News from Madison County, Mississippi
Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Madison County, Mississippi, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 462 stories have been published about Madison County, Mississippi which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Madison County, Mississippi, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 462 stories have been published about Madison County, Mississippi which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Ridgeland, Mississippi · RidgelandMississippi Today talks with Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, the House minority leader. Johnson talks about whether he can work with Jason White, the likely new speaker of the Mississippi House. Johnson also talks about what his own future political ambitions may be.See the Story
Podcast: Rep. Robert Johnson breaks down 2023 election, discusses his own political future
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Ridgeland, Mississippi · Ridgeland”During a brief phone interview Sunday, Bailey repeatedly declined to comment. Told that several high-ranking deputies were involved in arrests that had sparked accusations of brutal treatment, he said, ‘I have 240 employees, there’s no way I can be with them each and every day.’” Read the article here. The post Marshall Ramsey: The Response appeared first on Mississippi Today.See the Story
Marshall Ramsey: The Response
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Ridgeland, Mississippi · RidgelandDec. 3, 1841 Frederick Douglass circa 1879 Credit: Wikipedia Frederick Douglass founded and edited his first antislavery newspaper, “The North Star,” in Rochester, New York. The publication title referred to Polaris, the bright star that helped guide Black Americans escaping slavery: “To millions, now in our boasted land of liberty, it is the STAR OF HOPE.” He explained in this first issue that he desired to see “in this slave-holding, slave-t…See the Story
On this day in 1841
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Ridgeland, Mississippi · RidgelandDec. 2, 1986 In 1986, Mike Espy became the first Black congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Seven years later, he became the first Black secretary of agriculture. Credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture Mike Espy became the first Black congressman elected from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Born in Yazoo City, his grandfather was Thomas J. Huddleston Sr., founder of the Afro-American Sons and Daughters, which operated the Afro-A…See the Story
On this day in 1986
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Ridgeland, Mississippi · RidgelandLatoya Anderson was escorted off the grounds Tuesday. Anderson was in charge of the Mississippi Correctional Institute for Women. CMCF was one of four Mississippi prisons targeted by the Justice Department for investigation following allegations of gang violence, poor conditions and abuse. That federal probe led to an investigation into allegations of corruption and to the removal of 10 employees.See the Story
MDOC makes another unexplained leadership shift
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Ridgeland, Mississippi · RidgelandDec. 1, 1955 Deputy D.H. Lackey fingerprints Rosa Parks after her arrest for boycotting public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama. Credit: Wikipedia Four days after hearing civil rights leader Dr. T.R.M. Howard describe what happened to Emmett Till, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not t…See the Story
On this day in 1955
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