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Church deacon hailed as hero after losing life while protecting others during shooting at Easter event
A Mississippi church deacon is being hailed as a hero after losing his life while protecting others during a shooting at a family Easter egg hunt. Deacon Eddie Shed was fatally shot on April 12 during the Empowerment Ministries Christian Center’s event in Gulfport in what the church described as a “senseless act of gun…
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Teenage Mississippi track star dies while taking a nap on her couch after return from event
A teenage Mississippi track star died in her sleep after her final race, leaving colleagues...
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Oprah Winfrey Recalls Struggling To Praise Her Mother At Church Event
Media personality Oprah Winfrey has discussed the complex relationship she had with her mother,...
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Mississippi lawmaker who proposed masturbation ban bill says he’s receiving death threats
A Mississippi lawmaker, who has tabled a bill seeking to ban men from masturbating, says he...
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Brandy: Singer To Publish Memoir In October 2025
Singer Brandy is working on her debut memoir to be released later this year, sources close to the songwriter have said. The title of the project has not been disclosed, but reports indicate that it will...
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Meet the first-ever autistic member of the Natchez Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Alex “Rooster” Weathers, a Vicksburg, Mississippi, native, recently made history as the first autistic member of the Natchez Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. His initiation...
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1-year-old baby miraculously survives 2 days of stormy weather alone on highway after brother loses life
A one-year-old boy survived two days of stormy weather alone on a Louisiana highway until a trucker found him crawling along the road. His four-year-old brother was discovered dead nearby a day earlier....
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First Black woman in Mississippi Legislature makes history again with portrait in state Capitol
The first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature, former Representative Alyce Clarke, has once again made history by being the first Black person, and the first woman with a portrait in the...
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She doesn’t use drugs – family of woman who walked into Walmart with baby wearing only diapers cry out
The family of a Mississippi woman, Kambria Gabrielle Darby, who was arrested for child abuse when she took her toddler shopping at Walmart with only a diaper on in freezing temperatures, is insisting she...
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Jury says officer who shot 11-year-old boy in the chest is not guilty of criminal conduct
A Mississippi grand jury has decided not to indict Indianola Police Sgt. Greg Capers, who shot and wounded an unarmed 11-year-old boy, Aderrien Murry, during a response to a domestic dispute. The incident...
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10-year-old arrested for urinating in public placed on probation and asked to write about Kobe Bryant
A 10-year-old black boy from Mississippi, Quantavious Eason, has been placed on probation and instructed to write a two-page book report on late NBA legend Kobe Bryant after being arrested for urinating...
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Jackson police allegedly buried another Black man without his family’s knowledge
Marrio Terrell Moore is the latest victim, coming less than a month after Dexter Wade’s story of being buried without his family’s knowledge after being hit by Jackson, Mississippi, police....
