by Associated Press Published: February 26,2013
Tags: bench, county, court, decision, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, ruling, sand, sand-drying, trial
POPLARVILLE — A Pearl River County judge has ruled against a group of residents who sought to block development of five acres near the construction site of a sand drying plant in Pearl River County. The Alliance Consulting Group is locating the plant on 30 acres between Nicholson and Picayune. The $30-million plant will service [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2013
Tags: bench, city government, court, decision, education, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, funding, judge, justice, law, money, municipal, municipality, public education, public school, ruling, school, school district, sentence
MEADVILLE — A 52-year-old Roxie woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling money while she was employed by the Franklin County School District and the Town of Roxie. The Natchez Democrat reports Circuit Court Judge Forrest “Al” Johnson sentenced Ramona Mullins to serve nine years, with six years suspended, followed by [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2013
Tags: appeal, city government, convention, county government, court, decision, entertainment, gamble, gambling, gaming, hotel, law, legal, lodging, meeting, nightlife, restaurant, ruling, tax, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
CLARKSDALE — Coahoma County has appealed a judge’s order that it return to the city of Clarksdale about $62,000 collected in casino taxes. The Clarksdale Press Register reports the county filed the appeal Feb. 15, asking Circuit Judge Johnnie Walls to reverse his decision. In court documents, county attorney Tom Ross argues that Walls ruled [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 15,2013
Tags: back payment, bench, casino, city government, county government, court, decision, gaming, judge, justice, law, legal, ruling
CLARKSDALE — A judge has ordered Coahoma County to return the city of Clarksdale about $62,000 — back payments that county’s appears to have been withholding in an annexation dispute. The board of supervisors met Wednesday but left the meeting with board president Paul Peterson telling the Clarksdale Press Register the matter is “ongoing litigation.” [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 14,2013
Tags: accident, agreement, court, damages, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, justice, law, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, pollution, restaurant, ruling, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has approved Transocean Ltd.’s agreement with the Justice Department to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge and pay $400 million in criminal penalties for its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo accepted Transocean’s plea and imposed the agreed-upon sentence during [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 8,2013
Tags: build, builder, building, building material, construction, contractor, court, decision, drywall, home, house, judge, justice, law, legal, residential real estate, ruling
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has approved five class-action settlements that call for a Chinese drywall manufacturer and others to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to repair homes damaged by the product, attorneys for thousands of Gulf Coast property owners said. U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon in New Orleans held a hearing in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 8,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, court, crime, decision, federal government, fraud, fraudulent, home, house, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, loan, mortgage, real estate, residential, ruling, scam, scheme
RIDGELAND — A federal appeals panel has upheld the conviction of three people in a Mississippi mortgage fraud scheme that involved more than $10 million in fraudulent loans. Former Ridgeland mortgage broker Mark Calhoun and father-and-son associates J. Larry Kennedy and Keith Kennedy, who operated a mortgage loan closing business, had appealed their 2010 convictions. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 29,2013
Tags: bench, decision, desegregate, desegregation, education, elementary education, elementary school, equality, federal government, high school, judge, judicial, judiciary, junior high school, justice, plan, public education, public school, race, ruling, school, school district, secondary education, segreagate, segregation
CLEVELAND — A federal judge has rejected a desegregation plan submitted by the Cleveland School District that relied on creation of magnet programs to attract whites to schools that are predominately black. The Bolivar Commercial reports U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson’s ruling came this past week. In Cleveland, two middle schools and two high [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 22,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, contract killing, court, decision, divorce, doctor, exam, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, mental health, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, ruling
GREENWOOD — A mental examination has been ordered for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Judge Breland Hilburn this past week granted a prosecution request to send Dr. Arnold Smith to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder as the alleged instigator of a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, case, city government, court, decision, developer, development, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, municipal, municipality, real estate, rule, ruling, zone, zoning
NATCHEZ — The Mississippi Supreme Court has sided with the city of Natchez in a zoning dispute with a developer. The dispute stemmed from the city’s denial of a request from Dallas-based Roundstone Development, LLC to rezone 25 acres for single-family homes. The company planned to build 65 single-family homes on nine acres, leaving the [...] [...]
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