Court filing reveals $500K awarded in Kersh case
An Oktibbeha County Circuit Court filing has shed light on how much each party in a civil case against the Mississippi Department of Public Safety received in court-ordered payments.
Devaughn pleads not guilty to Labor Day murder charges
Michael Wayne Devaughn, a suspect indicted earlier this week in Starkville’s infamous 1990 Labor Day murders, pleaded not guilty to his charges during a Wednesday afternoon arraignment in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.
Court of Appeals rules in favor of Starkville industrial park rezoning
The state Court of Appeals has upheld an Oktibbeha County Circuit Court decision affirming the city of Starkville’s rezoning of land for an under-construction industrial park.
Man pleads guilty to weapons charge, avoids trial for sexual battery
A Starkville man avoided a potential life sentence for sexual battery Friday by pleading guilty in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court to two counts of possession of a weapon by a felon.
Maben man to serve 15 years in prison
A Maben man has been sentenced to serve 15 years in Mississippi Department of Corrections, with additional time suspended, after pleading guilty to two counts of burglary of a shed, one count of grand larceny and another of possession of stolen property in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.
‘Peeping Pimp’ indicted for spring peeping tom incidents
“The Peeping Pimp” has been indicted for two counts of trespassing by peeping tom from a pair of incidents in the spring.
Gaskin challenges election in circuit court
Attorneys for alderman candidate John Gaskin filed a petition for judicial review for the Ward 4 Democratic Primary with the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, documents show.
The complaint lists the Starkville Municipal Democratic Executive Committee and incoming Ward 4 Alderman Jason Walker as defendants.
MSU student accuses deputies of brutality
A lawsuit filed with the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court alleges police brutality by two sheriff’s deputies against a Mississippi State University student.
Man sentenced as habitual offender
The following cases were disposed of this week in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court: Steven Ewell pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and was sentenced as
Murder, assault cases continued in Oktibbeha Circuit Court
The high-profile cases of the January term of Oktibbeha County Circuit Court were continued Tuesday.
The defense team of George Johnson, 21, or Weir, filed a motion to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial. Johnson will be evaluated at the state hospital in Whitefield. Johnson’s case was continued to the April term.
Oktibbeha County Circuit Court
STARKVILLE — The defense team for the Weir man accused of stabbing two doughnut shop employees Thursday filed a motion to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial.
Murder, sex crime trials set for circuit court
The man accused of stabbing two doughnut-shop employees in May is scheduled for trial during the January term of Oktibbeha County Circuit Court. George Johnson, 21, of Weir, is accused of entering Shipley Do-Nuts on May 31 and cutting the throat of a female employee and stabbing a male employee multiple times.
Maben man to serve 15 years for 2009 beating death
STARKVILLE — Steven D. Love will spend 15 years in prison for the beating death of a Maben man in November 2009.
Circuit court term begins Monday in Oktibbeha
STARKVILLE — Two murder trials are slated for the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court’s October term.
Steven D. Love, 28, of Maben, will stand trial Wednesday for the beating death of 68-year-old William C. Brown in late 2009. Love’s trial has been continued multiple times since he was indicted in August 2010.
Verina Childs found guilty of killing husband during hunting trip
After two hours of deliberation Thursday, an Oktibbeha County Circuit Court jury found Verina Marie Childs guilty of murdering her husband, Douglas, in 2009.
Oktibbeha County Circuit Court sentencings
A Starkville man was sentenced to nine years in prison for sexual battery this week in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.
Love murder trial continued in Oktibbeha
The first of three murder trials scheduled for the July term of Oktibbeha County Circuit Court won’t take place.
Murder trials continued in Oktibbeha court
Two of five murder trials scheduled for Oktibbeha County Circuit Court’s April term have been continued until the summer.
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Judges Jim Kitchens and Lee Howard handed out sentences to more than a half-dozen defendants Wednesday in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.
Oktibbeha County Circuit Court
The first week of the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court wrapped up Friday with a number of guilty pleas, revocations and sentences handed down by judges Jim Kitchens and Lee Howard.