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Justice Department to assist Jackson, Hinds Co. coroner on next-of-kin death notifications
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoThe U.S. Department of Justice announced via a Thursday press release that the department will...
Hinds County closes jail pod plagued by fights and escapes, sends 200 inmates 2 hours away
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 8 months agoRAYMOND, Miss. - Mississippi's largest county is no longer using a section of its jail that has been...
Hinds County's COVID new cases flat; Mississippi cases surge 28.5%
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew coronavirus cases leaped in Mississippi in the week ending Sunday, rising 28.5% as 10,856 cases...
Former Hinds County Interim Sheriff and candidate indicted for soliciting bribes
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer Hinds County Interim Sheriff, and current candidate for the job, Marshand Crisler pleaded not...
Mississippi capital to revamp how it notifies next of kin about deaths with Justice Department help
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAfter men near Mississippi's capital were buried in a pauper’s cemetery without their relatives’...
At least 9 precincts in majority-Black Mississippi county ran out of ballots, per reports
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBallots at polling stations in Hinds County, Mississippi’s most populous county, ran out on Tuesday,...
Unlike Reeves in 2020, Presley accepted election math on Nov. 7
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDespite election problems in Democratic-voter rich Hinds County, Brandon Presley did not delay his...
Judge: Raymond Detention Center staffing 'particularly egregious'; officials 'disappointed' in...
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOfficials in Mississippi’s most populous county said they were weighing legal options after a...
Federal judge extends temporary halt on appointed judges in Mississippi capital
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA federal judge on Monday extended his order that temporarily stops the Mississippi Supreme Court...
Obama administration attorney general joins legal team challenging Miss. House Bill 1020
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer Obama-era U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is joining the legal team challenging...