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recounting historic moments in Civil Rights history.</em></figcaption></figure> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide"/> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-2 is-landscape mobile-stack has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="989754"> <article data-post-id="1128204" class="tag-special category-on-this-day type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/12/02/on-this-day-in-1986-mike-espy-was-elected-to-congress/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_cropped_2.jpg?resize=800%2C600" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="On this day in 1986" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_cropped_2.jpg?resize=900%2C675 900w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_cropped_2.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_cropped_2.jpg?resize=600%2C450 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_cropped_2.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_cropped_2.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_cropped_2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1107580" data-permalink="http://mississippitoday.org/dec2-featimage-mike_espy_20120223-oce-rbn-1281_cropped_2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_cropped_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Public Domain","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_(cropped_2)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>In 1986, Mike Espy became the first Black congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Seven years later, he became the first Black secretary of agriculture.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_cropped_2.jpg?fit=336%2C189" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dec2-FeatImage-Mike_Espy_20120223-OCE-RBN-1281_cropped_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/12/02/on-this-day-in-1986-mike-espy-was-elected-to-congress/" rel="bookmark">On this day in 1986</a></h2> <p>On this day in 1986, Mike Espy became the first Black congressman elected from Mississippi since Reconstruction. </p> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/jmitchell/"><img data-recalc-dims="1" alt='Avatar photo' src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-Jerry_Mitchell-400x400-1.jpg?resize=48%2C48&ssl=1" 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370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1100618" data-permalink="http://mississippitoday.org/mississippi-department-of-education-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Mississippi-Department-of-Education-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C795" data-orig-size="1200,795" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D7000","caption":"The Mississippi Department of Education is located at 359 North West Street in Jackson.","created_timestamp":"1689796248","copyright":"","focal_length":"28","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.0008","title":"Mississippi Department of Education 1","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Mississippi Department of Education 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>The Mississippi Department of Education is located at 359 North West Street in Jackson.</p> " 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data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton (1)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Jenifer Branning, left, and Jim Kitchens at the Neshoba County Fair in August 2024. </p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C223" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C798" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/category/election-2024/">Election 2024</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/26/jim-kitchens-jenifer-branning-supreme-court/" rel="bookmark">Supreme Court race remains too close to call, final result could hinge on absentee and affidavit ballots</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/tvancemississippitoday-org/"><img data-recalc-dims="1" alt='Avatar photo' src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-cropped-Taylor-Vance-2-crop.jpg?resize=48%2C48&ssl=1" srcset='https://mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-cropped-Taylor-Vance-2-crop-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height="48" width="48" /></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/tvancemississippitoday-org/">Taylor Vance</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-26T22:53:05">November 26, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-26T22:53:11-06:00">November 26, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1128175" 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Today</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-26T16:40:49">November 26, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-26T22:55:18-06:00">November 26, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1128132" class="tag-featured tag-justice category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/26/ag-fitch-seeks-another-death-row-execution-date/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?resize=1200%2C900" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="AG Fitch seeks another death row execution date" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?resize=1200%2C900 1200w, 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PRESS","camera":"","caption":"** FILE ** Witnesses of the Tuesday, July 11, 2006, execution of Bobby Glen Wilcher will sit behind two-way mirrored windows outside the lethal injection room at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., shown in this July 12, 2002, file photograph. Wilcher, 43, is to be put to death for the 1982 killings of two Scott County women, Katie Belle Moore and Velma Odell Noblin. (AP Photo\/Rogelio Solis, File)","created_timestamp":"1152492240","copyright":"AP2006","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"WILCHER EXECUTION","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="WILCHER EXECUTION" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>** FILE ** Two-way mirrored windows look in at the lethal injection room at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., shown in this July 12, 2002, file photograp</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?fit=336%2C225" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP060710014048.jpg?fit=1200%2C804" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/category/justice/">Justice</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/26/ag-fitch-seeks-another-death-row-execution-date/" rel="bookmark">AG Fitch seeks another death 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data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1487767498","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00020202020202","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Ichiban" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Pearl police block entrance to Ichiban restaurant during ICE investigation.