Sipp News

Sipp News is a roundup of various news stories from across The Sipp from accredited news agencies.

One Night in Mhoon Valley

Jurors convicted Tameshia Shelton of murder without seeing the victim’s apparent suicide note. If freed, her case would mark a state record: seven exonerations in the same judicial district.

Marshall Ramsey: Mississippi money blues

Marshall Ramsey’s editorial cartoon depicts a blues man standing at a crossroads where signs point to a data center, an ICE facility and a closed hospital.

US Supreme Court must answer key questions after its Callais redistricting decision

Is it OK to gerrymander to eliminate majority-Black districts after the Supreme Court’s Callais redistricting decision?

Inside the fight against ‘zombie deer disease,’ scientists confront changing politics

A lab in Louisiana is a hub for chronic wasting disease research detection in deer. Outside, scientists face skepticism and backlash.

Louisiana Legislature approves redistricting plan to give Republicans another US House seat

Louisiana lawmakers have passed a new congressional map to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with one of its two majority-Black U.S. House districts.

Mississippi is raising the bar for student performance, and that’s good for kids, national consultant says

Consultant: Mississippi has a law requiring student performance expectations to be raised once 75% reach proficiency or 65% of schools earn a “B” or higher.

Ida B. Wells and Tim Kalich will be included in Mississippi Press Hall of Fame

Ida B. Wells and Tim Kalich will be inducted into the Mississippi Press Hall of Fame on June 26 in Biloxi.

Hinds detainees in Delta prison injured during attacks they say are gang connected

Two Hinds County detainees at the private Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility said they were attacked with knives. It was the second time for one of them.

Jackson State’s new president will receive leadership training for a role previously marked by turmoil

New Jackson State President Denise Jones Gregory will receive leadership training as she works to bring stability to the historically Black university.

Q&A: Jackson State President Denise Jones Gregory shares the path ahead for the university 

Jackson State President Denise Jones Gregory describes effective leadership as being about “trust, communication and shared purpose.”