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Arrest Report Dec. 25

Tue,12/24/19-6:36AM, 4,525 Reads
The following individuals were taken in to custody and booked in to the docket at the Scott County Jail between December 11 - December 19. All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Chris McDaniel's supporters gather as they wait for him to speak during a campaign stop on Lakeland Drive in Flowood Monday, November 5, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America

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Pender: Is the Confederate flag still an issue in Mississippi elections? Chris McDaniel campaign tries to revive it

By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/28/23-1:46PM, 4,522 Reads 18,128 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:
Mississippi’s former flag with a Confederate emblem in its canton was an issue — sometimes a major one — in state politics and elections for decades before it was officially changed via a vote of the Republican-led Legislature and signature of Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in 2020.
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James E. Hughes, father of Corey Maurice Hughes, poses for a portrait near his home in the Palmers Crossing community in Hattiesburg, Miss., Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Corey was shot and killed by a Forrest County Sheriff's deputy, as deputies attempted to transport him to a mental health facility. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Deputies were supposed to take him to the hospital. They killed him instead.

By ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY ISABELLE TAFT - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/01/22-10:28AM, 4,516 Reads 37,353 Statewide
Mental health and law enforcement are intertwined in a little-known legal practice called civil or involuntary commitment. James Hughes believes his son would still be alive if the process for commitment involved more mental health professionals.
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Marie Babb

Wed,12/13/17-9:03AM, 4,513 Reads
Winona Marie Aycock Babb, 89, a resident of Pearl, MS passed away Sunday, December 10, 2017 at MS Care Center of Morton. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with the interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. Visitation was Monday from 5:00 p.m.
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Arrest Report Dec. 25

Pender: Is the Confederate flag still an issue in Mississippi elections? Chris McDaniel campaign tries to revive it

Deputies were supposed to take him to the hospital. They killed him instead.

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