Sept. 23, 1955 marked the end of a trial where an all-white jury acquitted two white men, J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, of the murder of then 14-year-old African American Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till (July […]
Jamila Slaughter, a 27-year-old from Madison County had had enough of what she described as unwanted sexual advances and harassment from then pastor of Word of Faith Christian Center-Jackson, Bishop Kevin Wright. Slaughter, who worked […]
CANTON – A former home health nursing assistant will spend the next year behind bars for stealing checks from her patient and forging the signature. Angela Shonta Wilson, 34, of Canton, was sentenced to 10 […]
JACKSON, Miss. – The Jackson State University Athletics Department has named Larry McNeil as its interim women’s basketball coach for the 2011-12 season. McNeil, who had been an assistant coach with the Lady Tigers from […]
GULFPORT – Captain Ken Brown said this week they are still looking for suspects in the murders of three people found dead in a mobile home last month. On Aug. 30, the bodies of 48-year-old […]
Associated Press STARKVILLE – Mississippi State quarterback Chris Relf’s last seven passes in regulation missed their mark. He hadn’t completed a pass since the third quarter. But when he finally did, a 17-yarder to LaDarius […]
Associated Press JACKSON – Leland Baker’s interception with 9 seconds left was the eighth turnover forced by Alabama State and sealed a 21-14 win over Jackson State on Saturday. It was tied at 7-7 midway […]
CARROLLTON – While the blockbuster film, “The Help”, continues to draw huge audiences around the world, one of the plantations used in the movie will be open for touring during the annual pilgrimage in Carroll […]
JACKSON – The estate of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has filed a federal lawsuit against a television news anchor at WLBT in Jackson claiming that he has documents taken from the slain civil […]
GLENDORA – The small town of Glendora, in Tallahatchie County, is hosting the grand re-opening of the newly designed Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center (ETHIC) on Saturday, Sept. 24, at 10 a.m. Glendora’s mayor Johnny […]
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