On this day in 1968, James Brown’s song energized civil rights movement
[ad_1] Nov. 9, 1968 This statue of James Brown can be found in his hometown of Augusta, Georgia. Credit: Georgia Tourism and Travel Singer James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul,”…
On this day in 1955, Gus Courts led 22 Black citizens to vote in Bloody Belzoni
[ad_1] Nov. 8, 1955 NAACP leader Gus Courts lying in hospital in Mound Bayou in critical condition after being shot, November 26, 1955. Credit: Library of Congress Six months after…
Marshall Ramsey: Yacht Rock – Mississippi Today
[ad_1] Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today’s Editor-At-Large. He’s also host of a weekly statewide radio program and a…
Mississippi is now the only state to have never sent a woman to the U.S. House
[ad_1] Originally published by The 19th Republican Julie Fedorchak will be the first woman to represent North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives. Fedorchak soundly secured the seat with…
Former interim Hinds County sheriff guilty in fedral bribery case
[ad_1] Marshand Crisler, the former Hinds County interim sheriff and candidate, faces up to 10 years in prison after a federal jury in Jackson found him guilty Friday of soliciting…
Amy St. Pé, Jennifer Schloegel advance to runoff for Court of Appeals race
[ad_1] Amy St. Pé and Jennifer Schloegel will compete in a runoff election on Nov. 26 for an open seat on the Mississippi Court of Appeals after no candidate in…
Jeanne Luckey, prominent Mississippi Republican and IHL trustee, dies at 63
[ad_1] Jeanne Carter Luckey, a Mississippi Gulf Coast philanthropist who served as the state’s Republican National committeewoman, died on Thursday, Nov. 7. She was 63. Her death was first reported…
The Jackson FBI sting is not the first time the feds used a yacht, strip club to lure alleged bribery
[ad_1] This sting that brought bribery charges against Jackson officials this week is far from the first time the FBI has used a yacht and a strip club in Miami…
Yacht, strip club, bags of cash: The traveling FBI sting that set the stage for bribery charges against Jackson officials
[ad_1] Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba boarded a yacht off the coast of Florida with the top prosecutor in charge of fighting crime in his city and several rowdy out-of-state…
FBI informant says he gave Hinds County sheriff candidate $9,500 in exchange for favors
[ad_1] Tonarri Moore, who was recruited by the FBI to work as an informant and collect evidence against Marshand Crisler, testified for over an hour Thursday about offering the former…