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?fit=336%2C252" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ichiban-e1487796875566.jpg?fit=771%2C578" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/category/justice/">Justice</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/26/pearl-police-officer-fired-for-allegedly-stealing-32k-from-dying-woman/" rel="bookmark">Pearl police officer fired for allegedly stealing $32K 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He says revamping the state’s certificate of need laws is likely to be a major issue before lawmakers, and he discusses a new alliance of hospitals that…</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/bharrison/">Bobby Harrison</a></span> and <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/gpender/">Geoff Pender</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-25T06:30:00">November 25, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-24T21:08:05-06:00">November 24, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127910" class="tag-government tag-justice tag-mt-app category-analysis type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/24/jenifer-branning-jim-kitchens-liberal/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="An ad supporting Jenifer Branning finds imaginary liberals on the Mississippi Supreme Court" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1127918" data-permalink="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/21/supreme-court-runoff/241119-mstoday-kitchens-branning-eshelton-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1702" data-orig-size="2560,1702" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton (1)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Jenifer Branning, left, and Jim Kitchens at the Neshoba County Fair in August 2024. </p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C223" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C798" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/category/analysis/">Analysis</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/24/jenifer-branning-jim-kitchens-liberal/" rel="bookmark">An ad supporting Jenifer Branning finds imaginary liberals on the Mississippi Supreme Court</a></h2> <p>Analysis: In an almost laughable claim, a PAC is running ads ahead of the Nov. 26 Jim Kitchens-Jenifer Branning runoff arguing that the Mississippi Supreme Court is in danger of being dominated by liberals.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/bharrison/">Bobby Harrison</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-24T06:00:00">November 24, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T10:29:51-06:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127936" class="tag-mt-app tag-special category-job-postings type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/22/job-opening-jackson-reporter/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mst-featured-image_were-hiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Job opening: Jackson Reporter" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mst-featured-image_were-hiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mst-featured-image_were-hiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mst-featured-image_were-hiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mst-featured-image_were-hiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mst-featured-image_were-hiring-scaled-1.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mst-featured-image_were-hiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="989763" data-permalink="http://mississippitoday.org/careers/economy-jobs-reporter/mst-featured-image_were-hiring/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mst-featured-image_were-hiring-scaled-1.jpg?fit=2560%2C1340" data-orig-size="2560,1340" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="mst-featured-image_we’re hiring" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mst-featured-image_were-hiring-scaled-1.jpg?fit=336%2C176" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mst-featured-image_were-hiring-scaled-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C628" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/category/job-postings/">Job Postings</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/22/job-opening-jackson-reporter/" rel="bookmark">Job opening: Jackson Reporter</a></h2> <p>Mississippi Today, a Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom, is seeking an experienced reporter to join our Politics Team.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/mississippi-today/">Mississippi Today</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T15:00:00">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-22T15:29:06-06:00">November 22, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127988" class="tag-justice category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/22/crystal-springs-commercial-painter-says-police-damaged-his-eyesight/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=800%2C600" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Crystal Springs commercial painter says police damaged his eyesight" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=900%2C675 900w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=600%2C450 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1127987" data-permalink="http://mississippitoday.org/horton-crystalsprings-featimage-v2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675" data-orig-size="1200,675" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Crystal Springs police arrested lifelong resident Roger Horton in September 2023 on marijuana possession and resisting arrest charges during which he said they twice slammed his head on their police cruiser, causing a vision problem for a man who makes his living as a commercial painter. Unbeknown to him, police also were holding him on a subsequently unsubstantiated charge of assaulting a minor. Police produced a half-written narrative of the alleged assault and included the name of the minor in a report, which Mississippi Today is blurring out. The Butterfly Garden in Crystal Springs is one of the houses Horton painted, and he completed the interior with his wife. </p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?fit=336%2C189" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Horton-CrystalSprings-FeatImage-v2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/category/justice/">Justice</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/22/crystal-springs-commercial-painter-says-police-damaged-his-eyesight/" rel="bookmark">Crystal Springs commercial painter says police damaged his eyesight</a></h2> <p>Commercial painter Roger Horton says an encounter with Crystal Spring police left him with blurred vision in one eye.