Rienzi man to serve life for 30-year-old Starkville murder
Julia Kathryn Holt said she wanted to see Michael Devaughn’s face when she spoke to him from the stand of the courtroom in Lowndes County Courthouse during his sentencing hearing Tuesday.
Lowndes man pleads to federal child porn charges
A Lowndes County man previously arrested by local authorities for child exploitation has pleaded guilty in federal court to having child pornography on his cell phone.
Hotel death suspect pleads guilty to manslaughter
A Columbus man charged with second-degree murder in 2016 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Talley gets 50 years in Cotton District rape case
A Monday morning guilty plea in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court has concluded a 2016 Cotton District sexual assault case.
Jerry Talley, 32, of McCool, was sentenced to 50 years in prison, with an additional 10 suspended, after he pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual battery.
Man pleads guilty to burglarizing Salvation Army
A Starkville man has been sentenced to seven years in prison, with four suspended, after pleading guilty Thursday to burglarizing the Salvation Army.
Pheba man gets 25 years for child sexual abuse
A Clay County man will spend 25 years in prison for sexually abusing children.
Man accused of killing, burning victim pleas
A man accused of killing a woman and burning her trailer pleaded guilty this week in Lowndes County Circuit Court to second-degree murder.
Starkville Man pleas to avoid statutory rape charge
A Starkville man pleaded guilty to one count of enticing a child for concealment in Lowndes County Circuit Court last week.
Second ISIS supporter pleads guilty
A second suspect charged with supporting a terrorist organization pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday.
Alleged ISIS supporter to change plea
A plea hearing for alleged Islamic State sympathizer Jaelyn Young is scheduled today in federal court in Aberdeen.
Hastert pleads guilty, acknowledges hush-money scheme
Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to evading banking laws in a hush-money scheme, averting a potentially lurid trial that could have dredged up sexual allegations by agreeing to a deal with prosecutors that recommended he serve no more than six months in prison.
Ex-House Speaker Hastert lawyers talking plea deal
A possible plea agreement is being negotiated in the hush-money case of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
Man pleads guilty to charge over noose on Ole Miss statue
A federal prosecutor said in court Thursday that Graeme Phillip Harris hatched a plan, after a night of drinking at a University of Mississippi fraternity house, to hang a noose on a campus statue of James Meredith, the first black student at Ole Miss.
Not guilty plea in French Quarter dancer’s death, dismemberment
A woman has entered a not guilty plea in connection with the death and dismemberment of a French Quarter strip club dancer whose body parts washed ashore in 2012 on the Mississippi coast.
Supervisors reviewing first draft of nightclub ordinance
A proposed Oktibbeha County nightclub ordinance would force nightclubs to close their doors at 1 a.m., remove patrons from the premises 30 minutes later and require owners to provide at least one bonded security guard per 100 patrons inside and outside the facility.
A parent’s plea: Help identify my son’s shooter
The mother of 18-year-old Zacharias Blanchard, one of five victims in Sunday’s Club Rock shooting, gave a simple plea to the public Thursday: Help investigators find the person or persons responsible for her son’s injury.
Man pleads guilty to sending ricin-tainted letters
A former martial arts instructor pleaded guilty Friday to sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials in a bizarre case in which authorities say he tried to frame a longtime enemy and Elvis impersonator who was briefly jailed in the case.
Former Mississippi police chief to plead guilty
A former Mississippi police chief accused of demanding money or property in exchange for dropping criminal charges against people is scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday in a federal bribery and extortion case.
Woman held captive in Cleveland has book deal
NEW YORK — One of three young women held captive for years in a Cleveland house has a book deal. Michelle Knight’s memoir is scheduled
Plea change set in Lowndes Co. cocaine case
OXFORD — A change of plea hearing has been scheduled for a man charged in a north Mississippi cocaine case. Anthony Rolland, also known as