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August 15, 2008
Morehead’s Pleads in Beef Plant . . . now, who’s left to “cooperate” on?
Charles Morehead became the third executive of The Facility Group to plea in the Beef Plant scandal. Unlike Moultrie and Cawood, Morehead pleaded guilty to a one count information of concealing material facts from a government investigation. Morehead’s Plea Agreement Morehead’s Factual Basis With all three executives that have pledged cooperation with an ongoing government…
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August 15, 2008
SLABBED – State Farm files emergency motion to compel Rigsby Gals’ deposition
State Farm files emergency motion to compel Rigsby deposition On May 23, 2008, this Court entered its Order [Doc. 1196] granting State Farm’s motion to compel Cori Rigsby and Kerri Rigsby (hereinafter “the Rigsbys”) to each submit to one additional hour of depositions with the caveat that State Farm may best be served by waiting…
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August 15, 2008
Senter rules on Rigsby Gals’ lawyer strategy in ex rel Rigsby
Judge LT Senter ruled this afternoon on a motion of whether or not to allow the Rigsby Gals’ new lawyers to confer/share notes with the Trailer Lawyers. From the ruling . . . As far as the Renfroe documents are concerned, the genie has been out of the bottle for quite some time, and the…
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August 15, 2008
FOLO – The detention of Richard Scruggs
The detention of Richard Scruggs I have been told by two sources, both reliable and one very close to the Scruggs family, that Scruggs is being detained not in the camp in Kentucky but in an adjoining maximum security unit, and that the reasons being given are specious (that he’s a flight risk– he proved…
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August 15, 2008
FOLO – Scruggs settles with Jones…
Scruggs settles with Jones… Scruggs has settled with Jones and will be dismissed from the case tomorrow. Two down (Scruggs, Nutt), two to go (Barrettt, Lovelace). I imagine the amount paid will be confidential. This is of course the case in which Scruggs attempted to bribe Judge Lackey. I guess the interlocutory appeal is off…
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August 15, 2008
3rd Ga. businessman pleads guilty in beef plant case
The last of three Georgia businessmen charged in connection with the failed Mississippi beef plant pleaded guilty today in federal court in Oxford. Charles Morehead, vice president of Smyrna, Ga.-based The Facility Group, pleaded guilty to concealing material facts from agencies and departments of the United States. The beef plant investigation is ongoing. As part…
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August 14, 2008
Eaton v. Frisby update . . . Court: Charges rightly tossed
Court: Charges rightly tossed An appeals court has upheld the dismissal of most criminal charges against five former Eaton Aerospace employees accused of stealing trade secrets from the Jackson company for aerospace contracts. “It was a home run,” declared their attorney, Ed Blackmon Jr. of Canton. “This trade-secret case is simply not supported by the…
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August 14, 2008
Judge crushes “recyclers” attempts to avoid new law . . . upholds metal theft law
Judge upholds metal theft law U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate ruled against their request for an injunction. Wingate’s decision came late Wednesday. The law went into effect this week. Wingate had stayed its effective date while he considered the legal challenge. Metal recyclers have protested provisions that require them to tag and hold certain metals,…
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August 14, 2008
2 beef plant figures plead on attempts to influence
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/14/8 Two Georgia businessmen have pleaded guilty in federal court in Oxford of trying to influence a public official over the failed Mississippi beef plant. The beef plant in Oakland cost taxpayers $55 million. Nixon Cawood, president and chief operating officer of Smyrna, Ga.-based The Facility Group, pleaded guilty to providing a $25,000…
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August 14, 2008
Speaker McCoy against fall special session to vote on tobacco tax
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/14/8 House Speaker Billy McCoy on Wednesday resisted the idea of a special legislative session this fall to hike cigarette taxes, and said lawmakers can approve the measure early next year at less expense to taxpayers. But even if the matter is postponed until the next regular session begins in January, a debate…
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August 14, 2008
Analyst: Miss. tax structure needs balance
The Clarion-Ledger, 8/13/8 A policy analyst for a Washington think tank says Mississippi needs to consider a tax credit to help low- and middle-income working families. Jason Levitis with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said in an interview Wednesday that Mississippi lawmakers should consider creating an earned-income tax credit similar to one in…
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August 14, 2008
State should give policyholders a ‘bill of rights’
The Sun Herald, 8/14/8 When Long Beach homeowner Kevin Buckel was denied coverage for Katrina damage to his property, he set out to convince the Legislature to pass a Policyholder Bill of Rights. During the last two legislative sessions, Buckel’s crusade has made progress in the House of Representatives, but not the state Senate. Perhaps…
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 11, 2026
Security breach at IHL affecting Office of Financial Aid occurred Monday, not Thursday when IHL made it known
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 11, 2026
Debris cleanup from Winter Storm Fern complete in one of the three affected districts
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Frank Corder
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September 11, 2026
Secretary of State clarifies Mississippi elected office vote requirements
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
General Atomics announced second expansion this year, bringing 125 more jobs to Shannon
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
C Spire expanding fiber network with new high-capacity corridor between Jackson and Olive Branch
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Frank Corder
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September 9, 2026
Mayo Clinic Laboratories investing $30 million, creating 234 jobs in Southaven
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Chris Burrows, Associated Press
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September 11, 2026
Mississippi coach Pete Golding aims to eradicate erratic play in Week 2 against Charlotte
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Alistair Begg
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September 11, 2026
Inescapable grace
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Brett Martel, Associated Press
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September 10, 2026
SEC not expected to vote on LSU’s membership this week, AP source says
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Merle Flowers
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September 10, 2026
Mississippi does not have pharmacies to spare
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Grant Callen
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September 10, 2026
What I’m looking for in Mississippi’s next governor
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Delbert Hosemann
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September 9, 2026
Senator Cochran was right on timber
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