by Associated Press Published: April 2,2012
Tags: bridges, construction, county government, infrastructure, repairs, replacement, roadbuilders, roadbuilding, supervisor, supervisors, traffic, transportation
MCCOMB — A Pike County supervisor wants a second opinion on whether the county really needs $5 million worth of bridge repairs and replacements. The Board of Supervisors will first meet with the engineering firm that prepared a report saying three bridges need replacement and one needs repairs, The Enterprise-Journal reported. The board agreed in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 12,2012
Tags: county government, courts, embezzlement, judge, judicial, judiciary, sentence, sentenced, sentencing, supervisor, suspended sentence
CORINTH — A former Alcorn County supervisor has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to embezzlement. The Daily Corinthian reports Danny H. Crotts entered the plea in circuit court to a criminal information. A criminal information is a formal charge made without a grand jury indictment. Circuit Judge Jim Pounds sentenced Crotts to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 2,2012
Tags: classes, county government, demand, education, law enforcement, lawsuit, misappropriation, state agency, state government, supervisor
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has filed suit against Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham, demanding he repay money state auditors say he earned double-dipping while on the clock at his former city job. Auditor Stacey Pickering’s office contends Graham, between 2004 and 2007 as a Jackson police spokesman and 911 dispatch supervisor, earned almost [...] [...]
JACKSON — Sentencing for former Holmes County Supervisor Larry Dennis has been delayed because of disagreement over how much money was lost when he was bribed a year ago. When Dennis arrived in federal court in Jackson yesterday, he was facing a maximum 37 months in prison under federal sentencing guidelines for pleading guilty. But [...] [...]
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