WILL A JURY CONVICT HER AGAIN…?
A Hattiesburg native will be tried for murder a 2nd time in the death of her stepdaughter.
T'kia Smith Bevily is...
T’kia and Morris Bevily Full Interrogation Videos
Below is T'kia Bevily's first interview with detectives
Below is T'Kia Bevily's Full 2nd Interrogation Video
Below is Morris Bevily's 1st and...
Prosecutors Ask to Sequester Jury Due to Defense Counsel’s ‘SweetNLow’ Efforts to Influence Jurors
Claiborne County prosecutors have asked Circuit Judge Tomika Irving to sequester the jury in the May 2 capital murder retrial...
Legislature ends session without reviving ballot initiative
The Mississippi Legislature ended the 2022 session not restoring the initiative process that allowed citizens to place issues on the...
Spending billions, cutting taxes, fear and loathing: The 2022 legislative session wasn’t pretty, but it was historic
During the three-month 2022 legislative session, House Speaker Philip Gunn kept a copy of a January Mississippi Today article that...
After lawmakers go home without extending postpartum Medicaid, six moms speak out.
Thousands of Mississippians stand to lose health insurance later this year because of Speaker of the House Philip Gunn’s refusal...
‘You stuck your neck out for me’: Brett Favre used fame and favors to pull welfare dollars
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre had a way with Mississippi government officials.
Whether the football star was looking for funds to...
Lawmakers end 2022 session with historic spending spree
Mississippi legislators ended the 2022 session on a two-day spending spree where they spent funds at a pace never before...
‘My Governor is counting on me’: Disgraced welfare director bowed to Phil Bryant’s wishes
Phil Bryant had found his yes man.
Whether the governor wanted grant funds directed to his favored vendors, a partner to...
Governing by text: Phil Bryant’s hidden hand picked welfare winners
The tidal wave of alleged misspending identified by auditors at the Mississippi Department of Human Services was not confined to...
State Auditor Shad White discusses welfare investigation, former Gov. Phil Bryant
Since Auditor Shad White arrested Gov. Phil Bryant’s appointed welfare director in 2020 within a sprawling fraud scheme, state and...
Local Massage Therapist Erret James Arrested for Child Exploitation.
Local Hattiesburg Massage therapist Erret James (aka "EJ") was arrested by the Mississippi Attorney Generals Office for the exploitation of a Child back in October. James once worked for Massage Envy in Hattiesburg, but...
Sheriff Berlin Sent Picture of Ding-a-Ling to 20+ Employees (male and female) in Work Chat
Recently obtained screenshots from a work group within the Jones County Sheriff's department reveal Joe Berlin's leadership style. The group includes both male and female department employees and has about 20 employees as part...
Lamar County Constable/Deputy Faces Allegations of Unlawful Communications Sent to Female.
Lamar County Constable and Deputy Mike Byrd will have a show cause hearing on October 18th at 9:00 a.m. after a female filed an affidavit which alleged criminal conduct against Byrd. According to an...
Jones County Former Attorney Arrested On Sexual Battery of a Child.
Brandon Brooks, a former attorney, has been indicted in Jones County on two counts of sexual battery of a child. Brooks turned himself in shortly before 10:00 a.m. today. Brooks was set to self...
Sheriff Joe Berlin Sued for Physical Assault and Verbal Abuse of a 15-Year-Old Child in “chaotic” Locker Room Assault
Sheriff Joe Berlin and the taxpayers of Jones County can add another lawsuit to their list. Cyntrelle Woodard-Wells, the mother of a minor son, who played football at South Jones High School back in...
Double Murderer, Frederick Allen, Sentenced to 60 Years Day-For-Day.
Frederick Allen, who pled guilty to murdering Joseph Lee Thames Jr. 46, and Nakieta Lashawn McCarty, 29, in July for the December 16, 2021 double murders, was sentenced today at 10:00 a.m by Forrest...
Sheriff’s Brother-In-Law Must Recuse from His Election Commission Position For Sheriff’s Race or Face Ethics Violation
Sheriff Joe Berlin's and his brother-in-law, John Herrington, once again finds themselves in an ethical quagmire; this time dealing with Herrington's appointed position as a Jones County Election Commissioner. John Herrington, who is the...
Mentally and Physically Disabled Man Alleges He was Beaten, Denied Medical Care During and After Arrest.
JONES COUNTY: Four Jones County Deputies have been named in a Federal Civil Rights complaint by plaintiff Daniel Perry. Officers J.D. Carter, Jeff Monk, Stephen Graeser, and Warden Jennifer Henderson, have been named as...
Jones County Deputies Accused of Lying, Fabricating Evidence to Justify Search of Home and Arrest of Jones County Man
Four Jones County Deputies, who are being sued in Federal Court for Civil Rights violations, are now formally accused in Jones County Court of committing perjury and fabricating evidence in order to justify the...
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