The man shot by a Jackson police officer Sunday allegedly tried to hit the officer with a car before it all went down, according to the city’s police chief.
The attorney for former Rankin County Chief Investigator Brett McAlpin argues that his client was not a member of the squad nor its leader when four other Rankin County deputies and a Richland Police officer responded to a Braxton home in January 2023.
The suspect who shot and killed a Summit Police officer Thursday had a warrant filed weeks earlier, ordering law enforcement to arrest him for violating conditions of a 2020 prison release, according to records obtained exclusively by 3 On Your Side.
Allegations of time theft 3 On Your Side first uncovered last year involving a former Pearl police chief and Richland mayor, which state agents in the auditor’s agents subsequently investigated, now rests in the hands of Mississippi’s attorney general for prosecution.
Months after former Gov. Phil Bryant filed a defamation suit against a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and her bosses for implicating him in the state’s largest public embezzlement scandal, Bryant’s attorney claims the news outlet’s appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court gave it the chance to taint potential jurors with misinformation.
A former Pearl police chief who was the subject of a 3 On Your Side investigation into possible misuse of Rankin County tax dollars now has a high-ranking role at one state agency while he’s being investigated by another.
A Hinds County judge is enforcing a settlement agreement in the wrongful death of a Jackson man, weeks after the attorney for the man’s family claimed the city violated the agreement and WLBT’s own reporting showed that claim to be false.
The highest-ranking member of the Rankin County Goon Squad, now serving nearly three decades behind bars for beating and torture, has now been named in another lawsuit along with other deputies who have yet to be identified.
Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes said he doesn’t know whether this pertains to the city’s garbage contract or something else, but wants those agents to root out any corruption they find.
Exclusive documents obtained by 3 On Your Side detail a Petal man’s role in a conspiracy to bilk Mississippi schools out of $2.3 million for sports equipment through fraudulent bid proposals.
Former Gov. Phil Bryant has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against a sports journalist and the parent company of Sports Illustrated for an article implicating Bryant as the ringleader in the largest public embezzlement scheme in Mississippi history.
The Hinds County courthouse, which houses circuit, county, and justice courtrooms, has been plagued with roof leaks, causing puddles and mildew in several of these public spaces.
The attorney in a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Jackson has accused the city of releasing confidential details of a settlement his client agreed to accept, but a 3 On Your Side analysis of the claim shows the details are public and the city did not violate anything.
A former Facebook live and radio show host, behind bars for murder, has fired his attorney and now wants the judge over the case to recuse herself because of memes circulating from his last trial.
A Hinds County judge denied a motion to dismiss aggravated DUI charges against Beth Ann White, the woman who remains indicted for her alleged role in a wreck that killed a mother and her infant son.
A state trooper fired for requesting nude photos of someone he supervised will now be protecting and serving in Rankin County, 3 On Your Side confirmed through county records.
The highest-ranking convicted member of the Rankin County Goon Squad now wants to fight his federal sentence handed down nearly a month ago, though the actions could wind up violating the terms of his plea agreement with the U.S. government.
Chief Joseph Wade said JPD has been working with a new company that helps compile and track this crime data to help the department identify trends and deploy resources.
The woman charged with aggravated DUI for the death of a mother and her infant son wants the charges against her dismissed, claiming the state waited too long to indict her a second time for the crime.
Agents with the state auditor’s office have not yet determined whether a former mayor and police chief got paid for working two places at once, but new documents obtained by 3 On Your Side show the paper trail they’re trying to piece together, a trail first unearthed by WLBT months earlier.
A Hinds County judge has ruled against revoking the bond of a man indicted for killing a Jackson State University student more than a year ago, despite the suspect’s failure to attend the hearing and a wealth of evidence from the state indicating he’s violating the court’s orders.
Months after allegations of sexual exploitation against a state trooper surfaced, internal documents obtained by 3 On Your Side show the law enforcement officer implicated in those claims has been terminated and she is actively fighting to be reinstated.
A Hinds County judge has postponed the trial of a Jackson city council president charged with driving under the influence, saying the decision came after the county prosecutor recused himself from the proceeding.
He urged lawmakers to establish 12 magnet schools that concentrate on mathematics and engineering, and to create apprenticeship programs so high school students could develop career skills.
Two Republican statewide officials will soon face off in court after Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed suit Thursday against State Auditor Shad White, but one legal expert said her filings and public statements may not line up with Mississippi statute or established case law.
The former Facebook live host and social media personality accused of killing a man nearly two years ago wants the opportunity to be released from jail while he waits to be retried for murder.
A Hinds County Circuit Court judge maintains the state’s department of corrections didn’t do its part to help sentence a man now charged with more serious felonies after an apparent crime spree last month.
Major tax breaks and a quarter-million-dollar investment from the state helped cement what’s being touted as Mississippi’s largest economic development announcement ever: two hyperscale data centers from Amazon expected to bring hundreds of jobs and tens of millions to Madison County.
