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Jackson County sheriff announces campaign for Congress Jackson County sheriff announces campaign for Congress By Eddie Robertson | April 7, 2021 at 6:12 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 7:47 PM HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell announced his campaign for U.S. Congress in Mississippi’s Fourth Congressional District Wednesday. The seat is currently held by Rep. Steven Palazzo, who told WLOX that he plans to run for re-election in 2022. Palazzo is currently facing an investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics. Ezell is a Republican who has served as Jack...

DENVER — An admitted drug dealer who tried to flee from Pueblo police with $60,000 of methamphetamine now is facing a long term in federal prison. James Anthony Lovato pleaded guilty Monday to possessing the drug with the intent of distributing it as a dealer. He entered the plea in Denver at the U.S. District Court for Colorado.  Judge R. Brooke Jackson said sentencing guidelines recommend a prison term of more than 21 years. A court filing states that Lovato, 36, is a career offender as defined by federal law who was convicted in Pueblo District Court in 2003 of attempted robbery and ...

The Pueblo Chieftain The Southern Colorado Safe Streets Task Force is seeking two suspects in Pueblo. The Pueblo Police Department issued its weekly Safe Streets round-up Friday, and Joseph Calderon and Derec Duran were identified as suspects being sought by the task force. Calderon, 23, is wanted for a no-bond warrant for a parole violation, which includes assault. Duran, 19, has a no-bond warrant for robbery. If you have information on either's whereabouts, contact Pueblo Crime Stoppers at 542-7867 or visit pueblocrimestoppers.com.

DENVER — A Pueblo man who was sentenced Thursday to 34 months in federal prison said his history of crime "has to do with (his) drug addiction" and alcohol abuse. Kenneth Lawrence Baca was sentenced in Denver at the U.S. District Court for Colorado for having a gun after being convicted of a felony. Court records show he had at least three felony convictions in Pueblo District Court in 2000, 2005 and 2009. The crimes were second-degree assault with a deadly weapon, criminal mischief and identify theft. Police caught Baca, 41, in 2018 with a loaded .38 caliber handgun in a car parked in ...