Mississippi
It looks like former NFL quarterback Brett Farve is suing two popular sports announcers Pat McAfee and Shannon Sharp for attaching his name to a $ million dollar welfare scheme in Mississippi. Brett Farve is also named Mississippi state auditor Shad White in the lawsuit as well. Reports are claiming that over $70 million dollars […]
150 years later we are still systemically dealing with slavery. Coming up on the midterm elections there will be five states voting on slavery in the United States. It’s interesting how some people will say that slavery and racism never happened or does not exist event though it is written in the U.S. Constitution. It […]
Yesterday, multiple tornados ripped across five southern states, resulting in the death of 5 people and heavy damage to homes and communities. The 5 deaths were reported after one tornado touched down Thursday afternoon in Calhoun County, Alabama. According to Fire Chief Michael Reid, around 60 homes saw significant damage in Pelham, Alabama. Pelham City […]
Mississippi has become the second state to open up vaccines for all of its adult residents, age 16 and up. As the production and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine begins to increase, states like Mississippi and Alaska are beginning to allow anyone who would like a vaccine to be able to receive one. The increase […]
Another tropical storm is barreling towards the Gulf Coast. Sally has already triggered evacuations in Louisiana and the northern Gulf Coast, as it is expected to make landfall on Monday, bringing with it 90mph winds. Ground zero should be somewhere around the Louisiana / Mississippi border and predictions say the storm will weaken very quickly […]
On Friday, Mississippi prosecutors announced that they would not pursue an unprecedented 7th trial of Curtis Flowers. Flowers is a 50 year old Black man from Mississippi who has been fighting murder charges he was tried for six times over the past 24 years in front of mostly white juries. At first he was convicted […]
On Saturday, officials in Mississippi passed legislature that would make changing the state flag legal. Two thirds of the Mississippi House voted for the resolution and Mississippi State Governor Tate Reeves agreed to sign the bill if it came across his desk. Earlier in the week, the Governor said, “a vote of the people the […]
The multibillion dollar corporation Walmart has decided that it will no longer display the Mississippi state flag in its stores. According to CNN, the store will cease flying the Mississippi state flag because it features the confederate battle flag. Mississippi state officials, both Democrat and republican have been putting forth effort to change the flag. […]
Alex Spiro, the attorney for Jay-Z filled a lawsuit on Tuesday after complaints from 29 inmates. The 29 prisoners say two officials Pelicia Hall the DOC Commissioner and Marshall Turner the Mississippi State Penitentiary Superintendent have not done anything to stop the recent violence that has claimed the lives of five inmates within the […]
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