WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago issued the following Beige Book on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Economic activity in the Seventh District increased slightly overall during the reporting period, and contacts expected a similar increase in activity over the next year. Consumer and business spending rose modestly; employment was up slightly; construction and real estate activity was flat; nonbusiness contacts saw little change in activity;   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Dec. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the Southern District of Mississippi charging former Mississippi State Capitol Police Flex Unit officer Jeffery Walker with felony deprivation of rights under color of law. According to court documents, Walker used excessive force against a handcuffed arrestee, identified as E.S., including the use of dangerous weap  more