A Mississippi teen is behind bars, and another is dead after a fight over a pair of Jordan sneakers. According to the Daily News, Cassius Vaughn Hanzy, 16, was arrested on Sunday morning by Gulfport police and charged with the drive-by shooting. Upgraded charges are pending now that the victim has passed …
Read More »Mississippi Teen Gunned Down Hours After Graduating High School
A young girl whose life was just beginning ended tragically after she was fatally shot hours after graduating from high school. According to USA Today, Kennedy Hobbs, 18, became an entrepreneur at the age of 17 and was on the path to doing the right things, her friend William Edwards …
Read More »Mississippi School Under Fire For Last Minute Changes To Valedictorian And Salutatorian Decision After Announcing Two Black Females Were Chosen
In West Point, Mississippi, a school is under fire for making a controversial last-minute change to its class ranking system. On Monday, the West Point Consolidated School District announced that two Black females had been named the Class of 2021’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian. Ikeria Washington would be Valedictorian, and Layla …
Read More »The Supreme Court Has Decided To Hear Case From Mississippi Calling For Roe V. Wade To Be Reevaluated
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a major abortion case regarding a Mississippi law banning women from most abortions after 15 weeks. In 2018, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill in law stating pregnancies after 15 weeks can only be aborted if there is a medical emergency or …
Read More »Court Upholds Life Sentence For Mississippi Man Convicted Of Marijuana Possession
A Mississippi court has upheld its decision to keep a man in jail, who is serving a life sentence for a marijuana bust. According to The New York Post, a state appeals court upheld Allen Russell’s life sentence on Tuesday due to his “habitual offender” status from his history of past …
Read More »Double Murder Suspect Killed in Shootout, Baby Shot and in Stable Condition
On Monday afternoon, a Louisiana murder suspect was killed in a shootout with police after killing two people and kidnapping his female victim’s baby before fleeing to Mississippi. According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, Eric Derell Smith fatally shot his ex-girlfriend Christin Parker, 32, and her 26-year-old nephew …
Read More »Former Mississippi Teacher Sentenced To Prison For Sexually Abusing Teen
A former Jackson Public School teacher was sentenced to 15 years on Thursday for two counts of sexual battery. Five years of the sentence will be suspended, but she will be required to register as a sex offender. Amber Turnage, 42, was accused in 2017 of carrying on a relationship …
Read More »Chick-Fil-A Is Selling Bottled Sauces At Grocery Stores Across The Nation
Chick-Fil-A is selling 16-ounce bottles of Chick-Fil-A sauce and Polynesian Sauce at grocery stores across the nation. The bottles of sauce are available at Walmart, Publix, HEB, Winn-Dixie, Food Lion, and Harris Teeter in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The money …
Read More »Mississippi Bans Transgender Students From Competing In School Sports
Mississippi has officially banned transgender student-athletes from competing in women’s sports. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed the anti-trans law on Thursday, making it the first of its kind this year in the state. “This important piece of legislation will ensure that young girls in Mississippi have a fair, level playing …
Read More »Mississippi Middle School Teacher Instructed Eight-Grade Students To ‘Pretend Like’ They Are Enslaved Black People
A Mississippi school is receiving backlash after a teacher instructed students to “pretend like” they are enslaved Black people. A teacher at Purvis Middle School told their eighth-grade students to “pretend like you are a slave working on a Mississippi plantation,” according to a screenshot of the assignment that the …
Read More »Mississippi Passes Bill Banning Transgender Student-Athletes From Women’s Teams
Mississippi legislators have passed a bill banning transgender athletes from competing on all-female sports teams in schools and universities. On Wednesday, the state House voted 81-28 to pass the Mississippi Fairness Act after it had already passed in the state Senate last month, 34-9. Now, the bill will need to …
Read More »Texas And Mississippi Rescind Mask Mandates And Loosen COVID Restrictions
On Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbot announced that the state is dropping all of its COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and its statewide mask mandate. During a press conference, Abbot said “all businesses, of any type,” can fully open effective March 10, according to Forbes. “It’s not time to open Texas …
Read More »Mississippi Woman Convicted And Sentenced To Life Without Parole In Death Of 14-Month-Old Stepdaughter
A Claiborne County, Mississippi woman, has been convicted of the death of her 14-month-old stepdaughter. According to WAPT News, T’Kia Bevily was sentenced on Thursday to life without the possibility of parole. Claiborne County District Attorney Daniella Shorter said because prosecutors did not seek the death penalty, life without the …
Read More »Almost 80,000 People Have Died From COVID-19 In The U.S. This Month
January has been the deadliest month for COVID-19, surpassing December’s record of deaths. 80,000 people have died this month from the virus, according to data from John Hopkins University. “The brutal truth is it’s going to take months before we can get the majority of Americans vaccinated. Months. In the …
Read More »Man and Woman Face Kidnapping Charges In Connection To Boy Who Was Abandoned At A Mississippi Goodwill
Charges have been filed in the case involving the 2-year-old boy who was abandoned at a Mississippi Goodwill. Fox News reports that two people are now looking at federal kidnapping charges in connection to the child who was abandoned. Since then, the boy has been taken in by child welfare …
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