A small-town Tennessee post office where two mail workers were fatally shot during a robbery 11 years ago has been renamed in their honor. The post office in rural Henning was renamed Tuesday for U.S. Postal Service employees Paula Robinson and Judy Spray. The women were shot by Chastain Montgomery Sr. and his 18-year-old son … Read more
Entry to two Mississippi history museums is free Wednesday to mark the birthday of the late civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, known for saying she was “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” She was born Oct. 6, 1917, in Montgomery County and worked most of her life as a sharecropper. In 1962, … Read more
Mississippi on Wednesday followed through on its promise to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that it come up with a plan to prevent unnecessary institutionalization of people with mental illness. Lawyers for the state filed a notice of appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On Sept. 7, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves … Read more
Police have issued an arrest warrant for a man suspected of fatally shooting a Rhodes College student during an off-campus home invasion in Memphis, Tennessee. Rhodes College Interim President Carroll D. Stevens said senior Andrew Rainer was killed early Satuday in a home invasion. Rainer attended high school in Memphis and was pursuing a major … Read more
The Mississippi Supreme Court acted quickly Monday to block a circuit judge’s order in a dispute over whether a special election is needed to fill a vacancy in the state House of Representatives. Two people signed up to run in a Nov. 2 special election in District 29 in parts of Bolivar and Sunflower counties. … Read more
A Memphis police officer investigating a crash on Interstate 40 was hit and killed by a tractor-trailer. Memphis Police tweeted that 34-year-old Officer Darrell Adams was struck Saturday while investigating the two-car crash. He had worked for the department since April 2016. Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said the loss of a dedicated servant caused … Read more
Mississippi is the only state without a law requiring equal pay for equal work by women and men, after Alabama enacted one in 2019. Efforts have fallen short in Mississippi in recent years, but Senate Labor Committee Chairman John Hohrn, a Democrat from Jackson, promises to make another push for equal pay legislation in 2022. … Read more