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/mcorpuzmississippitoday-org/">Mina Corpuz</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T12:21:21">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-22T12:21:29-06:00">November 22, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127975" class="tag-election tag-government tag-justice tag-mt-app category-election-2024 type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/22/central-south-mississippi-voters-will-decide-judicial-runoffs-on-tuesday/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Central, south Mississippi voters will decide judicial runoffs on Tuesday" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1127918" data-permalink="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/21/supreme-court-runoff/241119-mstoday-kitchens-branning-eshelton-1/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1702" data-orig-size="2560,1702" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton (1)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Jenifer Branning, left, and Jim Kitchens at the Neshoba County Fair in August 2024. </p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C223" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/241119-MSToday-Kitchens-Branning-EShelton-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C798" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/category/election-2024/">Election 2024</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/22/central-south-mississippi-voters-will-decide-judicial-runoffs-on-tuesday/" rel="bookmark">Central, south Mississippi voters will decide judicial runoffs on Tuesday</a></h2> <p>Runoff elections are being held Tuesday for seats on the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/tvancemississippitoday-org/">Taylor Vance</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T11:16:29">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-22T11:16:37-06:00">November 22, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1127942" class="tag-justice category-justice type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/21/second-hinds-county-sheriff-candidate-faces-federal-jail-time/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?resize=400%2C300" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="Second Hinds County sheriff candidate faces federal jail time" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?resize=400%2C300&w=370 370w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?resize=400%2C300&w=400 400w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="701" data-permalink="http://mississippitoday.org/2016/03/31/federal-judge-tosses-same-sex-adoption-ban/courthouse_jackson/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?fit=960%2C420" data-orig-size="960,420" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="courthouse_jackson" data-image-description="<p>Source: http://www.mssp.uscourts.gov/sites/mssp/files/styles/gallery_slider_full/public/courthouse_jackson.JPG?itok=wgvFu_NE</p> " data-image-caption="<p>The federal courthouse in Jackson</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?fit=336%2C147" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/courthouse_jackson.jpg?fit=771%2C337" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/category/justice/">Justice</a> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/11/21/second-hinds-county-sheriff-candidate-faces-federal-jail-time/" rel="bookmark">Second Hinds County sheriff candidate faces federal jail time</a></h2> <p>Former police officer Torrence Mayfield, 53, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to making a false statement to a firearm dealer.</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/mcorpuzmississippitoday-org/">Mina Corpuz</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-21T11:42:12">November 21, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T11:42:20-06:00">November 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.33%"> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> <div class="wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"><div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="1200" height="630" data-attachment-id="1106809" data-permalink="https://mississippitoday.org/series-committed-to-jail/ms_jails_mentally_ill_series-og_preview_maxwidth_3000_maxheight_3000_ppi_72_embedcolorprofile_true_quality_95/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1200,630" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="MS_jails_mentally_ill_series OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?fit=336%2C176&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?resize=1200%2C630&ssl=1" alt="" class="wp-image-1106809" style="width:313px;height:auto" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?resize=336%2C176&ssl=1 336w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?resize=768%2C403&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?resize=400%2C210&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?resize=706%2C371&ssl=1 706w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MS_jails_mentally_ill_series-OG_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?w=370&ssl=1 370w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-2 is-2 is-landscape mobile-stack has-text-align-left" style="" > <div data-posts data-current-post-id="989754"> <h2 class="article-section-title"> <span>Read the series</span> </h2> <article data-post-id="1126887" class="tag-committed-to-jail tag-health category-health type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/30/james-tatsch-alcorn-county-jail-diabetes-complication/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Man with no criminal charges died from a complication of diabetes in Alcorn County Jail" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, 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Shelton\/Mississippi Toda","camera":"Canon EOS R5","caption":"Laura Hendrix died in holding cell A20 while under civil commitment at the DeSoto County Jail in Hernando, Miss. in 2021.","created_timestamp":"1685522300","copyright":"","focal_length":"28","iso":"2000","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Civil commitment" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Laura Hendrix died in holding cell A20 while under civil commitment at the DeSoto County Jail in Hernando, Miss. in 2021.