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Ex-university leaders plead not guilty in prostitution sting

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This is a Jan. 16, 2020 photograph of then president of Jackson State University, William Bynum Jr., 57, at a college board meeting in Jackson, Miss. Bynum resigned effective immediately, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, after he was arrested during the weekend in a prostitution sting in Clinton, Miss. The former president was among more than a dozen people arrested during the weekend. He is charged with procuring services of a prostitute, false statement of identity and simple possession of marijuana. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

University leader resigns after bust in prostitution sting

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

This is a Jan. 16, 2020 photograph of then president of Jackson State University, William Bynum Jr., 57, right, at a college board meeting in Jackson, Miss. Bynum resigned effective immediately, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, after he was arrested during the weekend in a prostitution sting in Clinton, Miss. The former president was among more than a dozen people arrested during the weekend. He is charged with procuring services of a prostitute, false statement of identity and simple possession of marijuana. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

William Bynum Jr., Jackson State University president, busted in prostitution sting

By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

Briggs to run Mississippi Valley State University for now

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, Dr. William Bynum speaks with reporters after being officially named the next president of Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Miss. The College Board is choosing Bynum as its preferred candidate to lead Jackson State University. Trustee C.D. Smith announced the choice Monday, May 22, 2017. (Bryn Stole/The Greenwood Commonwealth via AP, File)

Current head of Mississippi Valley is pick for Jackson State

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Correction: University President Raises story

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