Columbia man pleads guilty in BP case
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - A Columbia man has pleaded guilty to one count of his indictment, charging him with filing false claims for Deepwater Horizon oil spill relief funding.
The Hattiesburg American reports Jermaine Ball is charged with a separate felony for each of the $5,000 checks he received under what prosecutors claim were false
...Man dies in Hattiesburg mobile home fire
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Hattiesburg authorities are still investigating a mobile home fire that claimed the life of a man.
Deputy Forrest County Coroner Jonathan Nobles tells The Hattiesburg American (http://hatne.ws/WaxqGM ) the victim's name has not been released.
Nobles says while the victim sustained burns, the cause of death was likely smoke
...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
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