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Suspects arrested in death of cyclist PICAYUNE — Two people have been arrested a hit-and-run incident on Aug. 22 that killed cyclist Luiz Perez of Lumberton. Chief Deputy Shane Tucker with the Pearl River County Sheriff’s Department tells the Picayune Item that 38-year-old Thomas Jamison Bullock and 26-year-old Brandace R. Green, both of Purvis, are each charged with
felony leaving an accident scene causing death. Tucker says Bullock is also charged with manslaughter and failure to yield to a bicyclist. Tucker says drivers aren’t supposed to come closer than three feet to a cyclist. Perez was riding west on a county road when he was hit by a vehicle. Perez’s family became concerned after Perez never came home and went out searching for him. They discovered him in a ditch and called
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47 apply to be McComb chief MCCOMB — McComb officials say 47 applications have been received for chief of police. City Administrator Quordiniah Lockley tells the Enterprise-Journal that a selection committee will recommend the top 10 candidates for interviews and then present three names to city leaders. From there, Lockley
will have the finalist certified by the Civil Service Commission. He will then interview the three and choose a candidate to bring to the board of selectmen for a vote. His goal is to have a new chief selected by the end of October. A similar process is being followed for a new fire chief. The deadline for fire chief applications is Thursday. Lockley hopes to have the fire chief replacement for a board vote by the end of November.
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Interrogators likely play good/bad cop WASHINGTON — Aboard a Navy warship, U.S. investigators are likely playing good cop/ bad cop, shouting and banging their hands on a table to get suspected al-Qaida operative Abu Anas al-Libi to give up key intelligence. That’s what they’re allowed to do, anyway. What interrogators shouldn’t be doing is putting a hood over al-Libi’s head, waterboarding him or depriving him of food. The Obama administration would only say that al-Libi was being treated “humanely” as he is held on the USS San Antonio after he was captured in a raid in Libya over the weekend. A team of U.S. investigators from the military, intelligence agencies and the Justice Department has been sent to question him, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the ongoing operation. “We know that al-Libi planned and helped execute plots that killed hundreds of people,”
Obama told a news conference Tuesday. “We have strong evidence of that, and he will be brought to justice.” While the U.S. once held people in secret prisons, questioned them over long periods of time, put duct tape over their eyes or forced them to strip naked, the Obama administration has swapped the secret “black sites” for battleships, acknowledged the capture and detention of a wanted terrorist and promised to stick to approved interrogation tactics like making sure the detainee has four hours of continuous sleep in a 24-hour period. Al-Libi is being detained in military custody under the law of war, which means he can be captured and held indefinitely as an enemy combatant.
Court leans toward lifting giving limits WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to free big individual donors to give more money to political candidates in the court’s first major campaign finance case since the justices took the lid off of indepen-
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dent spending in 2010. The court’s conservative justices, who formed the majority in 2010’s Citizens United case, voiced varying degrees of skepticism about the limits on what individuals may give candidates, political parties and political action committees in a two-year federal election cycle. The argument in a packed courtroom that included members of Congress gave supporters of stringent campaign finance regulations little reason for optimism that the court would sustain limits that were enacted 40 years ago in response to Watergate-era abuses. The caps were intended to reduce the potential for political corruption. Chief Justice John Roberts, possibly the pivotal vote in the case, said that telling an individual he can give the legal maximum of $2,600 per election to only a handful of candidates for Congress “seems to me a very direct restriction” on First Amendment rights.
Mormon church revising image SALT LAKE CITY — Wendy and Tom Montgomery went door-to-door in their
California neighborhood in 2008 campaigning for the passage of an anti-gay marriage proposition. They were among thousands of faithful Mormons following the direction of a church that spent millions on the cause. Then they learned last year that their 15-yearold son is gay — a revelation that rocked their belief system. Now, Wendy Montgomery is leading a growing movement among Mormons to push The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to teach that homosexuality isn’t a sin. They are hopeful. The Utah-based church’s stance on homosexuality has softened considerably since it was one of the leading forces behind California’s Proposition 8. A new website launched this year encourages more compassion toward gays, implores them to stay in the faith and clarifies that church leaders no longer “necessarily advise” gays to marry people of the opposite sex in what used to be a widely practiced Mormon workaround for homosexuality. In May, church leaders backed the Boy Scouts’ policy allowing gays in the ranks.
