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Local Catering Business Serves Home-Cooked Favorites (Jackson Free Press)
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:10:22 GMT
Macy Chester, 31, owner of Cosmopolitan Catering in Fondren, learned the ins and outs of the catering business from her mother, Terry Gibson, a former caterer in Yazoo City.

Body in field identified (WLBT 3 Jackson)
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:30:11 GMT
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - A gruesome discovery Saturday afternoon in a Yazoo City field. The body of a man believed to have gone missing Friday night. Yazoo County authorities were investigating the scene for hours Saturday in a grassy area on West Second Street near Elm Street in the city limits.

Two men who impersonated DEA agents in a scam has pleaded not guilty (Texarkana Gazette)
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:05:24 GMT
JACKSON, Miss.—Two men traveled across the South to swindle the families of federal prisoners out of $90,000 by impersonating DEA agents and promising to get the inmates released early, according to federal court records.

More charges in alleged scheme (The Clarion-Ledger)
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:34:22 GMT
Two men traveled across the South to swindle the families of federal prisoners out of $90,000 by impersonating Drug Enforcement Administration agents and promising to get the inmates released early, according to federal court records.

Crimestoppers Tip Leads to Arrest of Siloam Springs Suspect (KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville)
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:23:37 GMT
A Crimestoppers tip leads to the arrest of a Mississippi man accused of scamming residents and breaking into a vehicle in Siloam Springs.

New Indictment Issued In Alleged Inmate-Release Scam (WAPT Jackson)
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:33:21 GMT
Two men are accused of swindling the families of federal prisoners out of $90,000.

New indictment in inmate alleged release scam (FOX 16 Little Rock)
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:10:18 GMT
Federal court records say two men swindled the families of federal prisoners out of $90,000 by impersonating DEA agents and promising to get the inmates out of prison early.

High School Basketball All-Stars in Town (CBS 42 Birmingham)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:47:20 GMT
MONTGOMERY – Lonnie Smith, a 6-foot-5 senior guard who helped the Ramsay Rams win the 2010 Class 4A state boys basketball championship, has been added to the Alabama roster for the 20 th annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic to be played March 19 at the Pelham Civic Complex with the girls game at 5 p.m., followed by the boys contest at 7. Tickets will be available at the Pelham Civic ...

All-Star Hoops Rosters Released (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:07:36 GMT
Here are the rosters for the two upcoming All-Star basketball games. First is the roster for the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game, which will be played March 19 in Pelham, Alabama.

WA hoops ready for district tourney (Winston County Journal)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:31:28 GMT
The Patriots and Lady Patriots of Winston Academy head to Yazoo City this weekend to take part in the MAIS District 2AA Tournament being hosted by Manchester Academy.

 

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Law Enforcement Employees by City

Data as of 2005

City Total Law Enforcement Total Officers Total Civilians
Aberdeen 25 20 5
Amory 25 19 6
Baldwyn 12 11 1
Batesville 45 36 9
Bay St. Louis 35 25 10
Belzoni 16 10 6
Booneville 31 25 6
Brandon 50 33 17
Brookhaven 35 26 9
Bruce 6 6 0
Byhalia 13 8 5
Canton 34 26 8
Clarksdale 50 36 14
Cleveland 53 41 12
Coldwater 2 2 0
Collins 15 11 4
Columbia 32 20 12
Columbus 79 68 11
Como 4 4 0
Crystal Springs 20 14 6
Edwards 1 1 0
Eupora 8 7 1
Fayette 8 4 4
Florence 13 10 3
Flowood 45 34 11
Fulton 11 11 0
Gloster 7 5 2
Greenville 129 94 35
Greenwood 64 55 9
Grenada 45 40 5
Gulfport 247 177 70
Hattiesburg 178 106 72
Hazlehurst 14 14 0
Heidelberg 6 5 1
Hollandale 10 6 4
Holly Springs 25 19 6
Horn Lake 65 53 12
Houston 11 7 4
Indianola 32 25 7
Inverness 6 5 1
Itta Bena 8 4 4
Iuka 12 9 3
Jackson 685 483 202
Kosciusko 19 19 0
Laurel 80 55 25
Leakesville 5 2 3
Leland 22 16 6
Lexington 11 6 5
Long Beach 50 34 16
Lucedale 18 12 6
Madison 58 44 14
Magee 17 13 4
Magnolia 5 5 0
Marks 5 5 0
McComb 65 36 29
McLain 2 1 1
Mendenhall 9 6 3
Meridian 110 92 18
Moorhead 5 5 0
Morton 14 10 4
Moss Point 28 20 8
Mound Bayou 8 7 1
Natchez 76 51 25
New Albany 26 24 2
Newton 14 9 5
Ocean Springs 47 37 10
Okolona 10 10 0
Olive Branch 58 55 3
Oxford 59 49 10
Pascagoula 89 59 30
Pass Christian 27 21 6
Pearl 60 45 15
Pelahatchie 8 6 2
Petal 32 25 7
Philadelphia 30 22 8
Picayune 63 40 23
Pickens 9 9 0
Poplarville 11 10 1
Port Gibson 13 7 6
Purvis 9 6 3
Quitman 8 8 0
Raymond 5 5 0
Richland 39 28 11
Ridgeland 84 57 27
Ripley 15 14 1
Rolling Fork 6 5 1
Rosedale 6 5 1
Ruleville 12 8 4
Sandersville 4 3 1
Senatobia 17 15 2
Shelby 7 3 4
Southaven 106 84 22
Starkville 54 47 7
Stonewall 7 1 6
Summit 8 7 1
Sunflower 3 3 0
Tchula 4 4 0
Tupelo 124 110 14
Tylertown 7 6 1
Utica 6 6 0
Vaiden 5 5 0
Verona 6 6 0
Vicksburg 98 72 26
Water Valley 11 11 0
Waynesboro 16 13 3
West Point 34 25 9
Wiggins 14 11 3
Winona 13 11 2
Yazoo City 40 25 15