If you live in Jackson, Mississippi and you have a scar on your face, you just may be asked to leave. Such was the case when a 3-year-old and her grandmother were asked to leave because the facial injuries on the child “disturbed the other patrons.” Fox News reports: JACKSON, Miss. â KFC Corp. says it’s […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) â Family and friends of a youth basketball coach called for swift justice Tuesday against two Mississippi sheriff’s deputies accused of assaulting their son after a recreational league game and causing injuries that led to his death. Hinds County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Adams was charged with murder in Monday’s death of 25-year-old […]
12/18/13- Roland Martin talks with 22-year-old Tulane University senior Jeramey Anderson about balancing life as a college student and being the youngest elected official in Mississippi State Legislature history! For iPad/iPhone users:
 Hill (pictured), 30, her 7-year-old son, Jaidon (pictured), and her husband, Laterry Smith (pictured), 34, who mysteriously vanished after their car was wrecked this past weekend, were…
Pastor Dr. Michael Minor of the Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Mississippi banned fried chicken and sugary drinks from church potlucks with the hopes of promoting healthier living and combating obesity in his community. Minor told Yahoo News the change has been a success, he explained, “You can see the difference. People are much […]
A Mississippi teenager has been accused of killing his father with the help of three accomplices–including a police officer, the Clarion-Ledger reports. Kenneth Thompson, 53,…
The Mississippi cross-dressing man charged with depraved-heart murder back in 2012, for administering illegal buttocks-enhancing injections that killed a Georgia woman, is now being charged…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) â A high-school teacher from Alabama is accused of kidnapping a 6-year-old girl from school in Mississippi, sending a frightening text message to the child’s mother and paying to keep her overnight in a hotel. U.S. Attorney Gregory Davis says a federal magistrate in Jackson denied bond Thursday to 54-year-old Jesse Mae Pollard, […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) â A murder suspect shot a police detective who was interviewing him at police headquarters in Mississippi’s capital city, then shot himself, state authorities said Friday. Police had previously not disclosed who fired the shot that killed the suspect, 23-year-old Jeremy Powell. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain said Friday that […]
Roland Martin talks with Ken Sullivan about he and his colleague’s recent work that led to Mississippi officially ratifying the 13th Amendment.
148 years after the original amendment prohibiting slavery passed through Congress, Mississippi has officially ratified the amendment. According to reports, Miss. voted to ratify the law in 1995 but somehow the United States Archivist was not notified, thus, it was never officially recorded as being passed. Luckily, a doctor from India named Dr. Ranjan Batra, […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) â Civil rights advocates say harsh disciplinary practices at many Mississippi schools lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions, policies that disproportionally affect minorities. A joint report by groups including the ACLU and NAACP says the problems are more widespread than just the city of Meridian, where the […]
