by Associated Press Published: April 3,2013
Tags: death, died, elect, election, lawmaker, legialature, legislative, legislator, lelected official, political campaign, politician, Politics, poll, public official, special election, state government, vote, voter, Voting
EAST MISSISSIPPI — Karl Gibbs will be filling the remaining three years of the House District 36 seat for his late father, Rep. David Gibbs. Complete but unofficial returns show Gibbs received 57 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s special election over Eddie Longstreet. House District 36 includes parts of Clay, Lowndes and Monroe counties. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 2,2013
Tags: dead, death, died, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, obituary, prison, state government
OCEAN SPRINGS — Mack McInnis, a former South Mississippi lawmaker known for his tough talk on prison issues, has died. McInnis’ daughters said their father died in his sleep Sunday. He was 79. McInnis’ memorable statement about a push to make Mississippi prisoners wear striped uniforms made national news in 1994. “We want a prisoner [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 29,2013
Tags: death, entertainment, food, hospitality, music, nightclub, obituary, restaurant, tourism, tourist, visitor
JACKSON — Hal White, a partner with his brother Malcolm in the popular downtown Jackson eatery and blues club Hal & Mal’s, has died. He was 64. Malcolm White announced his brother’s death yesterday on his Facebook page. Hal White had been in intensive care at St. Dominic Hospital since suffering an aneurysm in his [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 29,2013
Tags: autopsy, cause of death, crime, crime lab, death, investigation, law, law enforcement, mayor, mayoral candidate, murder, politican, Politics, public official, report
CLARKSDALE — More than a month has passed since Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian was found dead, but the cause of death remains largely a mystery pending an autopsy report. McMillian’s body was found Feb. 27 in Coahoma County. Coahoma County Coroner Scotty Meredith says the state crime lab is waiting for an investigative report [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 25,2013
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MENDENHALL — Authorities say they are investigating the apparent suicide of a state legislator in Mississippi. Simpson County Sheriff Kenneth Lewis tells WLOX Rep. Jessica Upshaw appeared to have shot herself in the head at a home in Mendenhall yesterday. The sheriff told The Clarion-Ledger Upshaw was found at the home of former state Rep. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 22,2013
Tags: convenience store, death, die, died, elected official, gas, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, obit, obituary, politician, Politics, propane, public official, spokesman, state government, store
DALEVILLE — Former State Rep. Jerry E. Wilkerson, who served three terms in the Mississippi House and was a spokesman for the propane, petroleum and convenience store associations for 25 years, has died at the age of 68. Officials with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home say Wilkerson died at his home in Daleville on Wednesday. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 13,2013
Tags: campaign, capital, death, fundraiser, fundraising, health, health care, hospice, hospital, medical, medicine
HATTIESBURG — Forrest General Hospital plans to open a 12-patient hospice facility for the terminally ill by mid-2015. The Hattiesburg American reports the Hospice House of South Mississippi will be built on five acres of donated land. Officials with the Forrest General Healthcare Foundation announced a capital campaign to raise $5 million to build the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 12,2013
Tags: Chicken, death, fatality, fine, food, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, penalty, poultry, processing, processor, workplace safety
MOSELLE — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Southern Hens Inc. with 43 safety and health violations following the death of a worker who slipped and fell into an unguarded screw conveyor while cleaning the conveyor at the company’s Moselle facility. OSHA initiated the inspection Sept. 9, 2012, in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 4,2013
Tags: beaten, burned, crime, death, homiciade, law, law enforcement, legal, mayor, murder, politician, Politics
CLARKSDALE — The family of a slain Mississippi mayoral candidate says he was beaten and burned. Marco McMillian’s godfather, Carter Womack, said today the information came from the Coahoma County coroner. The coroner declined to comment. Womack said the family was told McMillian’s body was dragged under a fence and left near a Mississippi River [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University’s 15th president, Donald W. Zacharias, has died of complications from multiple sclerosis, the university said yesterday. He was 77. He died late Saturday night, said daughter-in-law Sarah Zacharias of Boulder, Colo. Zacharias was president from 1985-97. Only founding president Stephen D. Lee served longer, the university said in a news [...] [...]
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