JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Supreme Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. has won another term on the state's highest court.
A late push put Waller ahead of state Rep. Earle Banks, a Jackson Democrat, by 10%age points with 99% of precincts reporting.
Waller, chief justice since 2009, won an 8-year term
...SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) - A Virginia man convicted for the 12th time in a drunken driving case will serve the maximum sentence.
Media outlets report that 44-year-old David Marion Apraham of Spotsylvania received a 7-year sentence on Tuesday in Spotsylvania Circuit Court..
Apraham had pleaded guilty in August to DUI, driving on a suspended license and
...OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - An Ocean Springs man has been charged with grand larceny after authorities say he stole a golf cart.
Sheriff Mike Byrd tells The Mississippi Press (http://bit.ly/SSH9EM ) 24-year-old Mitchell Roy Lang was arrested after a Vancleave man's niece saw him on the golf cart. Byrd says she recognized her uncle's golf cart and
...ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A 60-year-old man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for the production of child pornography.
U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley says Daniel Eugene Burris, of Huntsville, Ark., was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell of Alexandria. In addition, Drell sentenced Burris to a lifetime of supervised
...SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) - The Southaven Board of Aldermen has agreed to review and get public input on a proposed plan for citywide on-street bicycle and pedestrian paths.
The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/U8DAGv ) City Planning Director Whitney Choat-Cook presented the plan to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen during Tuesday's board meeting.
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