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Lawyer wants federal probe of why Mississippi police waited months to tell a mom her son was killed

A civil rights attorney says he will ask the U.S. Justice Department to investigate why authorities in Jackson, Mississippi, waited months to tell a woman that her son had been struck and killed by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer

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These PGA Tour players are in position to earn a spot in first two signature events of 2024

It's a race to finish 51-60.

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Mississippi Police Killed Her Son, Then Buried Him in a Pauper's Grave Without Telling Her

Even though Jackson, Mississippi, police knew they had killed 37-year-old Dexter Wade, they didn't inform his mother and allowed him to be buried in a penal farm.

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Jackson State’s Football Coach Makes His Thoughts on Deion Sanders’s Tenure Very Clear

The Tigers' first-year boss spoke candidly about how the Colorado coach changed his program.

Sports Illustrated

Top 125 bubble watch: Which PGA Tour players are on the verge of losing their cards?

Some golfers are in danger of losing their status.

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What's changed — and what hasn't — a year after Mississippi capital's water crisis?

A federal judge turned to Ted Henifin after infrastructure breakdowns in Mississippi’s capital city caused residents to go days and weeks without safe water last year

The Independent UK

Endycott makes his PGA move up to second in Mississippi

Aussie Harrison Endycott has fired himself into contention at the PGA Tour event in Jackson, carding a 65 to trail leader Ben Griffin by two after 36 holes.

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8 notable names who missed the cut at 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship, including the defending champion

These players are packing their bags early.

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Photos: 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship at The Country Club of Jackson

Here are some of the best images from the week in Jackson.

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2023 Sanderson Farms Championship odds, course history and picks to win

Beau Hossler has found his game over his last six starts.

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Mississippi activists ask to join water lawsuit and criticize Black judge's comments on race

Activists in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city are trying to join a federal lawsuit against the city for violating standards for clean drinking water

The Independent UK

Hollis Watkins, who was jailed multiple times for challenging segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82

Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died

The Independent UK

Unearthing racism's Christian roots

A shooting in Jacksonville is the latest example of overt, growing, and gruesome anti-Black violence

Salon

Hopeful signs of an economic 'soft landing' emerge in Jackson Hole as Fed meets with world watching

Business these days in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is still good — just not as robust as it was after the U.S. economy roared out of the pandemic recession

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Federal judge orders utility to turn over customer information amid reports of improper water use

A federal judge has ordered Mississippi’s largest electric utility to turn over information on customers in and around the capital city who might be using water without paying for it

The Guardian - US

Alyssa Nichols: the trailblazing US referee chasing her World Cup ‘dream’

The youngest Black woman to earn a Fifa referee badge, the Mississippi native, Jackson State alumna and proud Delta is breaking down barriers one assignment at a time

The Independent UK

Mississippi judge declares mistrial for two white men charged with shooting at Black FedEx worker

FedEx driver D’Monterrio Gibson was delivering packages in Brookhaven, a town about 55 miles south of Jackson, when father and son duo Gregory Case and Brandon Case chased him in a pickup truck and opened fire

Chicago Sun-Times

State, feds must help south suburbs fix water problems

If recent events in Flint, Michigan and Jackson, Mississippi have shown us anything, it’s that lack of access to clean water — something that has long been an issue in south suburban communities — has ruinous effects on a community’s health and vibrancy.

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Broadcasting & Cable

William H. Dilday Jr., First Black Station General Manager, Has Died

Ran WLBT Jackson, and was in group that became first Black station owners in U.S.

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6 white ex-officers in Mississippi plead guilty to assault on 2 Black men

Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department said the Mississippi officers "caused harm to the entire community who feel that they can't trust the police officers who are supposed to serve them."

The Independent UK

Stray bullet hits a woman lying in bed. A federal judge dismissed her lawsuit against police

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi woman who says she was hit by a stray police bullet while lying in bed

The Guardian - US

New Mississippi law discriminates against Black residents, says DoJ

Law took voting authority from Black residents in Hinds county and Jackson, says DoJ, and created ‘two-tiered system of justice’

The Independent UK

Mississippi discriminates against Black residents with appointed judges, Justice Department says

The Justice Department says a new Mississippi law discriminates against residents of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson

The Independent UK

Mississippi justices hear arguments over appointed vs. elected judges in majority-Black capital

The Mississippi Supreme Court is weighing arguments about a state law that has sparked a monthslong dispute over whether white state officials are stomping on local self-governance in the state’s majority-Black capital city, Jackson

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Ex-Titans LB Avery Williamson lands high school coaching job

Former Titans LB Avery Williamson has landed a high-school coaching job at Jackson Christian.

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