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Most hangings are suicide

Wed,09/24/25-2:00AM, 5,363 Reads 32,452 Statewide
It almost never fails. When a Black person dies from hanging in Mississippi, there is an immediate rush to judgment by many that the person was murdered. This conclusion first is arrived at in the absence of evidence but then clung to even when the evidence says otherwise.
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Carroll Academy’s Chris Ball has been selected as the Commonwealth’s 2025 Coach of the Year. Ball, who was in his first season at the helm of the program, guided CA into the second round of the playoffs. (By Andy Lo, Copyright 2025 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)

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2025 Commonwealth Baseball Coach of the Year: Ball nabs honor in his first season at Carroll

By CALVIN STEVENS CALVIN STEVENS - Sports Writer
Sat,05/17/25-2:00AM, 5,294 Reads
Carroll Academy’s Chris Ball has been selected as the Commonwealth’s 2025 Coach of the Year.
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Henry Purnell Sr.

Wed,07/02/25-2:00AM, 5,280 Reads
Henry Purnell Sr. departed this life on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, surrounded by his family.
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Lawyer: Postpone murder trial

By GERARD EDIC GERARD EDIC - Staff Writer
Wed,11/05/25-2:00AM, 5,254 Reads
A lawyer representing a Leflore County man accused of murder has requested that his client’s trial be postponed and that he receive a mental evaluation after discovering that his client has allegedly not received treatment for the last three years while incarcerated at the Leflore County Jail.
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