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Law Enforcement Reports for Oct. 1

The Meridian Star provides a list of arrests and crimes being reported to authorities to keep the community ... Read more

Columns

Some 32 years after students’ murders, Manning’s Death Row sojourn may be ending

STARKVILLE – Mississippi’s Supreme Court on a 5-4 vote denied yet another appeal from the Death Row inmate ... Read more

Community

Law Enforcement Reports for Sept. 5

The Meridian Star provides a list of arrests and crimes being reported to authorities to keep the community ... Read more

Columns

Convicted by a jury of peers

I fell in love with the U.S. Constitution in my 8th grade American History class. One of the ... Read more

Columns

Trump verdict: Partisan hyperbole on both sides ignores statistical realities of U.S. voters

Rarely has a cabinet secretary done so little with such vast resources. On the CBS show “Face the ... Read more

Local News

Trump conviction fails to impress at state, local level

Former president Donald Trump made history once again Thursday becoming the first former president to be tried and ... Read more

State

Tunnel vision puts blinders on criminal justice system

Sabrina Butler sat terrified in the dimly lit interrogation room in Columbus, Mississippi. White men towered over the ... Read more

Local News

Jury finds Conehatta man guilty in shooting

A Conehatta man was found guilty of multiple federal charges by a jury Thursday after a four-day trial. ... Read more

State News

Leflore County jury declines to indict Carolyn Bryant in Emmett Till’s death

A Leflore County grand jury has found insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham for her role in ... Read more

Nation And World

Small-town reporter sheds light on transparency issues in Arbery murder, importance of media

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Sentencing for three white men convicted of killing a Black man running in their neighborhood ... Read more