Monday, May 21 2012 3:55 PM EDT2012-05-21 19:55:45 GMT
About 2:40 p.m. Sunday afternoon it was reported that a riot had begun at the Adams County Correctional Facility. Adams County Coroner James Lee has confirmed one fatality at the prison. Reports fromMore >>
A prison guard has died and several other employees have been injured during what is being called an "an inmate disturbance" at a southwest Mississippi prison.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 7:50 PM EDT2012-05-21 23:50:17 GMT
Following fatal riot, Adams County sheriff says they have "total control" of prison.More >>
Sheriff Chuck Mayfield says gang activity caused the unrest at the privately-run Adams County Correctional Center. A 24-year-old prison guard from Meadville was killed.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 8:19 PM EDT2012-05-22 00:19:02 GMT
A Mississippi lawmaker is coming under fire for comments he made on his facebook page in regards to homosexuals. After President Obama came out in support of gay marriage, republican representative AndyMore >>
He's a state lawmaker and a Baptist preacher, but what's causing ears to perk up wasn't said at the state capitol or from the pulpit. Instead, it was on Facebook from representative Andy Gipson who some say is calling for homosexuals to be put to death.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 11:16 AM EDT2012-05-21 15:16:42 GMT
(WMC-TV) - Leaning against a wall just to stand up, Beverly Dean talked about the moment she stood between her daughter and gang members trying to recruit the teen."I could hear the bullets like they wereMore >>
Beverly Dean talks about the moment she stood between her daughter and gang members trying to recruit the teen.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 10:10 AM EDT2012-05-21 14:10:07 GMT
(WMC-TV) – Facebook is apologizing to the mother who was temporarily banned from posting photos to the popular social networking site. Heather Walker spoke with Action News 5 after she was temporarilyMore >>
Facebook is apologizing to the mother who was temporarily banned from posting photos to the popular social networking site.More >>
Friday, May 18 2012 7:17 PM EDT2012-05-18 23:17:11 GMT
(WMC-TV) - More than 1,000 Action News 5 Facebook fans are rallying around a mother who feels Facebook is discriminating against photos she posted on the social media network of her son. Grayson JamesMore >>
UPDATE: A Mid-South mother has been banned from Facebook for the photos she posted of her newborn son.
Sunday, May 20 2012 10:21 PM EDT2012-05-21 02:21:53 GMT
Jackson police arrested two bikers following Saturdays shooting at a motorcycle club event. J.P.D. Officer Colendula Green said three people were injured when gunfire erupted in the 600 block of WoodrowMore >>
Jackson police arrested two bikers following Saturdays shooting at a motorcycle club event.
Authorities say a guard was killed and, at one point, hostages were taken during a riot at a Mississippi prison that holds illegal immigrants.More >>
As many as 300 inmates, some of them armed with makeshift weapons such as broomsticks, rioted at a privately run prison for illegal immigrants, beating a guard to death and injuring 19 people, a sheriff said Monday.More >>
Saturday, May 19 2012 3:51 PM EDT2012-05-19 19:51:17 GMT
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC (WYFF) After a woman stopped in a stranger's driveway and danced around with a cupholder from her car stuck in her hair, she was arrested when her 2-year-old child was found naked,More >>
After a woman stopped in a stranger's driveway and danced around with a cupholder from her car stuck in her hair, she was arrested when her 2-year-old child was found naked, curled in a fetal position behind the driver's seat in the car, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.More >>
Monday, May 21 2012 5:06 PM EDT2012-05-21 21:06:35 GMT
(RNN) - A Cartersville, GA, man has become the third case of necrotizing fasciitis to make headlines in recent weeks, coming just weeks after a 24-year-old Georgia woman lost her foot and both handsMore >>
A Georgia man has become the third case of necrotizing fasciitis to make headlines in recent weeks, just as two women are being treated for the condition in southern hospitals.More >>
Topping our MOST WANTED list this week some a trio that went to the market and brought home the bacon so to speak. Check out Donterry Q then Allen Taylor and Byron Burns.
Jackson cops say these guys worked at Honey Baked Ham. But they apparently had other motives for working there. Detectives tell us, all three were captured on video surveillance cameras stealing boxes of ham. They allegedly put the stolen food into a red SUV.
Ridgeland cops are on the lookout for Willie Lee Miller. A 42 year old man who is wanted for one count of false pretense. If you have any idea where these suspects are hiding out give ridgeland PD a buzz. It might just pay off.
Here's another suspect. This time in the Jackson area. Police are looking for Alcantara Gamble. Jackson detectives say he ripped off a check from an innocent victim. Then Gamble allegedly took it to a local bank, endorsed the check and walked off with $500 dollars cash.
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