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‘He’s evil’: Victims' family prepares for killer's execution
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,11/16/21-10:07AM , 310 Reads
NEW ALBANY, Miss. (AP) — If all goes as scheduled, 23-year-old Lindsey Kirk will be at a Mississippi prison this week to watch the execution of the stepfather who terrorized her family, sexually assaulted her when she was a child and killed her mother.
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Freed from prison, Mississippi man sues district attorney
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,09/03/21-2:39PM , 417 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man freed after nearly 23 years in prison filed a lawsuit Friday against the district attorney who prosecuted him six times in the killings of four people at a small-town furniture store.
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Emmett Till marker in Mississippi toppled but not vandalized
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,09/03/21-11:07AM , 330 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An Emmett Till historical marker in the Mississippi Delta will be repaired or replaced after it was knocked off the pole that supports it, says the president of an advertising agency that made the sign.
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Mississippi governor: Christians are 'less scared' of COVID
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,08/30/21-4:15PM , 448 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he stands by remarks he made at a political fundraising event last week — that he believes Christians are “a little less scared” of COVID-19 because of their belief in eternal life.
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