Audit finds poor tracking of Tenn. sex offenders
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A recent audit of Tennessee's parole and probation system found officers failed to properly supervise sex offenders, sometimes allowing them access to children.
The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/RWkfM9) the state monitors about 800 felons by GPS. Most of them are sex offenders.
However, auditors found that parole and
...Man killed in hit and run
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Police say a man was killed in a hit and run accident in Jackson.
WLBT TV reports (http://bit.ly/ROp5Ii) the accident happened on U.S. Highway 80 around 2:45 a.m. Sunday
Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham Stewart says the unidentified man, in his mid-40's, died of blunt force trauma after being hit by a vehicle.
Jackson police
...Boy, 11, dies in accident at Tupelo restaurant
TUPLEO, Miss. (AP) - An 11-year-old boy died when a column of concrete blocks fell on him outside a Tupelo restaurant.
Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green tells The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/Sdsa6W ) Lorenzo Washington, of Tupelo, was playing near some concrete blocks outside the Huddle House, where his mother worked, when the
...New leader named for of MGCCC Jackson Co. campus
GAUTIER, Miss. (AP) - Dr. Carmen J. Walters has been named vice president of the Jackson County Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
The Mississippi Press reports (http://bit.ly/RcOuOq ) Walters has experience in almost every aspect of community college management, from counselor and grant specialist to serving as assistant vice
...Parties in NRMC lawsuit to meet this week
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Natchez Regional Medical Center's $46 million lawsuit against its former management company will move forward this week as the Nov. 30 trial date approaches.
The Natchez Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/TLW6EM ) the parties - NRMC and Quorum Health Services - are scheduled to be in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
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