Greenville, MS—James Williams, Jr. of Greenville entered a guilty plea to the crime of Sexual Battery in May, District Attorney Dewayne Richardson announced today. Williams pled guilty on the eve of his trial set to begin the week of May 20 in the Circuit Court of Washington County. Williams’ charge stemmed from an incident occurring in the Summer of 2018—less …

Greenville, MS – On May 2, 2019, Washington County Circuit Judge Margaret Carey-McCray sentenced Andrew McClinton, 47 years of age, for the arson that destroyed the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church. McClinton was sentenced to twenty (20) years with the Mississippi Department of Corrections. McClinton will have to serve ten (10) years of the sentence in custody as a Habitual Offender, …