by Associated Press Published: April 16,2013
Tags: abortion, abortion clinic, baby, bench, birth, court, health care, healtyh, judge, law, legal, license, public health
JACKSON — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Mississippi from revoking the license of the state’s only abortion clinic. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III extended an injunction he issued several months ago, which blocks the state from closing the clinic while it tries to fulfill a 2012 state law. The law requires all [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 16,2013
Tags: administrator, appeal, bench, bribe, county government, court, health, health care, hospital, judge, judicial, justice, kickback, medical, medicine, sentence, trial
BATESVILLE — Former Panola County administrator David Chandler has asked a judge to give him more time to appeal his guilty plea to charges in an alleged kickback scheme at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville. However, the deadline for Chandler to file an appeal passed two weeks ago. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Chandler’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 12,2013
Tags: bench, court, desegregation, education, federal agency, judge, law, legal, public education, public school, school, school consolidation, school district, segregation
ACKERMAN — A federal judge has ordered Choctaw County to consolidate all seventh through 12th graders at Ackerman High School while leaving grades K through 8 at schools in Ackerman, Weir and French Camp. WCBI-TV in Columbus reports the order was issued by U.S. District Judge Glenn Davidson. The Choctaw County School Board had drawn [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 12,2013
Tags: bench, case, court, death, died, employee, fatality, federal agency, fish, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, machinery, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, pet food, plant, worker
GULFPORT — The mother of a 24-year-old man who died last year during a machinery incident at Omega Protein has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. The suit, filed by Cynthia Hebert, the mother of Christopher Allen Hebert, seeks unspecified damages. The suit was filed April 5 in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013
Tags: bench, court, federal government, fraud, income tax, judge, justice, law, legal, tax, tax filing, tax return
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Federal prosecutors are seeking to shut down a Memphis-based company on claims it prepared false tax returns in at least three states. The Department of Justice said it is suing Mo Money Taxes and requesting an injunction to stop it from serving as a federal tax preparer. Mo Money Taxes was criticized [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013
Tags: bank, banker, banking, bench, case, Chief Executive Officer, court, finance, financial institution, fraud, judge, judicial, justice, legal, money laundering, trial
BUDE — The former chief executive officer or a south Mississippi bank has been charged with fraud and money laundering. A criminal information filed in federal court says Larry Barnette Hill was CEO of Peoples Bank of the South in Bude. A criminal information often means a defendant will plead guilty. The document says Hill [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013
Tags: audit, audtor, bench, case, city government, court, decision, executive, funds, judge, judicial, justice, law, legal, mayor, misappropriation, municipal, municipality, reimbursement, ruling, sex shop, state agency
SOUTHAVEN — A Hinds County judge has denied a request from Southaven Mayor Greg Davis to throw out part of the $70,000 that the state auditor alleges he owes for unsubstantiated personal expenses. WMCTV in Memphis reports Davis’ argues that his reimbursements followed state law and he had the authority to approve his city travel. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013
Tags: bench, bribe, bribery, case, court, education, educator, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, reading, rwad, superintendent, trial
GREENVILLE — The trial of a Georgia businesswoman on federal charges of paying bribes to a former superintendent of schools in Greenville has been rescheduled for July 22. Assistant U.S. Attorney John Marshall Alexander tells the Delta Democrat Times the defense needed more time to prepare for trial. Alexander says Edna Goble’s trial had been [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 10,2013
Tags: acquisition, attorney, bank, banker, banking, bench, class action, court, finance, financial institution, judge, justice, law, law firm, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, merger, purchase, sale, sell
KOSCIUSKO and TUPELO — Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP of San Diego has started a class action, through an amended complaint filed on April 8 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on behalf of all holders of First M&F Corporation (FMFC) common stock as of Feb. 7, 2013, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 10,2013
Tags: concert, court, entertainment, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, law, legal, music, nightlife, noise, ordinance, reality TV, restaurant, snowcone stand, television
MCCOMB — Scott Johnson has a lot on his calendar. The 46-year-old owner of Chilly Willy’s — a sno-ball stand, restaurant, bar and concert hall — is busy preparing to defend his business in a chancery court lawsuit, a misdemeanor criminal trial in justice court and a noise ordinance violation charge in municipal court. The [...] [...]
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