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The Hinds County, Mississippi, coroner told Jonathan David Hankins' mother that she had to leave the pauper’s field where her son’s body was being exhumed Friday.

A detention officer spoke to 16 WAPT News about what he described as a chaotic scene that allowed three detainees to escape for a second time from the Henley-Young-Patton Youth Juvenile Justice Center.

How AI, growing tech and more can help boost the consumption of produce

How AI, growing tech, and more can help boost the consumption of produce

Meet Hinds Countys top speller who won the spelling bee. Could you spell the winning word?

Arizona state Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, regarding her opposition to a bill that would allow students regardless of their immigration status to obtain financial aid and cheaper in-state tuition at state universities and community colleges. At least 18 states currently offer in-state tuition to all students who otherwise qualify regardless of immigration status. Residents will vote on the measure, Proposition 308, in November. (Associated Press — Oct. 6, 2022)

Columbus, N.C., County Sheriff Jody Greene, who is white, in a recording regarding Black employees. Greene has been suspended by a North Carolina judge for allegedly racial profiling those under his command until an Oct. 24 hearing on the petition for Greene’s removal from position. Columbus County has about 50,000 people and is approximately 63 percent white and 30 percent Black. (Associated Press — Oct. 5, 2022)

Andrew Austin, who represents Gun Owners of America on behalf of several Pennsylvania residents, regarding the executive order that Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed last week that banned guns and deadly weapons from the city’s indoor and outdoor recreation spaces. On Monday, Oct. 3, a Common Pleas judge barred enforcement of the order, citing the state law that prohibits any city or county from passing gun-control measures. (Associated Press — Oct. 4, 2022)

JACKSON, Miss. -- The mayor of Mississippis capital was 5 years old when his parents moved their family from New York to Jackson in 1988 so that his father, who had been involved in a Black nationalist movement in the 1970s, could return to the unfinished business of challenging inequity and fighting racial injustice.

The mayor of Mississippis capital was 5 years old when his parents moved their family from New York to Jackson in 1988 so that his father, who had been involved in a Black nationalist movement in the 1970s, could return to the unfinished business of challenging inequity and fighting racial injustice.