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Six Teenagers Plead Guilty in Ridgeland Carjacking Attempt
Madison and Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Jr. announced that six teenagers have pled guilty in connection with an attempted carjacking in Ridgeland. The individuals—19-year-old Ahmaud Lampkin, 14; 14-year-old 19-year-old Cortarrius Huff, 16-year-old Pernell Moore, 17-year-old Braylon Cooper, 14-year-old Tristan Burns, and 16-year-old Camerious Huff,—entered their pleas before Judge Dewey Arthur in Madison County Circuit Court.
Mississippi is known for music that shapes the nation
JACKSON, Miss. — Music and those who make it helped put Mississippi on the map. “Mississippi is so pivotal and so crucial to the grand scheme of music in this world that it’s very hard to pinpoint it. We are not called the ‘Birthplace of music’ for nothing,’” said Brad Franklin, who is also known as “Kamikaze.”
Convicted felon sentenced for plotting Thanksgiving attack on federal officials
(WGXA) — A convicted felon was sentenced to prison Thursday after taking part in online discussions to kidnap and attack federal officials on Thanksgiving in 2022. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office Middle District of Georgia, 50-year-old Joshua Colston of Mississippi and others discussed online a plan to kidnap or attack federal officials on Thanksgiving in 2022 on a platform called "NCM [National Constitutional Militia] Leadership."
Mississippi Animal Rescue League Critically Low on Puppy and Kitten Food
The Mississippi Animal Rescue League (MARL) is urgently asking for donations as they face a critical shortage of dry puppy and kitten food. The shelter relies on community support to care for its animals. They posted on Facebook saying they are down to the last bag of food purchased last week.
It is time for Mississippi to celebrate Marjorie Baroni
Marjorie Baroni – one of Mississippi’s most courageous and committed civil rights activists – was born 100 years ago, on Aug. 16, 1924. Historians have taken note of her key role in the struggle for social justice in Natchez, but she is not well-known in her hometown. It is time to rectify that omission by celebrating her life and legacy.
Mississippi courts adopt rules for collaborative law, but what is it? When does it start?
Mississippi became the 25th state this year to adopt rules of collaborative law, which allows people to sit together at the table to work through their differences in hopes of avoiding what could become contentious court proceedings. Hattiesburg attorney Jennifer Ingram Johnson was elected president of the Mississippi Bar Association but had...
Client Mix-up Leads to Lawsuits, Bar Complaint Against Mississippi Comp Lawyer
What’s in a name? Thousands of dollars, a lost job, denied insurance coverage and the possibility of a suspended law license for a Mississippi workers’ compensation attorney, apparently. It all has to do with injured workers – both named Dorothy Anderson. One lives in Greenwood, Mississippi; the other...
Judges hear from bonding companies on Bricen Rivers case
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Scripps News Nashville) — A crucial moment happened when Nakeda Wilhoite stepped up to the microphone. She was the center of our Scripps News Nashville Investigates reporting on how she held multiple jobs while being responsible for monitoring Bricen Rivers, a man who bonded out in Nashville and was later accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend... Read more » Fore more crime and trial news coverage, visit Court TV
Final suspect taken into custody in federal drug trafficking investigation
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A final suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a federal drug trafficking investigation. On August 5, authorities in Texas arrested Charles Guise, one of nine people who had been charged following a multi-year investigation into drug distribution in the Jackson area. It was...
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