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Mississippi has begun making appointments to a task force created to study better methods for collecting and preserving DNA evidence. more ]]> The Associated Press Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15700 http://wkrg.com/news/article/man_runs_from_police_gets_tasered_drowns/15686/
A Mississippi man jumped into a Brewton, Alabama pond and drowned shortly after police officers shocked him with a Taser. more ]]> The Associated Press Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15686 http://wkrg.com/news/article/new_west_nile_case_in_mississippi/15658/
State health officials report one new human case of West Nile virus in Mississippi, bringing the total to eight so far this year. more ]]> The Associated Press Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15658 http://wkrg.com/news/article/swifter_executions_scheduled_in_mississippi/15616/
Planned execution of Dale Bishop to be the swiftest a death penalty has been carried out in Mississippi since the gas chamber. Changes in regulations in Mississippi aim at expediting inmate appeals. more ]]> The Associated Press Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15616 32.30686672385539 -90.18539428710937 http://wkrg.com/news/article/new_meth_lab_disclosure/15611/
Mississippi wants state licensed real estate agents to inform home buyers whether or not their house had been used as a methamphetamine lab. more ]]> The Associated Press Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15611 32.30802741894789 -90.17715454101562 http://wkrg.com/news/article/spectator_struck_by_bullet_during_fireworks_show/15607/
Florence, Mississippi woman struck in shoulder. more ]]> WKRG.com Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15607 30.39716079871884 -86.47098541259765 http://wkrg.com/news/article/zach_scruggs_sentenced/15592/
A judge has ordered Zach Scruggs, the son of lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, to report to federal prison on Aug. 15 to serve a two-year sentence. more ]]> Associated Press Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15592 http://wkrg.com/news/article/mississippi_fema_trailer_occupancy_below_4000/15480/
There were some 30,000 FEMA trailers in Harrison, Hancock and Jackson counties in the days after Hurricane Katrina and more than 9,000 in January. Gov. Haley Barbour says the decline is a good indicator of the overall recovery effort. more ]]> The Associated Press Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15480 http://wkrg.com/news/article/mississippi_gas_price_crunch/15464/
The Magnolia State is facing a budget crisis because of record fuel prices. more ]]> Associated Press Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15464 http://wkrg.com/news/article/two_new_cases_of_west_nile_in_mississippi/15454/
State health officials report two new human cases of West Nile virus in Mississippi, bringing the total so far this year to seven. more ]]> The Associated Press Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15454 http://wkrg.com/news/article/interstate_internet_sex_sting/15417/
Federal Grand Jury indicts a Mississippi man accused of traveling to Baldwin County to have sex with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl. more ]]> WKRG.com Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15417 http://wkrg.com/news/article/first_female_police_chief_for_gulf_coast_city/15340/
A new addition to one Gulf Coast police department made history this week. more ]]> WKRG.com Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:53:25 +0000 15340