JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Residents of a neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi, are confused by the bowls of mashed potatoes they’re finding on their cars, porches and mailboxes. Resident Jordan Lewis described the Belhaven neighborhood as a quirky one, with residents decorating road signs and putting Christmas trees in potholes. “So we don’t know if someone […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Gov. Phil Bryant says he’s not worried about lawsuits as Mississippi prepares to enact one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation. The Republican governor is scheduled to sign a bill Thursday to outlaw most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, about six weeks into pregnancy. The New […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Curtis Flowers has been jailed in Mississippi for 22 years, even as prosecutors couldn’t get a murder conviction against him to stick through five trials. Three convictions were tossed out, and two other juries couldn’t reach unanimous verdicts. This week, the Supreme Court will consider whether his conviction and death sentence […]
A Mississippi man who was arrested on a misdemeanor trespassing charge last May and died a day after being booked into the county jail was allegedly beat and tortured before being left to die in his cell, according to a lawsuit filed by the man’s family. The family of 36-year-old Harvey Hill filed a wrongful […]
An Alabama newspaper editor who called for a KKK revival and lynchings faces no real consequences.
GAUTIER, Miss. (AP) — An interstate highway through Mississippi was shut down for hours Wednesday after a truck driver with a machete sparked a standoff with police, but the incident ended without injuries when he was finally arrested. The standoff ended about 1:35 p.m. and Interstate 10 in Mississippi reopened soon afterward, Jackson County Sheriff […]
Erica Hall’s life ended in front of her own house. She was found bloodied in the yard in front of her modest home in Magnolia, Mississippi. Reports say the knife that killed her was left in her back. But the biggest shock is not that the 32-year-old mother of four was found dead. It was […]
The family of Lanekia Michelle Brown, 37, wants to know why their pregnant loved one recently passed away in a Mississippi jail over the weekend. According to WJTV News, Lanekia was awaiting trial for marijuana trafficking in the Madison County Detention Center when she complained of having stomach pains. By the time the nurse arrived […]
Her name was Lanekia Michelle Brown and her family is demanding answers.
I wanna jump right in on a few issues this morning – starting back with the presidential election. I’ve said it before, but all of the candidates are making their final decisions right now and will begin announcing their candidacies in just a few weeks. I’ve met and talked with several of them that are […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court is not reviving a lawsuit that tried to block a Mississippi city from flying the state flag that includes the Confederate battle emblem. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week affirmed a district judge’s decision that dismissed the lawsuit against Ocean Springs. The lawsuit called […]
Cindy Hyde Smith beat Mike Espy in Mississippi and Huggy blames people who didn’t vote and show up for Mississippi. He doesn’t understand why “the ugly people keep winning,” Smith’s bigotry makes her ugly. She’s such a bigot she probably sleeps in confederate pajamas and has a white Christmas tree. HEAD BACK TO THE BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM […]