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C224" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3X0A9074-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/30/james-tatsch-alcorn-county-jail-diabetes-complication/" rel="bookmark">Man with no criminal charges died 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An audit of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, released May 4, said a nonprofit group used welfare money to pay Favre for $500,000 in December 2017 and $600,000 in June 2018. Favre is not charged with any wrongdoing. (AP Photo\/Rogelio V. Solis, File)","created_timestamp":"1539798672","copyright":"Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved","focal_length":"70","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"Brett Favre","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Brett Favre" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Brett Favre is one of 47 defendants in a civil case that the Mississippi Department of Human Services, the state’s safety net agency, filed in an attempt to recoup $77 million in misspent or stolen welfare funds. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. 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people, STORIES & Culture</span> </h2> <article data-post-id="1126100" class="tag-culture tag-featured category-mississippi-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/08/rollin-on-the-river-how-the-mississippi-flows-through-song-and-still-inspires-today/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image" alt="Rollin’ on the river: How the Mississippi flows through song and still inspires today" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600 800w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450 600w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C900 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&w=370 370w" sizes="(min-width: 782px) 200px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" data-attachment-id="1126103" data-permalink="http://mississippitoday.org/mjs-rivermusic13-2-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"16","credit":"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel","camera":"ILCE-1","caption":"Big Blue Sky members Sophia Landis, left, Jon Stravers, Folko Landvogt and Jason McCullick perform during a music cruise Friday, September 13, 2024 on the Mississippi River between Marquette, Iowa and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Many of the song written and performed by the local musicians who make up Big Blue Sky are inspired by the river.\r\r\r\rMark Hoffman\/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel","created_timestamp":"1726185600","copyright":"","focal_length":"16","iso":"8000","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":"MJS rivermusic13 2.jpg","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="MJS rivermusic13 2.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Big Blue Sky members Sophia Landis, left, Jon Stravers, Folko Landvogt and Jason McCullick perform during a music cruise Friday, September 13, 2024 on the Mississippi River between Marquette, Iowa and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Many of the song written and performed by the local musicians who make up Big Blue Sky are inspired by the river.</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?fit=336%2C224" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mjs-rivermusic-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/category/mississippi-culture/">Mississippi Culture</a> </div> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/08/rollin-on-the-river-how-the-mississippi-flows-through-song-and-still-inspires-today/" rel="bookmark">Rollin’ on the river: How the Mississippi flows through song and still inspires today</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/madeline-heim-milwaukee-journal-sentinel/"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=48&d=mm&r=g' 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data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mstodaylogo.jpg?fit=1668%2C1251" data-orig-size="1668,1251" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="logo featured image" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mstodaylogo.jpg?fit=336%2C252" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/mstodaylogo.jpg?fit=771%2C578" /></a> <span class="byline"> <span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/mississippi-today/">Mississippi Today</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-23T06:00:00">September 23, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-09-19T18:58:17-05:00">September 19, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="1121514" class="tag-featured category-mississippi-culture type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/09/02/lawmakers-hal-and-mals-blue-monday/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="800" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_6499-1-e1725036334929.jpeg?resize=800%2C600" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image" alt="Even if they can’t always agree at Capitol, lawmakers bond over the blues in downtown Jackson" data-hero-candidate="1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_6499-1-e1725036334929.jpeg?resize=800%2C600 800w, 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Pro","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1712615890","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.86","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Ladner Blue Monday" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Sen. Philman Ladner sings with the band members Jake Carter (guitar), Russell Thomas (saxophone) and Michael Bernard (bass guitar).</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_6499-1-e1725036334929.jpeg?fit=336%2C230" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_6499-1-e1725036334929.jpeg?fit=960%2C657" /> </a> </figure> <div class="entry-wrapper"> <div class="cat-links "> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/category/mississippi-culture/">Mississippi Culture</a> </div> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="http://mississippitoday.org/2024/09/02/lawmakers-hal-and-mals-blue-monday/" rel="bookmark">Even if they can’t always agree at Capitol, lawmakers bond over the blues in downtown Jackson</a></h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="http://mississippitoday.org/author/julian-rankin/"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="48" height="48" 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