Smith-Wills Stadium has been in the news in recent weeks, but not for baseball. Instead, questions have swirled about management contracts, rent payments, and whether the manager has a performance bond.
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 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.
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.
An accused killer has been extradited to Mississippi after he pleaded guilty to crimes in New Hampshire he committed while he was out on bond for murder in Hinds County.
Nearly one month after a 3 On Your Side investigation revealed Pearl’s police chief claimed to work for Rankin County while on city business at law enforcement conferences on the coast for years, Dean Scott has resigned after six years with the department.
