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A Mississippi police officer who responded to a shooting call on Sunday learned upon arrival that the victim was her son. As reported by local outlet WLBT, Hazlehurst police arrived at the crime scene around 2 a.m. on Sunday when they discovered the body of Charles Stewart Jr. laying in the road with a gunshot wound to the […]
A 13-year-old had the chance to get anything he wanted from Make-A-Wish. He chose to give back. Adeola “Abraham” Olagbegi, a teenager from Jackson, Mississippi, opted to feed homeless people in his hometown for a year, rather than be treated himself following his diagnosis with life-threatening blood disorder aplastic anemia. Olagbegi was diagnosed in June of 2020 […]
An arrest warrant has been issued for an Ohio man who accosted an NBC/MSNBC reporter during a live on-air spot Monday morning in Gulfport, Mississippi. According to WLBT, the man has been identified as Benjamin Eugene Dagley. Dagley now faces charges for the following: two counts of Simple Assault, one count of Disturbance of the Peace, and […]
A man and his infant son were fatally shot during a shootout with police in Mississippi on Monday. The horrifying incident comes after the man allegedly shot and killed the child’s mother and kidnapped his 4-month-old son, according to Biloxi, Mississippi-based ABC and CBS affiliate WLOX. Police responded Monday afternoon to a report of a shooting following a suspected domestic dispute […]
A Mississippi politician has apologized after he called for his state to “succeed” in wake of Joe Biden‘s presidential victory. “We need to succeed [sic] from the union and form our own country,” State Rep. Price Wallace wrote in a since-deleted tweet. The post was in response to a thread by Wallace’s fellow state Rep. Robert Foster, who is among […]
Yo Gotti and Jay-Z are continuing to fight for Mississippi prison inmates. According to court documents obtained by Complex, the rappers and Team ROC have procured legal representation for more than 200 prisoners at Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm. The move ultimately helped inmates file a lawsuit against the state’s new Department of Corrections Commissioner Nathan Burl Cain as well as Centurion, the […]
The Mississippi House and Senate voted on Sunday to pass House Bill 1796, which calls for the removal of the current state flag with its Confederate battle emblem, and the start of the process for a redesign that will be voted on later this year, CNN reports. The bill will soon be sent to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, who has given […]
As the country struggles to keep up with the ongoing threat of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Yo Gotti and Team ROC are taking action. Gotti has teamed up with the philanthropic arm of Roc Nation to demand the Mississippi Department of Corrections develop a plan to stop the spread of the virus, specifically in regards to […]
Yo Gotti has issued a warning to Mississippi’s governor: Improve the safety conditions of state prisons or face legal action. The Memphis rapper and Team Roc—Roc Nation‘s philanthropic/social justice division—sent a letter to Gov. Phil Bryant on Friday, in the wake of deadly violence plaguing Mississippi State prisons. The letter, obtained by TMZ, calls on lawmakers to […]
Rae Sremmurd’s stepfather has been fatally shot in Mississippi, and the duo’s younger brother is in police custody. TMZ reports that police were dispatched to the scene on Monday night after a man died from multiple gunshot wounds. The Lee County Medical Examiner said the victim is the brother’s 62-year-old stepfather Floyd Sullivan, while their 19-year-old half-brother […]
