Gunshot claims life of Hattiesburg teen
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Hattiesburg police spokesman says officers responded to a call of shots fired at an apartment complex and found one person inside an apartment with an apparent gunshot wound.
Lt. Jon Traxler tells The Hattiesburg American (http://hatne.ws/TY0BCp) about an hour after the initial 911 call at 7p.m. Sunday, 19-year-old Wesley
...Lane of I-40 to close temporarily in central Ark.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Officials say a lane of Interstate 40 will be closed temporarily as crews work on a bridge in Lonoke County.
The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department says the maintenance work west of the Kerr exit means the eastbound, inside lane of Interstate 40 will be closed Thursday and Friday.
The lane closure will be
...Williams appeals murder conviction
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Gulfport woman sentenced to life in prison in a fatal shooting that authorities described as a love triangle has appealed her case to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
The appeal from Twonia Renee Williams is among dozens the Supreme Court will take up in its January-February term. The court had not scheduled the case for oral
...Murder trial scheduled in Lee County
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - A Tupelo man is scheduled for trial on Feb. 5 in Lee County in the 2011 fatal shooting of 2 people.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports (http://bit.ly/TJheBE) that 27-year-old Travon Brown is charged with two counts of murder.
Prosecutors say he is charged in the shooting deaths of 22-year-old Cornellius Harris and
...Wake planned Monday in Miss. for 5 crash victims
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) - A wake is planned Monday for five young siblings who died when a sport utility vehicle driven by their father careened off an eastern Mississippi road and into a creek.
The wake is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. at the Pearl River Facility Building in Choctaw. Their funeral is scheduled for Wednesday at the same location.
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