Mississippi Business Journal » suicide http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bryant moves election to fill House seat left vacant by suicide http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/bryant-moves-election-to-fill-house-seat-left-vacant-by-suicide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bryant-moves-election-to-fill-house-seat-left-vacant-by-suicide http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/bryant-moves-election-to-fill-house-seat-left-vacant-by-suicide/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:41:26 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72796 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST —  Gov. Phil Bryant has pushed back the date of a special election to fill a House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Jessica Upshaw. Bryant yesterday changed the District 95 election to May 28. If a runoff is necessary, it’ll be June 18. Candidates’ new qualifying deadline is April [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/bryant-moves-election-to-fill-house-seat-left-vacant-by-suicide/feed/ 0 State lawmaker dead from apparent suicide; MSGOP ‘shocked’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/25/state-lawmaker-dead-from-apparent-suicide-msgop-shocked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-lawmaker-dead-from-apparent-suicide-msgop-shocked http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/25/state-lawmaker-dead-from-apparent-suicide-msgop-shocked/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:46:53 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=71885 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. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/25/state-lawmaker-dead-from-apparent-suicide-msgop-shocked/feed/ 0 Irby commits suicide after wife’s prison release http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/18/irby-commits-suicide-after-wifes-prison-release/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irby-commits-suicide-after-wifes-prison-release http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/18/irby-commits-suicide-after-wifes-prison-release/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:17:48 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=50745 JACKSON — Authorities said a prominent Jackson businessman took his own life yesterday, days after his wife was released from prison by then-Gov. Haley Barbour. Jackson Police spokeswoman Colendula Green told The Associated Press that emergency officials were called to Stuart M. Irby’s home shortly after 8 p.m. and he was pronounced dead at 9:04 [...]

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