Coahoma News

Dr. Roger Weiner, a Coahoma County supervisor accused of soliciting prostitutes on SugarDaddyforMe.com, has been denied access to records from a cellular telephone apparently used by an undercover agent involved in a sting operation that led to his arrest.

The state Department of Human Services Office of Fraud Investigations has teamed over the past few weeks with sheriff's departments in the state to crack down on fraud in federal public assistance programs.

Vanessa Long, director of the Coahoma County branch of the Mississippi Department of Human Services says something must be done, in regards to the poor conditions of the buildings housing the DHS offices in Clarksdale.

Clarksdale cardiologist and Coahoma County Supervisor Dr. Roger Weiner has been arrested as part of a federal investigation alleging he used an online chat room to hire out-of-state prostitutes.

A Mississippi contractor has filed a federal lawsuit over his claim that he lost a government construction project to a higher bidder due to his former affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.

A joint investigation between the Clarksdale Police and Coahoma County Sheriff's deputies is now underway into the death of 19-year-old Myrtis Pate.

Coahoma County Coroner Scotty Meredith says the woman's body found floating in a creek just outside the town of Coahoma has been identified as 19-year-old Myrtis Pate.

A former Ku Klux Klan leader who torched a church in 1991 has lost his lawsuit accusing a Mississippi county of unfairly shutting him out of a construction project.

THE BODY OF A BLACK FEMALE WAS FOUND LATE TUESDAY afternoon IN MILL CREEK JUST OUTSIDE THE COAHOMA COMMUNITY OFF COAHOMA-MOON LAKE ROAD.

Half of Mississippi's universities and colleges that offer nursing programs did not meet all of the state standards last year.

A 19-year-old Coahoma County man has apparently drowned after a 16-foot crew boat overturned in the Mississippi River.

The National Weather Service has issued a freezing rain advisory for northern Mississippi that will begin at midnight and continue through noon on Wednesday.

Coahoma County voters have elected a new sheriff in a special election. With 53 percent of the vote Tuesday, Charles Jones unseated incumbent Andrew Thompson Jr.

There are stark disparities in the quality of life in Mississippi when comparing counties against each other, a new report says.

JACKSON - The U.S. Senate has passed legislation that would bring federal money to the Mississippi Delta and Hills regions by designating them National Heritage Areas.

City- and county-elected officials who collect state retirement benefits but continue to work could see a fatter paycheck if a bill now in the Legislature passes.

Utility poles along Old Highway 61 from Robinsonville north to Casino Center Drive were down after early morning storms on March 15, 2008.

A man who torched a Kentucky church when he was a Ku Klux Klan leader in 1991, has sued Coahoma County for rejecting his bid on a water project because of what he calls his criminal past.

Freezing rain was reported across areas of extreme north Mississippi during the morning hours Tuesday but officials say no major problems had been reported.