Tag: Mississippi
‘Sins of our past’: Officials apologize for campus shooting
JACKSON, Miss. — The mayor of Mississippi's capital city and a state senator both apologized Saturday for shootings 51 years ago by city and...
A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting
JACKSON, Miss. — Days after National Guard members killed four Kent State University students who were protesting the Vietnam War, white police officers marched...
A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — Days after National Guard members killed four Kent State University students who were protesting the Vietnam War, white police officers marched...
Jimmy Harrell, Deepwater Horizon rig supervisor, dies at 65
MORTON, Miss. — Jimmy Harrell, a supervisor on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, has died...
Jimmy Harrell, Deepwater Horizon rig supervisor, dies at 65
<p>MORTON, Miss. — Jimmy Harrell, a supervisor on the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/63c7dfb7ffae20d089ec19acb7d0d695">Deepwater Horizon</a> oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, has...
Mississippi court upholds life sentence for pot possession
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted of a marijuana possession charge because...
Mississippi court upholds life sentence for pot possession
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Court of Appeals on Tuesday <a href="https://courts.ms.gov/Images/Opinions/CO152452.pdf">upheld</a> a life sentence for a man convicted of a marijuana possession charge...
Mississippi says it awaits $600K repayment from Brett Favre
JACKSON, Miss. — Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre has yet to pay back $600,000 in money he received from the state of Mississippi for...
Mississippi says it awaits $600K repayment from Brett Favre
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre has yet to pay back $600,000 in money he received from the state of Mississippi for...
Activists demand answers after Black baby killed in shootout
JACKSON, Miss. — Officials have not yet said who is responsible for the shot that killed a 3-month-old baby when his father died in...