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February 11, 2009
Kiffin asks for beating by Florida
Kiffin asks for beating by Florida When Lane Kiffin grows up, he’s probably going to be more than a little embarrassed by the events surrounding his first National Signing Day as head coach at Tennessee. At least he should be. With one ill-advised and immature statement, the 33-year-old Kiffin proved that he doesn’t know the…
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February 11, 2009
Coach-In-Waiting Plan Needs to Go
Coach-In-Waiting Plan Needs to Go Haste always invites waste. Such was the case with my 30-second rant last Friday at the end of Around the Horn against the trend of college coaches designating successors. I expressed my amazement that Ralph Friedgen, the football coach at Maryland where I started teaching last semester, announced last Friday…
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February 11, 2009
Slive’s panel may offer few SEC invites
Slive’s panel may offer few SEC invites NCAA selection chairman hails from league in the midst of a sorry season The former partner from the Chicago law firm of Coffield Ungaretti Harris & Slavin is going to have to recuse himself from a case in a month. Mike Slive, an attorney by trade, now the…
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February 11, 2009
Beneath rivalry lies history of friendship
Beneath rivalry lies history of friendship Nolan Smith distinctly remembers the high school game when he followed teammate Ty Lawson’s score with one of his own. Then he watched Lawson steal the ball on defense and dribble all the way back to convert, again. It was a familiar scenario for the Oak Hill Academy guards.…
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February 11, 2009
Duke-North Carolina remains the standard for college basketball
Duke-North Carolina remains the standard for college basketball Two days after Alex Rodriguez, we get Dick Vitale on steroids for North Carolina at Duke. So that makes it Psycho V (Vitale), vs. Psycho T (North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough) vs. Psycho Fans (Cameron Crazies). Tonight’s game represents the closest ESPN can get to bringing you an…
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February 11, 2009
Notables aplenty in Frank Melton courtroom; alas, Herman’s Hermits not there
Notables aplenty in courtroom; alas, Herman’s Hermits not there Reluctant witness Michael Taylor was, at times, hard to understand. He gave evasive answers and mumbled. But there was some humor in his testimony. During questioning, Taylor was asked whether he saw anyone at the duplex on West Ridgeway Street during previous visits with the mayor.…
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February 11, 2009
MITCHELL – Scruggs pleads guilty 2nd time
Scruggs pleads guilty 2nd time On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson sentenced the 62-year-old former lawyer to seven years in prison for his role in a scheme to influence Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter in a legal-fees dispute. When Scruggs was sentenced on the first corruption charge on June 27, he appeared badly…
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February 11, 2009
DJ – US Attorney: Expect Scruggs II indictment soon
U.S. ATTORNEY: EXPECT ‘SCRUGGS II’ INDICTMENT SOON There was little doubt he was speaking of suspended Judge Bobby DeLaughter, who former Booneville attorney Joey Langston said months ago was tempted by Scruggs with a federal judgeship. Specifically, the shadow falls on scheme participants as described Tuesday by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Norman: former New Albany…
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February 11, 2009
MITCHELL – Tale of corruption, greed might not be over
Tale of corruption, greed might not be over “The system needs purging,” said Clarksdale lawyer Charlie Merkel, lead counsel for one of Scruggs’ former law partners, Bob Wilson. “I would hope any leads developed through Scruggs’ cooperation that implicate other public officials or others who tried to influence public officials will be followed up and…
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February 11, 2009
SALTER – Scruggs’ second guilty plea puts heat on Judge DeLaughter
Scruggs’ second guilty plea puts heat on Judge DeLaughter Court records established that Peters allegedly received a total of $1 million for helping persuade DeLaughter to rule in Scruggs’ favor in the legal fee dispute. The $425,000 is apparently all that’s left after taxes and stock market losses. Scruggs, Langston, Balducci, Patterson and Peters have…
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February 11, 2009
DJ – More jail time for Scruggs
More jail time for Scruggs “I acknowledge and own up fully to my role,” he told Senior Judge Glen H. Davidson in a packed federal courtroom. “I will do everything I can to make it as right as I can.” Scruggs, 62, of Oxford had just admitted to his second scheme to bribe a circuit…
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February 11, 2009
SLABBED – Dick Scruggs and the Plea Tree for Scruggs II
Dick Scruggs and the Plea Tree for Scruggs II Slabbed 2/10/9
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Frank Corder
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February 25, 2026
Reactions to President Trump’s State of the Union from Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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February 25, 2026
House sends Mobile Sports Wagering Act to Senate
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Daniel Tyson
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February 25, 2026
Yates continues push to hold landlords accountable for unpaid utility bills
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Frank Corder
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February 25, 2026
Carpenter Pole and Piling expanding in Wiggins
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
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February 23, 2026
Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
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Frank Corder
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February 18, 2026
Firehawk Aerospace establishing manufacturing operations in Crawford
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Richelle Putnam
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February 25, 2026
The Capital River Region joins Mississippi Songwriters Alliance in historic Natchez
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Alistair Begg
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February 25, 2026
The blood that frees to serve
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Meredith Biesinger
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February 24, 2026
The Painted Lady: A Victorian Mississippi beauty made for memories
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Mike Chaney
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February 25, 2026
Insurance fraud effects everyone
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Sid Salter
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February 25, 2026
When taxpayers incentivize jobs, the state should protect workers’ privacy in union votes
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Philip Wegmann
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February 23, 2026
Trump lashes out at Supreme Court as under “foreign influence”
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