Jackson Mississippi

Mississippi School District Agrees To Stop Handcuffing Students For Non-Crimes

AP | JEFF AMY | Posted 05.26.2012

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JACKSON, Miss. -- Jackson public schools will no longer handcuff students to poles or other objects and will train staff at its alternative school on ...

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JSU Football Players May Have Beaten Student Before Shooting Him, Mother Claims

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.28.2012

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Nolan Ryan Henderson's mother says her son was beaten by more than a dozen Jackson State University football players before he was shot in the face ov...

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Cities Fight To Keep Doomed Sears and Kmart Stores

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 03.27.2012

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HuffPost Review: The Help

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.03.2012

Some will say: This is yet another movie about the civil-rights movement moment in our history, in which the white people are the heroes, saving the black characters. But that's far too simplistic a reading of The Help.

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Mississippi School Sued For Allegedly Shackling Students To Poles For Hours

AP | MOLLY DAVIS | Posted 08.08.2011

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JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights advocates have filed suit against Jackson's public school district, claiming officials at one alternative school r...

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Police: Neighbors Shoot At Each Other Over Defecating Dog

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.25.2011

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JACKSON, Miss. — An argument between two armed neighbors over a dog and its feces escalated to a shootout in rural Mississippi, sending one neig...

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Marlon Dorsey, Miss. High School Basketball Coach, Accused Of Whipping Players

Posted 05.25.2011

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An assistant basketball coach at Murrah High School in Jackson, Miss. is on leave after a lawsuit has been brought against him for whipping team membe...

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From Mississippi To Mullholland: Must See Art At The Skirball

HuffPost | Ellen C. Caldwell | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 1961, the "Freedom Fighters" banned together in Jackson, Mississippi to demonstrate against state segregation laws -- and for doing so, 328 people ...

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Tom Joyner's Great-Uncles Pardoned In SC 94 Years After Execution

AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina pardoned syndicated radio host Tom Joyner's great-uncles Wednesday, nearly a century after they were sent to the electric chair for the 1913 murder of a Confederate Army veteran.

Officials believe the two men are the first in the state to be posthumously pardoned in a capital murder case.

Black landowners Thomas and Meeks Griffin were executed 94 years ago after a jury convicted them of killing 73-year-old John Lewis, a wealthy white veteran living in Blackstock, a Chester County town 40 miles north of Columbia. Two other black men were also put to death for the crime.

"This won't bring them back, but this will bring closure. I hope now that they rest in peace," Joyner said. "This is a good day."

Joyner, who lives in Dallas, and his attorney made a presentation to the state parole and pardon board on Wednesday, then left the room while the board voted. Family members who flew in for the hearing included his wife and sons, of Dallas, and brother and his family, from Jackson, Miss.

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Savannah Book Festival: Escape From a Cold Virtual World

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Has it occurred to you that social networking is really not very social at all? We Twitter, and cultivate relationships with hundreds of "friends" we have never met on Facebook.

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Mississippi St. RB Anthony Dixon arrested

AP | CHRIS TALBOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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Police say Mississippi State running back Anthony Dixon was arrested over the weekend and charged with driving under the influence.

An arrest report from the Starkville Police Department says officers found Dixon intoxicated late Saturday night with two empty champagne bottles on the floor of his car.

Mississippi State spokesman Joe Galbraith says coach Dan Mullen is still trying to gather facts before deciding on disciplinary action and won't comment yet.

The 21-year-old from Terry was recently named preseason second-team All-Southeastern Conference and is the Bulldogs' best returning offensive player.

He rushed for 869 yards and seven touchdowns to bring his career totals to 2,603 yards and a Mississippi State record 30 touchdowns. It's unclear if he has an attorney.

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Mary Chapin Carpenter Returns to the Stage and Talks about Eudora Welty, Inspiration, and Bonding

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Five-time Grammy winner, Mary Chapin Carpenter is still raving about the experience she had performing with Kate Campbell, Claire Holley and Caroline Herring at the Eudora Welty Centennial Concert.

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