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December 16, 2008
Langston sentenced to 3 years in bribery case
Langston sentenced to 3 years in bribery case Disbarred Booneville lawyer Joey Langston will serve three years in prison and pay a $250,000 fine for his part in attempting to bribe a Hinds County judge. U.S. District Judge Michael Mills handed down the sentence today in the judicial corruption case. He ordered Langston to report…
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December 16, 2008
NMC – Joey Langston sentenced to 36 months
Joey Langston sentenced to 36 months There were people in the courtroom who were shocked. More in a moment. NMC 12/16/8
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December 16, 2008
BREAKING NEWS:Joey Langston gets prison sentence
BREAKING NEWS:Joey Langston gets prison sentence Thiry-six months in prison is Joey Langston’s punishment for his admitted involvement in Northeast Mississippi’s second judicial bribery scandal since November 2007. He was also fined $250,000. Langston must report to prison by 2 p.m. on Jan. 15. Langston, 51, once one of the state’s most successful plaintiffs’ attorneys,…
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December 16, 2008
Did race play a factor in the Auburn decision?
Did race play a factor in the Auburn decision? A few final thoughts/questions about Auburn’s hiring of Gene Chizik as its head football coach: 1. Did race play a factor in the decision? Auburn athletics director Jay Jacobs talked about Chizik being the best “fit” for the program. Jacobs was clearly talking about the fact…
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December 16, 2008
Auburn blows its big chance
Auburn blows its big chance It is a cliché but applicable in this case. When you make a change, make a change. Case in point, Nick Saban for Mike Shula. Better yet, Tennessee throwing out one of its most successful coaches in history, Phillip Fulmer, for a man nearly 30 years his junior. That’s serious…
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December 16, 2008
Pre-K program to start with at least $4.6M in donations
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/16/8 A planned pilot early childhood education initiative, designed to provide a roadmap for a statewide program, got a big boost Monday with $4.6 million in donations from the private sector. Officials hope to kick off the Mississippi Building Blocks program, at a cost of $10.5 million, in August 2009…
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December 16, 2008
Langston faces sentencing today in judicial corruption
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/16/8 Disbarred Booneville lawyer Joey Langston is scheduled to appear in federal court at 10 a.m. today to be sentenced in a judicial corruption case. Langston pleaded guilty nearly a year ago to conspiring to influence Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter in a legal fee dispute case involving Dickie Scruggs. Scruggs, who…
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December 16, 2008
Ex-guards’ legal fees vote set
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/16/8 It is unlikely again that Mayor Frank Melton’s two former bodyguards will get financial help from the Jackson City Council to pay attorney fees from their 2007 state trial. The request on behalf of Michael Recio and Marcus Wright was not approved in October when the vote ended in a tie .…
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December 16, 2008
Lawyers asked to help judge clear debt
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/16/8 Mississippi lawyers have been asked to help incoming state Supreme Court Justice Jim Kitchens wipe out a campaign debt of about $300,000. Kitchens spent more than a half-million dollars on his campaign to unseat Chief Justice Jim Smith in the November general election. An e-mail letter sent out to lawyers by the…
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December 16, 2008
Charles Barkley says race was No. 1 factor in Turner Gill not getting Auburn job
Charles Barkley says race was No. 1 factor in Turner Gill not getting Auburn job AUBURN – Former Auburn and NBA star Charles Barkley said Monday he believes race was the biggest reason the school’s new football coach is Gene Chizik rather than Turner Gill, who is black. “I think race was the No. 1…
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December 16, 2008
Auburn’s ‘best fit’ defense of Chizik looks lame
Auburn’s ‘best fit’ defense of Chizik looks lame Auburn’s best defense against charges of racism in hiring a football coach is its administration’s track record of color-blind incompetence. Tommy Tuberville is extremely white and extremely successful, but the school inexplicably paid $5.1 million to buy him out and replace him with Gene Chizik. At Iowa…
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December 16, 2008
Miss. marine agency gets $7.3M tidelands check
The Sun Herald, 12/16/8 Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has presented the Commission on Marine Resources a check for $7.3 million from tidelands leases and assessments on the Mississippi coast. The revenue was collected on tidelands leases in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2008. The tidelands assessment revenue stems from 2005 legislation that…
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Frank Corder
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May 27, 2026
Owens, Lumumba, Banks have until Friday to change their plea in Jackson bribery case
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Eddie Pells, Associated Press
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May 27, 2026
Key Senators Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill
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Frank Corder
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May 27, 2026
Mississippi looks to capitalize on new critical minerals industry
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Daniel Tyson
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May 20, 2026
International Paper breaks ground on new $225 million facility in central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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May 14, 2026
Azuria Water Solutions breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Batesville
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Frank Corder
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May 12, 2026
M&M Bank’s Legear named chair of Atlanta Fed’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council
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Marilyn Tinnin
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May 27, 2026
Mississippi Legends: Leontyne Price
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Alistair Begg
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May 27, 2026
Forgiven and forgiving
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Frank Corder
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May 26, 2026
Southern Miss, Miss. State hosting NCAA baseball regionals; Ole Miss heads to Lincoln
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Brent Sadler
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May 27, 2026
The Navy needs a strategic industrial plan to realize the Golden Fleet
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Sid Salter
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May 27, 2026
For most Americans, gas prices are the top public policy concern rising from Iran conflict
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Roger Wicker
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May 26, 2026
Deterrence is cheaper than war
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