FBI monitoring investigation of candidate’s death
The FBI said Wednesday that it has been monitoring the state investigation into the death of an openly gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi, but the agency didn’t indicate it had opened its own investigation.
Miss. rep. asks FBI to review candidate’s death
A Mississippi congressman on Tuesday asked the FBI to review the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate to determine if any federal laws might have been violated.
Family: Slain Clarksdale mayoral candidate beaten, burned
The body of a slain Mississippi mayoral candidate was beaten and burned, a family member said Monday.
Man charged in slaying of mayoral candidate
A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week.
Clarksdale stunned by slaying of mayoral candidate
Whatever his prospects for winning the coming mayoral election in his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss., Marco McMillian was considered by many to be a man on the rise. So word spread fast when his SUV was involved in a wreck this week, and he was nowhere to be found.
NC gov wrong to speak ill of Miss., Bryant says
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Friday it was “petty” for North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue to insult Mississippi while bemoaning that voters in her state approved a ballot measure banning same-sex marriage.