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What’s going on with Canton’s Democratic Party? City leaders have varying opinions. Sign out front of Canton City Hall. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | April 27, 2021 at 4:37 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 5:46 PM CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - For Marion Freeman, it’s like Jim Crow all over again. The 74-year-old member of Canton’s Democratic Executive Committee remembers when Black people couldn’t vote … when African Americans were forced to endure near-impossible litmus tests for the chance to cast a ballot. “They brought in a selected group of Black peop...

Secretary of State questions legitimacy of Canton’s Democratic executive committee Canton, Mississippi (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | April 21, 2021 at 12:37 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 5:34 PM CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - The whole question of who serves on Canton’s Democratic Executive Committee is again at the forefront. This time, that question is being raised by Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson. In an April 16 letter to committee member Natwassie Truly, Watson said the individuals who signed off on the recapitulation report from the city’s Democratic pri...

What is going on in Canton? What is going on in Canton? By L. Socrates Garrett, Garrett Canton, Mississippi has been in the news recently regarding the April 6 primary elections for mayor, board of aldermen and members of the Democratic Municipal Election Commission. Ballots for Cantonians to cast votes for the candidates of their choice have just been made available this week. State law requires that absentee ballots be available 45 days before an election. Not so in Canton, Mississippi because of various maneuvers by the present Board of Aldermen which consist of Rodriquez Brown, Les Penn, ...

Madison Co. officials wary about taking over Canton elections Canton Mayor William Truly, Jr. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | March 1, 2021 at 11:56 AM CST - Updated March 1 at 12:08 PM MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Madison County officials are seeking an attorney general’s opinion before taking over Canton’s 2021 municipal elections. The city petitioned the county to take over the elections in February, in part, citing the federal fraud charges were brought against city officials following the 2017 races. On Monday, the board directed board attorney Mike Espy to seek an opinio...

Both northbound and southbound I-15 have reopened after a semitruck hauling gasoline lost one of its trailers near Nephi, prompting closures.