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July 3, 2008
YP – Does Mike Moore insult Judge Bigger’s intelligence?
Judge Biggers points out that Zach Scrugg’s participation in discussing the order from Judge Lackey that Balducci brought with him and discussed in the wiretap transcripts with Backstrom, Zach Scruggs and then Dick Scruggs, is obvious participation in the “conspiracy.” He doesn’t allude to the bribery, but he does point out that editing a Judge’s…
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Magnolia Tribune
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July 2, 2008
A-Rod drama returns with Madonna rumors
A-Rod drama returns with Madonna rumors You should see the view up here from Idiot Hill. How did I get here? Another A-Bomb from A-Rod, that’s how. Let this be a lesson. I’m the genius who wrote a column just last week remarking about how controversy free Alex Rodriguez has been this season — only…
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July 2, 2008
WSJ LAWBLOG – The How, Why and What the Heck Behind Scruggs’s 14-Month Sentence
The How, Why and What the Heck Behind Scruggs’s 14-Month Sentence Here at LBHQ, we were taken aback, to say the least, at the sentence that Judge Neal Biggers in Oxford, Miss. imposed this morning on Zach Scruggs, son of Dickie, who last week was sentenced to five years. We reached out to a couple…
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July 2, 2008
CL – Zach Scruggs might appeal?
Younger Scruggs also going to jail The courtroom was packed with several people crying. His attorney, former Attorney General Mike Moore, said he has known Zach Scruggs since he was a small child. Moore recruited the elder Scruggs to negotiate Mississippi’s successful, groundbreaking lawsuit against the tobacco industry. “He’s very remorseful, very contrite and ashamed,”…
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July 2, 2008
ICLAWBLOG – Zach Scruggs gets 14 months prison time
Zach Scruggs gets 14 months prison time Here is a transcript of Zach Scruggs’ sentencing hearing, at the website of the Sun Herald, and you may note when you read it that Zach was represented by suspected Trailer Lawyer Todd Graves. (Unconfirmed rumors were that Graves arrived at the courthouse in a single-wide pulled by…
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July 2, 2008
WSJ LAWBLOG – Zach Scruggs Gets 14 Months, Though Gov’t Suggested Probation
Zach Scruggs Gets 14 Months, Though Gov’t Suggested Probation According to this report in the Daily Mississippian, Judge Biggers said even though Dickie was the primary actor in the case, Zach was fully aware of what was going on. “It was clear that not only did you know what was going on, you were participating…
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July 2, 2008
DM – Zach Scruggs sentenced to 14 months
Zach Scruggs sentenced to 14 months Zach Scruggs pleaded guilty to failure to report a conspiracy by his father and law partners to bribe Mississippi Circuit Court Judge Henry Lackey earlier this year. Biggers said even though Scruggs’s father was the primary actor in the case, Scruggs was fully aware of what was going on.…
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July 2, 2008
AP – Anti-tobacco lawyer’s son sentenced in bribe plan
Anti-tobacco lawyer’s son sentenced in bribe plan The son of anti-tobacco lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for knowing about a judicial bribery scandal and not reporting it to authorities. Zach Scruggs was sentenced Wednesday by the same federal judge who last week sent his father to prison for…
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July 2, 2008
SH – Zach Scruggs sentenced to 14 months
Headline goes here Zach Scruggs gets 14 months in prison for failing to report an attempt to influence a state court judge. His father, Dickie Scruggs, was sentenced to the maximum 5 years in prison Friday for conspiring to bribe the judge. U.S. District Judge Neal B. Biggers Jr. presided over the case. Sunherald.com will…
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July 2, 2008
FOLO – Zach Scruggs sentenced to 14 months
Zach Scruggs sentenced to 14 months Judge Biggers and Mike Moore had words (to the point that Judge Biggers told Mike Moore to quit interupting). The defense side was so unprepared for a sentence with jail time that Mike Moore stated to the court that they knew other defendants had asked for the court to…
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July 2, 2008
CL – Younger Scruggs also going to jail
Younger Scruggs also going to jail Although federal prosecutors recommended probation, U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers sentenced Zach Scruggs, 33, to 14 months in prison and fined him $250,000 for having after-the-knowledge of a scheme to bribe a Lafayette County judge to get a favorable ruling in a legal fees dispute. “I wish I could…
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July 2, 2008
DJ – Zach Scruggs gets 14 Months
Zach Scruggs: 14 months in prison Zach Scruggs, the 34-year-old scion of fallen plaintiffs’ attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, will serve a 14-month prison term for failing to report that his father and others, including himself, were plotting to bribe a circuit judge. At a morning hearing, Senior Judge Neal Biggers Jr. sentenced the slender, blond-haired…
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Frank Corder
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April 24, 2026
Mislabeling of seafood still a concern nearly a year after seafood labeling law went into effect
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 24, 2026
Mississippi leading the way in citizenship verification for unclaimed money
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Sophie Bates, Associated Press
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April 24, 2026
6 plead guilty and 1 found not guilty in Mississippi drug trafficking bribery scheme
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Alistair Begg
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April 24, 2026
Praying with confidence
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Mark Long, Associated Press
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April 23, 2026
Players to watch, including familiar names and new faces, around the SEC following spring
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Meredith Biesinger
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April 23, 2026
Where Vicksburg slows down: A table at Key City Brewery & Eatery
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Roger Wicker
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April 24, 2026
Finish the job In Iran, but don’t forget China
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Lesley Davis
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April 23, 2026
He Didn’t Even Hesitate: Mississippi’s Jake Mangum, America’s pastime, and the culture that still unites us
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Kelley Williams
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April 23, 2026
An ounce of prevention
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