Messages show plot to get photo of senator’s bedridden wife
CANTON — Newly released investigative documents show that during last year’s Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Mississippi, supporters of a tea party-backed
Blogger gets 2.5 years over senator’s wife photo conspiracy
A blogger who pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to break into a nursing home and shoot unauthorized video of the ailing wife of a U.S. senator was sentenced Monday to serve more than two years in prison.
Man pleads guilty to conspiracy for taping Cochran’s wife
A man accused of videotaping the ill wife of a U.S. senator during a heated election campaign has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.
Lawyer says Sen. Cochran’s marriage helps blogger’s defense
U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s new marriage to his executive assistant could become part of a blogger’s defense against charges related to photos taken of the Mississippi Republican’s now-deceased first wife while she was incapacitated with dementia.
Sen. Cochran marries longtime aide, his office says
U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran — the Mississippi Republican whose 2014 primary campaign drew national attention over an aspiring blogger’s photos of his bedridden wife — has married his longtime aide, his office said Monday.
Senators get creative to protect industries in trade debate
In Congress’ roiling debate over trade, one senator calls his efforts to protect the U.S. catfish industry a matter of averting “the dangers of exposure to foreign agriculture drugs.”
Bill will open more of Gulf to energy exploration
Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker are supporting legislation to expand energy exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
Aide to Sen. Cochran arrested on drug charge
An aide to Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi has been charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after federal agents raided his home.
Trial delayed for blogger in Rose Cochran photo case
Trial has been delayed until June 8 for a political blogger accused of photographing bedridden Sen. Thad Cochran’s wife, without permission, in a nursing home.
Trial nears for accused Cochran photo blogger
A political blogger who shook up last year’s Senate election by photographing U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s bedridden wife is set for trial March 30.
Wife of Mississippi Senator Cochran dies
Rose Clayton Cochran has died. She was 73.
Man in Cochran photo case indicted for burglary
The man accused of taking illicit photographs of the bedridden wife of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran has been indicted on burglary charges.
Childers: Cochran wrong on women’s pay legislation
Democratic former U.S. Rep. Travis Childers said Tuesday that if he’s elected to the Senate, he will support a bill requiring employers to pay women and men the same amount for doing the same jobs.
Our View: Cochran should agree to debate
During his decidedly low-profile campaign swings across the state, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Travis Childers has repeatedly called on Thad Cochran, Mississippi’s six-term incumbent senator, to meet him in a series of debates before the Nov. 4 general election.
Grand jury gets Cochran photos case
The case of a Pearl man accused of sneaking into a nursing home to take a photo of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s bedridden wife has been presented to a grand jury.
Childers wants debates, Cochran noncommittal
Mississippi voters deserve to hear U.S. Senate candidates debate issues such as the minimum wage and the availability of health care, the Democratic nominee said Thursday.
Local campaign contributions favored Sen. Cochran
Golden Triangle residents contributed almost $70,000 to this year’s hotly contested campaign between incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel in the Republican primary and run-off for Senate.
Lawsuit challenges loss to Sen. Cochran in Miss.
A tea party-backed candidate asked a Mississippi court on Thursday to declare him the winner of the June 24 Republican runoff against incumbent U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran or order a new election.
Man pleads guilty in Sen. Thad Cochran photo case
One of the men charged in a conspiracy to photograph U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s ailing wife pleaded guilty Wednesday, drawing no jail time in a plea agreement in which he pledged to cooperate with prosecutors.
Miss. photo conspiracy case not yet to grand jury
An attorney said Monday that it could be weeks before a Mississippi grand jury considers a case against his client and others charged with conspiring to photograph Sen. Thad Cochran’s ailing wife in a nursing home and then using those images in an anti-Cochran video before Mississippi’s Republican primary.
