Christi Webb, executive director of Family Resource Center for Families First for Mississippi, welcomes the crowd of visitors following the ceremonial ribbon cutting at the Families First Resource Center in April 2018, in Fulton, Miss. Webb pleaded guilty Thursday, March 16, 2023, in federal court to stealing government funds intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the U.S. (Adam Armour/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The former director of a Mississippi nonprofit organization pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to stealing government funds intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the U.S., court documents show.