Published: September 29, 2008 04:14 pm            

3 p.m. Mississippi News Digest (AP)

DALY WARRANT

JACKSON — An attorney for John Daly's estranged wife said Monday that she did not steal the pro golfer's cell phone and blamed the allegation on their ongoing divorce. Sherrie Daly, 32, was freed on a $500 bond Friday after being charged with stealing the phone from his tour bus in June. By Holbrook Mohr.

WALTERS INDICTED

JACKSON — A federal grand jury has indicted Nick Walters, a former Mississippi USDA rural development director, for allegedly having a personal interest in an agency loan he was pursuing for Natchez Regional Medical Center and for lying to federal officials about it. By Jack Elliott Jr.

MISSING SOLDIER

JACKSON — Military investigators are still tying to determine what happened to a Kentucky National Guardsman nearly four months after his skeletal remains were found on a Mississippi base and urged anyone with information to contact them, authorities say. By Holbrook Mohr.

UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME-ANALYSIS

UNDATED — Another name for the Joint Legislative Budget Committee hearings could be "Fantasy Island." Because just like the guest stars on the 1980s television show, agency heads go the JLBC hearings with the hope of having their wishes granted. The dreams came true on TV. That's not usually the case in state government. By Shelia Byrd.

STATE WORKERS

JACKSON — The average Mississippi state employee is a white female, just over 44 years old with some college education. She earns on average $34,300 per year and has been working for the state for about 9-1/2 years. From the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.

        

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