U.S. Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) made a statement this week regarding the need for gun control legislation.
Thompson was recently asked by his colleagues in the House Democratic Caucus to serve as Vice-Chairman of the task force focused on reducing and preventing gun violence. […]
A Mississippi man was critically injured and his family killed when he lost control of his vehicle on an icy highway in northern Minnesota.
The accident occurred around 5:40 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12. Minnesota authorities said 28-year-old Jeremiah Statham of Foxworth was traveling eastbound on Highway 2, about nine miles east of Cass Lake, when his vehicle slid on the icy highway, left the road, hit some trees and a stump and rolled over. […]
Actor Danny Glover has joined supporters of unionization for workers at the Nissan Canton demonstrating outside the North American International Auto Show.
The Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan protested Monday next to Detroit’s Cobo Center, the Associated Press reported. The group says workers who show interest in organizing the Japanese carmaker’s plant in Canton, are intimidated by management hints the plant would close if they unionize.
Nissan Vice President David Reuter tells The Detroit News the allegations are false. He says workers who wear anti-union T-shirts do so freely “as a show of support for the company.” The shirts say: “Want a union? Move to Detroit.” […]
A Port Gibson bicyclist died in the predawn hours Friday after being struck by a truck in Claiborne County.
County Coroner J.W. Mallet tells the Vicksburg Post that 53-year-old Delecta Collins was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sheriff Marvin Lucas says the accident occurred about 2:40 a.m. as Collins rode his bike on Mississippi Highway 18 in the area of the Natchez Trace Parkway. […]
The National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have issued winter weather alerts for numerous counties across the state.
An ice storm warning is in effect for the upper Delta until 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14.
A freezing rain advisory has been issued for Elliot, Gore Springs, Grenada and Holcomb until 6 p.m., Jan. 14.
A winter weather advisory has been issued for Abbeville and Algoma until 12 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 15. […]
State Rep. David Gibbs, recalled by colleagues as a common-sense lawmaker who preferred to keep a low profile and make things happen behind the scenes, died Sunday. He was 76.
Gibbs, who had cancer, died about 5 a.m. Sunday, said Rep. Kenny Wayne Jones, D-Canton, chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus. He had been hospitalized at Northeast Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Hospital spokeswoman Deborah Pugh confirmed his death. […]
Authorities in Harrison County, Texas believe that two teens, who walked away from a behavioral center in that state, may be headed to Mississippi.
Seventeen-year-old Madeline Apple and 17-year-old Andrew Hill were last seen Monday, Jan. 7 at the Hearlight Ministries in Hallsviille, Texas. They were reportedly going to Longview, Texas, but have not been seen or heard from since then.
Authorities said Hill is originally from Lee County and still has relatives there. Apple’s family said the couple is traveling together and could be making their way to Tupelo. […]
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
Editor
As he was elected to “protect the rights of the citizens to vote,” Hinds County Election Commissioner James A. Reed, at his swearing in ceremony, said, “Fifty years ago, I served in the U.S. army but could not vote. I defended the U.S. Constitution but was not allowed to vote. So this is a rather historic moment for me.”… […]
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
Editor
As a national holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated every year on the third Monday of January; his actual birthday is Jan. 15. While federal offices, banks, schools and businesses close out of respect for Dr. King’s leadership in the Civil Rights Movement, many have plans to take this not as a day off but as a time to reflect on the principles he espoused and on what needs to be done to complete his dream…. […]
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
Editor
At the regular meeting of Hinds County Board of Supervisors, Monday, Jan. 7, all cameras were focused on Supervisor Doug Anderson. He rescinded his planned retirement on Dec. 31, 2012, one day before it was to take effect.
His retirement was based on “health concerns” as given in a statement submitted by his daughter, Jackie Anderson Woods of Atlanta…. […]
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