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6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced for torture of 2 Black men

Mar. 19, 2024 00:39 AM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced by a federal judge starting Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee will sentence two defendants each day...

Former Mississippi Archives and History department leader Elbert Hilliard dies at age 87

Mar. 18, 2024 19:50 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Elbert R. Hilliard, who led the Mississippi Department of Archives and History from 1973 to 2004 and established a grant program to preserve courthouses and other historical buildings, has died. He was 87. Hilliard started working for the department in 1965...

Effort to revive Mississippi ballot initiative process is squelched in state Senate

Mar. 18, 2024 19:47 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators are unlikely to restore a ballot initiative process this year after a Senate chairman killed a proposal Monday. The move came days after the Senate voted 26-21 to pass a bill that would have allowed Mississippi residents to put some...

2 Black men tortured by Mississippi officers call for toughest sentences

Mar. 18, 2024 16:25 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Black men who were tortured by six Mississippi law enforcement officers called on a federal judge Monday to impose the harshest possible penalties against the disgraced former lawmen. The former law officers admitted in August to subjecting Michael Corey...

Wade Taylor IV scores 20, Texas A&M beats Ole Miss 80-71 in SEC Tournament

Mar. 14, 2024 22:24 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Wade Taylor IV scored 20 points, Tyrece Radford added 18 and nine rebounds and Andersson Garcia had a double-double to help No. 7 seed Texas A&M beat Mississippi for the second time in five days, 80-71 Thursday night in the second round of the SEC Tournament. ...

Mississippi ex-police officer pleads guilty after making man lick urine off jail floor

Mar. 14, 2024 19:48 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal misdemeanor charge after authorities said he forced a man he had arrested to lick urine off the floor of a jail cell. Michael Christian Green, 26, lost his job as a Pearl Police...

Mississippi ballot initiative process faces narrowing path to being restored

Mar. 14, 2024 18:23 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A push to revive Mississippi's ballot initiative process is in peril as proposals are receiving weak support from Senate Republicans, and the House and Senate are pushing significantly different plans. In a narrow 26-21 vote Thursday, the state Senate gave...

Hubbard leads Mississippi State to 70-60 win over LSU in SEC Tournament's second round

Mar. 14, 2024 15:45 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Josh Hubbard scored 14 of his 24 points in the second half when he helped Mississippi State pull away late and beat LSU 70-60 on Thursday in the second round of the SEC Tournament. The ninth-seeded Bulldogs (20-12) snapped a four-game losing streak that...

LSU Tigers take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs in SEC Tournament

Mar. 14, 2024 03:50 AM EDT

Mississippi State Bulldogs (19-12, 8-10 SEC) vs. LSU Tigers (17-14, 9-9 SEC) Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 1 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -5; over/under is 145 BOTTOM LINE: LSU and Mississippi State meet in the SEC Tournament. ...

Dorie Ann Ladner, civil rights activist who fought for justice in Mississippi and beyond, dies at 81

Mar. 13, 2024 23:09 PM EDT

Dorie Ann Ladner, a longtime fighter for freedom and equality in her home state of Mississippi with contributions to the NAACP, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and voter registration drives, has died, her family confirmed. “My beloved sister, Dorie Ladner, died...