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A Mississippi woman has been convicted of capital murder in the beating death of her 14-month stepdaughter and her husband will face trial this week.
T Kia Bevily, 28, was convicted last Friday of the October 2017 death of Jurayah Smith in Claiborne County, Mississippi. According to the
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Bevily is married to Juraya s father, 30-year-old Morris Bevily IV. The couple was taking care of Jurayah when she died on Oct. 22, 2017, authorities said. Her death was later ruled a homicide due to multiple blunt force traumas to her head.
Mississippi prison inmates allowed to smoke beginning February 1st
Updated - Smoking is now legal in all Mississippi prisons and regional jails.
Posted: Jan 28, 2021 9:07 PM
Updated: Feb 1, 2021 9:49 AM
Posted By: Alexis Jones
Inmates will be able to smoke legally beginning on Feb. 1.
James Jim Meyers is the sheriff of Chickasaw County. Photo Date: Jan. 28, 2021.
The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) made the decision in an effort to cut down on contraband.
Chickasaw County Sheriff Jim Meyers helps oversee the Chickasaw County Regional Correctional Facility.
“It will help our guards from having to look so much for tobacco products,” he said.
OXFORD ⢠A Lafayette County woman has been charged with stealing Christmas presents from a car on New Yearâs Eve.
Oxford police were called to Baptist Memorial Hospital - North Mississippi on Dec. 31 to take a report on someone breaking into a car in the parking lot and stealing several Christmas gifts. The investigation led police to Dana Diana Churchill, 44, of Waterford, who was arrested without incident on Jan. 22. The stolen property was recovered.
Churchill was charged with one count of felony auto burglary. A Lafayette County Justice Court judge issued Churchill a $10,000 bond, but the Mississippi Department of Corrections placed a hold on her.