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June 24, 2014

Itawamba chancery clerk to repay more than $500,000 after bad bookkeeping

Itawamba chancery clerk ordered to repay more than $500,000 State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced earlier this morning that Itawamba County Chancery Clerk Jim Witt has been ordered to pay $503,246.43. Pickering said Witt, who has been clerk since 1992, did not steal or embezzle the money; rather, Witt was accused of “bad bookkeeping.” “This is…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 24, 2014

McDaniel supporter in Jones County files suit over election law #MSSen

Racial politics churn Miss. GOP Senate runoff Mississippi voters do not register by party, and state law says the only people prohibited from voting in the Republican runoff Tuesday are those who voted in the Democratic primary June 3. But there’s potential for confusion as the tea party groups cite another Mississippi law that says…