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Man executed for killing and butchering drug dealer

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By Monica Land PARCHMAN – For the third time this month, the Mississippi State Penitentiary has executed a death row inmate, in what Commissioner Chris Epps said is the “cause for justice…” Forty-nine-year-old Gary Carl […]

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Ex-inmate sues reputed Klansman, lawyer

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JACKSON – (AP) A black former prisoner filed a lawsuit Monday that claims he was slandered and defamed by reputed Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen and Killen’s wife and lawyer over statements related to […]

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Butcher scheduled for execution tonight in dismemberment death

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JACKSON – (AP) – The Mississippi Supreme Court has refused to block the June 20 execution of Gary Carl Simmons, a grocery store butcher convicted of killing a man who was shot and dismembered in […]

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Suspect in murder of dismembered woman has criminal history

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From Media Reports KILN – Terry Speaks, a suspect in the recent murder and dismemberment of 22-year-old exotic dancer Jaren Lockhart, has a substantial criminal history, including convictions for having sex with a 14-year-old, assaulting […]

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Award-winning producer headlines civil rights conference

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By Monica Land PHILADELPHIA, Ms. – Award-winning producer Joan Sadoff, of “Standing on My Sister’s Shoulders” is the first to admit that she didn’t march during the civil rights movement. She didn’t know Martin Luther […]

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Pieces From The Past: Voices of Heroic Women in Civil Rights

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‘Link’ reporter and others contribute to the preservation of women in history through new book By     Monica Land PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Before producing documentaries, Joan Sadoff, M.Ed., M.S.W., spent her professional career as a clinical […]

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Rodney King Dead: Face Of LA Riots Dies At Age 47

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation’s history, was found […]

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Monitor: $366 million overrun at Miss. Power plant

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JACKSON – (AP) Mississippi Power Co. has told regulators the power plant it is building in Kemper County is $366 million over budget. The overrun would push the total cost of the coal-fired power plant […]

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Thousands attend JW ‘Safeguard Your Heart’ convention

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By Monica Land JACKSON – Nearly 10,000 people attended the two district conventions held in Jackson this month at the Mississippi Coliseum and Fairgrounds. The annual convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses was entitled: ‘Safeguard Your Heart!’ […]

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Homeowners in Jackson are in for a tax hike

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Debt on school bond referendum must be paid By Othor Cain Managing Editor Six years ago, voters in Jackson took to the polls and voted overwhelmingly in favor of a $150 million school bond referendum […]

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