Former Coahoma Co. judge dies
CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) - Former Coahoma County Judge Joe Webster has died of injuries suffered in a traffic accident in Clarksdale. He was 65.
The Mississippi Supreme Court announced in a news release that Webster died Wednesday. Funeral services are incomplete.
Webster served as a county court Judge for 20 years. He was elected in 1982 and served
...Rankin Co. court to require e-filing
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - Rankin County Chancery Court will become the latest in the state to require electronic filing of court records as part of a yearslong effort to bring Mississippi's legal community into the digital age.
Beginning Feb. 4, Chancery County Clerk Larry Swales tells The Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/USnsuc) anyone filing
...Hattiesburg schools looks to cut energy costs
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Hattiesburg Public School District Superintendent James Bacchus is looking at cutting $750,000 from next year's budget. To do that, he's asking district employees to help him start saving now.
In a memo Bacchus has posted on the district's website, The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/VLZ7KC ) he has asked
...Man arrested in pursuit from Biloxi to Gulfport
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Police have arrested a man whose run from police began after he allegedly stole sodas from a Dollar General store in Biloxi and crashed into a Dollar General store in Gulfport.
The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/W7e731 ) 54-year-old Dana Andrew Porter, of Gulfport, was arrested Wednesday on charges of felony eluding and
...Pascagoula landmark comes down
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - Crews are tearing down the Brumfield's Building, a fixture in downtown Pascagoula since the 1920s.
Hurricane Isaac damaged its roof, which caused damage to walls. The family corporation that owns it determined the cost would be too high to save the building, which was a bank before it became a premier men's clothing store
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