Keen convicted in beating death of Madison man
RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) - A Madison County Circuit Court jury has convicted Jonathan Scott Keen of capital murder in the beating death of a handyman and sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
After a 3-day trial, Madison-Rankin District Attorney Michael Guest said Thursday that jurors found Keen, of Byrum, guilty of
...DesJarlais raised $28K, spent $304K in last report
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Freshman U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais received just $10,610 in contributions from individual donors in the reporting period following revelations that he once urged a mistress to seek an abortion.
The Republican congressman seeking re-election in the 4th District also
...Jones Co. man arrested for child exploitation
LAUREL, Miss. (AP) - Jones County Sheriff's Department arrested Cory Cotten, a former youth pastor accusing him of computer luring of a person under 18 to engage in sexual contact and a second charge of exploitation of children.
Investigative Division Capt. Don Sumrall tells the Hattiesburg American (http://hatne.ws/P7FkTx ) a search warrant was
...Woman pleads not guilty in bank theft
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A Biloxi woman has pleaded not guilty to stealing $80,980 from a bank's vault while she was employed as a vault teller.
The Sun Herald reports (http://bitly.com/VLTGNc ) 29-year-old Ashley Ann Keel entered her plea Thursday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. Her trial is set for Dec. 3.
Magistrate Judge Robert H. Walker
...La. studies post-Katrina housing in Miss.
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) - Federal and Louisiana officials, looking for housing solutions for Isaac-damaged parishes, are studying post-Katrina housing built in Mississippi.
Jon Mabry of the Mississippi Development Authority's Disaster Recovery Division led a tour of post-disaster housing complexes Wednesday, answering questions for
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