DA: Employee let tea party members into courthouse
An investigation shows a county employee let three tea party members into the Hinds County Courthouse after everyone went home election night, according to District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith.
Hinds DA to investigate courthouse lock-in
The Hinds County District Attorney’s office will investigate how a staffer for state Sen. Chris McDaniel’s U.S. Senate campaign and two other McDaniel supporters got locked in the county courthouse after Tuesday’s primary election.
No charges filed in Hinds courthouse incident
No charges will be filed against a tea party officer and two others representing the challenger in a Senate primary after they became trapped in a courthouse in the middle of the night, hours after officials had gone home from counting votes.
Tea party leader, two others, trapped in Hinds courthouse
A tea party officer and two others representing the challenger in a Senate primary became trapped in a courthouse in the middle of the night, hours after officials had gone home from counting votes, authorities said.
Toddler gets stuck inside claw machine
Authorities say a toddler has been reunited with his mother after employees found him playing inside a claw crane machine at a Nebraska bowling alley.
Trapped trucker survives hours in subzero temps
Tim Rutledge’s eyelid had frozen shut. His voice was hoarse after competing for hours with bitter-cold wind and humming truck engines while screaming for help. He was losing consciousness, pinned under his rig in sub-zero temperatures at an Indiana truck stop.
Rescue of icebound Antarctic ship faces setback
A Chinese icebreaker that was en route to rescue a ship trapped in Antarctic ice was forced to turn back on Saturday after being unable to push its way through the heavy sea ice.
Man survives 3 days at bottom of Atlantic
Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle.
Caught in the act: Man trapped in wall of store
If the walls could talk was not a rhetorical question at one Starkville convenience store on Friday.
A man trying to rob a new convenience store in Starkville got into a tight spot Friday and was probably thankful to be apprehended.