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Priscilla Williams-Till recently announced her candidacy in Mississippi for the 2026 U.S. Senate race. Williams-Till, a cousin of Emmett Till, mentioned civil rights, social justice, and representing marginalized communities of Mississippi as major reasons for running for the seat. “I am running for United States Senator to help shape and enact laws that promote social…
A Mississippi church deacon is being hailed as a hero after losing his life while protecting...
A teenage Mississippi track star died in her sleep after her final race, leaving colleagues...
Media personality Oprah Winfrey has discussed the complex relationship she had with her mother,...
A Mississippi lawmaker, who has tabled a bill seeking to ban men from masturbating, says he has been receiving death threats over that. In an interview with TMZ, state Senator Bradford Blackmon said...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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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