Oct 19 Mississippi attorney general says officer's force was justified in death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley By Sophie Bates, Jack Brook, Associated Press Mississippi’s attorney general says a Senatobia officer was justified in using force when he responded to a shoplifting call and fired at a moving vehicle that investigators said was driving toward police, killing a boy who was in the car. Continue reading
Oct 07 Tropical storm threat churns planning for Georgia-Alabama game with Trump set to attend By Maura Carey, Associated Press Tropical Storm Isaias could make landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane this weekend, hours before No. 2 Georgia plays at No. 6 Alabama in a major college football game on Saturday night that President Donald Trump is… Continue reading
Sep 25 Mississippi police say Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' after her death in a drug dispute By Ed White, Sophie Bates, Associated Press Authorities haven’t disclosed the exact cause of Fortune’s death, but they did rule it a homicide and have arrested two men, both of them Black, on murder charges. They also issued an arrest warrant for a third, unnamed, person. Continue reading
Sep 23 Mississippi police make 2nd arrest in death of Tasia Fortune, seek 3rd suspect By Sophie Bates, Associated Press Police in Mississippi have arrested a second man in the death of a Black woman found hanging from a tree and have issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect. Continue reading
Sep 22 Mississippi grand jury finds no cause for charges in the July death of Nolan Wells By Sophie Bates, Claudia Lauer, Dave Collins Jackson, Associated Press A grand jury determined that there wasn't evidence to warrant charges in the death of Nolan Wells, a Black college student whose body was found after a July 4 boating trip and party on an island off the Mississippi Gulf… Continue reading
Sep 14 Man pleads not guilty in the hanging death of Tasia Fortune in Mississippi By Sophie Bates, Associated Press A man charged with murder in the hanging of a Black woman in Mississippi pleaded not guilty Monday at his first court appearance. Continue reading
Sep 12 Man arrested in death of Tasia Fortune, woman found hanging from tree in Mississippi By Jaimie Ding, Kristin M. Hall, Patrick Whittle, Associated Press The state medical examiner’s office determined Thursday evening that the death was a homicide, Brackney said, allowing police to execute the warrants they already had on hand. Continue reading
Aug 10 What we know about the death of Tasia Fortune in Mississippi By Sophie Bates, Terry Tang, Associated Press The hanging death of Tasia Fortune, whose body was found outside an abandoned house, has shaken her family and community in Mississippi, where two other people have been found hanging from trees in less than a year. Continue reading
Aug 07 Will Mississippi send a Black Democrat to the US Senate? Scott Colom says don't count him out By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Scott Colom is a Black man and a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, a state traditionally led by white conservatives. Colom aims to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white supporter of President Donald Trump who is… Continue reading
Aug 06 3 charged with threatening judge, witness and officials in Nolan Wells investigation By Josh Kelety, Associated Press Three people have been charged with threatening a judge, a witness and local officials connected to the investigation into the death of Nolan Wells. Continue reading