DesJarlais raised $28K, spent $304K in last report
Associated Press
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
...State will appeal Voter ID ruling
By ADRIAN SAINZ and LUCAS JOHNSON II
Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee election officials are going to ask the state Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that upholds the new photo identification requirement for voting but orders them to accept an ID issued by the Memphis public library.
The Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the law
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