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Funeral services for Mary D. Bogan, 59, are set for Friday at noon at Freedom Fellowship with burial at Wades Chapel Cemetery. She died on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 at her residence. She was born on Jan. 3, 1954 in Paducah, Ky. She is survived by her siblings, Dosie Tabor, Norma Coleman, LeRoy Tice; children, LaToya Bogan, Bionca Bogan and Shomari Bogan; and 10 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elijah Trice and Elease Trice; siblings, Lucy Kirk, Wondell Luttrell, Cathy Copeland, Gloria Bogan Trice and Keith Trice.
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Funeral services for Walter Lee “Rivers” Stroup, 42, will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Magnolia Funeral Home with burial to be held at Salem Christian Church Cemetery. He died on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 at his residence. He was born on Oct. 7, 1970 and enjoyed spending summers at his grandparent’s house with family and friends. In his school years, Rivers earned several awards and recognitions including; being placed in the High School Hall of Fame and High School Football All-Stars. After graduating from Alcorn Central High School in 1990, he went on to Northeast Community College, Mississippi State University earning his B.S., University of MS earning his M.ED. and University of Stroup North Alabama earning his ED.S. In his education career, he served in many positions at various schools including Shannon High School, Alcorn Central Middle School, Alcorn Central High School, and Thrasher High School; serving as coach, teacher, assistant principal, and principal. He also served as the Assistant Superintendent for the Alcorn County School District. He was a servant at heart and put others before himself. On May 27, 1995, he married his sweetheart, Katrina, and to his loving marriage three children were born. They were his life and he was so proud of each one of them. Rivers’ favorite pastimes included golf, fishing, camping, MSU Football, St. Louis Cardinals Baseball, New York Giants Football, and motorcycle riding. He was a member and deacon of Waldron Street Christian Church. He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Katrina Massengill Stroup; his three children, Connor, Preston, and Kaylee; his parents Cecil Stroup and Linda Reed Stroup of Walnut; his paternal grandmother, Mona Lambert Stroup of Crowder; a sister, Summer Stroup of Corinth; a brother, Michael Stroup and wife Holly of Scotts Hill, Tenn.; two nephews, Jackson and Knox Stroup; his parents-in –law, Rudy and Kathy Massengill; special friends, Scott and Heather Lassiter, Jimmy and Laura Rodgers, Chuck and Karen Hodum; a host of friends in the Alcorn and Prentiss County School Districts; and three beloved pet dogs, Coco, Lily, and Pony. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Bilbo Stroup; and his maternal grandparents, John William Reed and Martha Reed. Pallbearers will be Chuck Hodum, Jimmy Rodgers, Mike White, Shane Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, and Shawn Mathis. Honorary Pallbearers will be the deacons and elders of the Waldron Street Christian Church. Bro. Ted Avant and Bro. Greg Worthy will officiate. Visitation will be held today, Oct. 8 from 5-9 p.m. and Wednesday from 3 p.m. until service time at Magnolia Funeral Home. To send online condolences please visit www. magnoliafuneralhome.net.
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MICHIE —- Funeral services for Peggy Counce Burks, 78, are set for Wednesday at Shackelford Chapel in Acton, Tenn., with burial at Center Hill Cemetery in Counce, Tenn. She died on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 in Tenn. She was born on July 7, 1935 in Hardin County, Tenn. Bro. Roy Bennett will officiate. Bro. Gary Laveness will officiate. Visitation is Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at Patterson Memorial.
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