast to expect insurance rate increase

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – The state’s new insurance commissioner says Mississippi Gulf Coast residents can expect an insurance rate increase this year.
Commissioner Mike Chaney spoke Monday at the opening of the Insurance Department’s coast office.
Chaney, who took office this month, said the rate increase will be reasonable. He said he will not allow triple-digit increases [...]

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Some items making news at this hour …
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats have decided to add to the economic stimulus bill rebates for senior citizens living off Social Security and an extension of unemployment benefits.
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Political leaders and believers mourn the death of Mormon church president Gordon B. Hinckley
By JENNIFER DOBNER
The Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Thousands [...]

Childers officially starts Congressional campaign

Prentiss County Chancery Clerk and businessman Travis W. Childers will officially kick-off his campaign for U.S. Congress inthe 1 st Congressional District with multiple events today and Tuesday.
Childers will officially kick-off his campaign with a rally in his hometown of Booneville today at 4 p.m. at the Haney Student Union, Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville.
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Columbus school bond issue vote Tuesday

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - Lowndes County voters will decide the fate of a $22 million school bond issue Tuesday.
Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
In order to pass, 60 percent of those voting must approve the bond issue.
The Columbus Municipal School District wants to build a new [...]

Winter weather hits NeMiss

Here are some photos from Daily Journal photo chief Thomas Wells from Friday. There have been several reports of accidents around Lee County and NeMiss. These photos were from Highway 45 near Shannon where there were several accidents.
Click here for more on the weather at djournal.com
Also read complete coverage in Saturday’s Daily Journal.

Mississippi communities celebrate MLK Day

 
In this photo released by Mississippi State University, Gregory Craig, a trial layer and partner in Williams and Connolly Law Firm of Washington D.C., speaks at the 14th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Breakfast hosted by the President’s Office at Mississippi State University on Monday. Craig has defended individuals and entities in a [...]

Barbour to give State of the State tonight

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour will outline his legislative priorities tonight during his State of the State address.
The speech is scheduled to begin about 6 p.m. in the House chamber of the state Capitol. Barbour’s spokesman said it will be aired live on Mississippi Public Broadcasting television and radio.
During his inaugural address [...]