4 fatal shootings by Mississippi law officers were justified, state’s attorney general says
The use of force was justified in four fatal shootings by Mississippi law enforcement officers last year, Attorney General Lynn Fitch said Wednesday.
Mississippi ex-deputy seeks shorter sentence in racist torture of 2 Black men
A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy is seeking a shorter federal prison sentence for his part in the torture of two Black men, a case that drew condemnation from top U.S. law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland.
USM removed the word ‘diverse’ from its mission statement. Faculty reps weren’t consulted
The University of Southern Mississippi has removed the word “diverse” from its mission statement and “inclusiveness” from its vision statement, surprising many faculty who did not know an update was in the works until it was approved without public discussion by the university’s governing board last week.
3-year-old girl is among 9 people hurt in 2 shootings in Mississippi capital city
JACKSON — Nine people, including a child, were injured in two shootings Tuesday night in Mississippi’s capital city. “This is a continuous cycle of violence
Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her ‘Is this America?’ speech 60 years ago
Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats’ presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a televised speech that challenged the seating of Mississippi’s all-white delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
Mississippi State transitioning from camp to game preparation
STARKVILLE — It may not be game week yet, but Mississippi State has all but wrapped up fall camp and is beginning to focus on
1 person is killed and 5 others are wounded during a bar shooting in Mississippi’s capital
One person was shot to death and five others were wounded by gunfire at a bar in Mississippi’s capital city.
‘You always have something to learn’: Shapen growing comfortable in MSU offense
STARKVILLE — During his three years at Baylor, Blake Shapen was constantly moving back and forth between lining up under center and in the shotgun.
In Mississippi, discovery of elephant fossil from the ice age provides window into the past
Fossil hunter Eddie Templeton was out exploring in Mississippi when he came across a remarkable find in a steep embankment. It appeared to be part of an ice-age elephant tusk.
Water crisis in Mississippi capital developed during failures in oversight, watchdog says
“Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city that left tens of thousands of people without safe drinking water for weeks in 2021 and 2022, a watchdog agency says.
Jackson City Councilwoman Angelique Lee resigns after federal bribery charge
A city councilwoman in Mississippi’s capital resigned Wednesday and then pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery.
Ex-council member sentenced for selling vapes with illegal drugs in Mississippi and North Carolina
A former city council member from south Mississippi was sentenced Tuesday to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge related to running a business that sold illegal drugs.
Jackson Zoo turns away visitors who don’t have cash, costing thousands in potential revenue
A lack of modern technology at the Jackson Zoo has cost thousands of dollars in potential summer revenue from would-be visitors who were turned away because the facility only accepts cash, city officials said.
Shabby, leaky courthouse? Mississippi prosecutor pays for grand juries to meet in hotel instead
The top prosecutor in Mississippi’s largest county says he has paid tens of thousands of dollars of his own money for grand juries to meet in a hotel because the courthouse is in shabby condition.
Police officer and 1 other person shot to death in Mississippi, 2 other officers wounded
A police officer was shot and killed Thursday by a person at a traffic checkpoint in a small town in southwestern Mississippi, and the suspected shooter was then killed during an exchange of gunfire with two other officers, the state Department of Public Safety said.
UMMC awarded $1 million to fight sky-high syphilis rates
The state’s largest public hospital will accept $1 million from the federal government this month to reduce Mississippi’s syphilis rates – among the highest in the nation.
Favre challenges a judge’s order that blocked his lead attorney in Mississippi welfare lawsuit
Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says a Mississippi judge improperly blocked his lead attorney from representing him in a state civil lawsuit that seeks to recover misspent welfare money.
Ask The Dispatch: Can a new court rule make divorce, child custody cases cheaper and quicker?
On Aug. 26, Mississippi will become the 24th state to enact Rules for Collaborative Law that allow parties to resolve family law disputes without adversarial
Mississippi won’t prosecute a deputy who killed a man yelling ‘shoot me’
A Mississippi grand jury decided not to bring criminal charges against a sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a man who was yelling “shoot me,” the state attorney general’s office said Monday.
In its largest merger, Renasant acquiring The First in $1.2B deal
Renasant Corp. will acquire a Hattiesburg-based bank in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.2 billion, the bank’s largest-ever merger.
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