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The year-long project, involving Mississippi Today, The Marshall Project – Jackson and the Clarion Ledger, found that over a decade at least 42 people were killed in the state’s prisons with just six people convicted in those deaths.
The 1986 Toyota MR2 used in the murders of Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler is now in the possession of retired Oktibbeha County Chief Deputy Sheriff George Carrithers.
Willie Manning has been on death row for 32 years after a jury convicted him in the 1992 murders of two Mississippi State University students. New evidence casts doubt on his guilt.
Four of the six Mississippians exonerated from death row came from the same judicial district where Willie Manning was convicted.
Corey Wiggins said he is starting his tenure as the Tougaloo College president by meeting with faculty, staff, students and alumni. The college also faces challenges competing with public institutions for faculty salaries, an issue he plans to address as he develops the college’s strategic plan.
The lower assessment Amazon is claiming would mean $5 million to $6 million less in tax dollars next year for schools and the county, according to the tax assessor’s office, down from an estimated payment of over $28 million.
Mississippians who had professional and personal relationships with Dolly Parton remember her deep connections and appreciation of the state.
The settlement was reached after a bipartisan, nationwide investigation that nearly every attorney general in the country participated in, starting in 2021. The investigation found that Meta designed Instagram’s features to addict children, documented the resulting mental health harm and showed how the company failed to warn parents.
Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, a pair of undrafted players out of Mississippi who had tryouts in the NFL over the summer, are suing for the right to again play in college football.
President Donald Trump’s plan to suspend tariffs and import more cheap beef to the U.S. is getting a rare, if mild, rebuke from Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi.
