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Batesville woman sentenced for possessing homemade bombs, including one found on her ex's vehicle
By Billie L. Eubanks - U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Mississippi
Thu,09/10/26-4:37PM , 359 Reads
OXFORD – A Batesville woman was sentenced today (Thursday, Sept. 10) to more than six years in federal prison for possessing one or more homemade bombs on separate occasions.
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Corinth man sentenced for trafficking child exploitation materials from the dark web
By Billie L. Eubanks - U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Mississippi
Thu,08/27/26-3:12PM , 611 Reads
OXFORD — A Corinth, Mississippi, man was sentenced today by Senior District Judge Michael P. Mills, to 10 years in prison for transporting images and videos of children under 12 and engaging in sexually explicit conduct from the dark web to an online cloud storage.
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Beware phone scam attempt, says sheriff
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Thu,08/06/26-4:30PM , 884 Reads
Bad actors are at it again, calling local residents while pretending to be affiliated with law enforcement and telling them they owe money for fines or other penalties, but Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly warns that it is all just a scam.
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Bernard Nichols, a 25-year-old Greenwood resident, died at the former Greenwood Leflore Hospital from a gunshot wound on Aug. 15, 2020.

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Suspect found guilty in 2020 murder of Bernard Nichols
By GERARD EDIC - The Greenwood Commonwealth/Report for America
Wed,08/05/26-7:00PM , 889 Reads 39,560 Statewide
Almost six years after Greenwood resident Bernard Nichols was killed, a Leflore County jury has convicted a man with three counts in connection with Nichols’ death.
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