Mississippi NewsLocal, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Corrupting the hand that feeds you- July 2, 2008 Friday, a more than six month saga finally came to a dramatic end as U.S. District Court Judge Neal Biggers sentenced Oxford attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs to the maximum sentence of five years in prison for ...http://www.topix.net/state/ms/2008/07/corrupting-the-hand-that-feeds-you?fromrss=1 Mississippi man charged in 23-year-old case- July 2, 2008 Records show that a Thomas William Brannon filed taxes, served time in Mississippi, married and fathered children over the last several decades.http://www.topix.net/state/ms/2008/07/mississippi-man-charged-in-23-year-old-case?fromrss=... Bush raises Republican cash, touts housing efforts- July 2, 2008 President Bush raised cash for Republican candidates in two Southern states on Tuesday, sandwiching in a quick stop to call attention to the nation's housing woes.http://www.topix.net/state/ms/2008/07/bush-raises-republican-cash-touts-housing-efforts?fr... Mississippi FEMA Trailer Occupancy Below 4,000- July 1, 2008 The governor's office said that the total number of occupied travel trailers provided by the federal government has dropped below 4,000 in Mississippi's three Coastal counties slammed by Hurricane Katrina.http://www.topix.net/state/ms/2008/07/mississippi-fema-trailer-occupancy-below-4-000?fromr... MDOT: Miss. gas tax too low to pay for highway construction- July 1, 2008 Former Gov. Kirk Fordice tried to argue Mississippi's gasoline tax was a user fee.http://www.topix.net/state/ms/2008/07/mdot-miss-gas-tax-too-low-to-pay-for-highway-constru... Mississippi Parents Faces New Charges in 2 Year-Old's Death- July 1, 2008 Charges of manslaughter by culpable negligence have been added to Janet and Ramon Barreto's charges related to the death of their 2 year-old daughter last month.http://www.topix.net/state/ms/2008/07/mississippi-parents-faces-new-charges-in-2-year-olds... Lawyer wants Miss. Supreme Court to delay execution- July 1, 2008 The new director of an agency that represents Mississippi death row inmates claimed in court papers Monday that his predecessor sabotaged the cases of condemned prisoners by failing to present pertinent ...http://www.topix.net/state/ms/2008/06/lawyer-wants-miss-supreme-court-to-delay-execution?f... |