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The Star-Herald7hOpinion
Letter to the Editor
The late former U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is quoted as saying, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then ...
The Greenwood Commonwealth9h
Mississippi executes Richard Jordan
Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest serving and oldest death row inmate, died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the ...
Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing
Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.
The Northside Sun12h
Death row spiritual adviser bears witness in execution chamber
The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in ...
Delta Democrat-Times13h
Lawmaker probing Mississippi’s prisons finds inmates suffering from treatable diseases as corrections asks for more money
As the punishing Mississippi sun baked the grounds of one of America’s most notorious prisons, a wheelchair-bound man was so ...
Mississippi executes Vietnam veteran Richard Jordan for murder of stay-at-home mom of 2
Jordan's execution came decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head ...
The Northside Sun19h
Mississippi’s economic development successes celebrated with national awards
From technology to manufacturing to aerospace, companies are choosing Mississippi because they know we deliver results,” Governor Reeves said.
Mississippi carries out execution of longest-serving death row inmate for 1976 killing
Convicted killer Richard Jordan, the state's longest-serving and oldest death row inmate, has been executed. Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) officials say he died by lethal injection at ...