A suspect is in custody after a string of recent fires that plagued historically black churches in Louisiana. Holden Matthews, 21, the son of a St. Landry Parish Deputy has been charged with three counts of arson of a religious building in Louisiana. Despite rumors, Matthews’ father did not turn his son in. “I’m very […]
WARNING: Details about the crime and incident below may be graphic or disturbing to some A string of shootings in Brookhaven, Mississippi on Saturday night left eight people dead, including a sheriff’s deputy. A suspect is in custody according to The Washington Post, but police are saying it is “premature” to discuss a motive for […]
“Personally, I like to see people dressed when they’re in public and I like to see people with their pants up,” Rep. Tom Weathersby told Mississippi Today. Mississippi Republican lawmaker Rep. Tom Weathersby has proposed a new piece of legislation that would make it illegal to wear “sagging” pants. Under the law, individuals who sag […]
The Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, a historical black church in Greenville, Mississippi, was set fire by what appears to be Donald Trump Supporters. The church was found last night engulfed in flames with “VOTE TRUMP” spray painted on the side. See video below:
The judge said generations of Black students were harmed by unequal schools. Adecades-long school desegregation battle is over – generations after the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education. Late on Friday, a federal district court ordered the Cleveland School District in Mississippi to consolidate its Black and White secondary schools, the U.S. Department […]
Tracy Morgan is taking a stand against a new law in Mississippi by canceling a show he had scheduled there.
A Mississippi man became well known in his hometown for his open display of love for his late wife, and has erected a loving memorial in her honor. Charles “LaLa” Evans and his wife Louise enjoyed nearly 59 years of marriage before her passing in 2011 but has turned their home into a virtual museum of […]
A Subway restaurant worker is out of a job after posting a Facebook status that celebrated the slayings of two police officers this weekend in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, according to The New York Daily News. Sierra (C-Babi) Mccurdy was fired Sunday after posting on Facebook, “2 police officers was shot in Hattiesburg tonight!” according to screen grabs […]
The family of Otis Byrd, the man who was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi last month, has hired a well-renowned medical examiner to…
UPDATE: 5:30 P.M. EST The Claiborne County branch of the NAACP has announced that the man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi is 54-year-old Otis Byrd.…
As many throughout the nation continue rise up to let their voices be heard against social injustices and the tyranny of abusive police-action, protestors in Desoto County, Mississippi were…
Sen. Kenny Wayne Jones (D), chairman of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus, received backlash from caucus members after defending controversial comments made by former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.…