Earlier today, Aug. 7, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch launched “Operation Robocall Roundup,” a multistate effort led by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force in an attempt to fight back against robocalls around the nation.
On Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office received a call claiming someone had been shot and two others were being held hostage at a Brandon home.
On Aug. 6, deputies from the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department received a call regarding a female who had fallen from a swinging bridge onto an exposed sandbar on Pearl River.
Jeff Goodwin, director of the state auditor’s compliance division, was congenial while describing to Canton officials how the office has taken $352,000 of the city’s revenue to pay for past-due audits – the first time Auditor Shad White has exercised this authority.
According to Keith Turner, an attorney for Canton Municipal Utilities, the utility company has been swamped with calls from upset customers over the last few days.
A newly-confirmed FCC commissioner is learning more about the status of broadband work being done in Mississippi, and she shared just how the Federal Communications Commission is planning to bolster these efforts.
