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US Judge Neal Biggers Jr., who ruled on funding for Black universities in Mississippi, laid to rest
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFuneral services were held on Wednesday, October 25, for longtime U.S. District Judge Neal Brooks...
Homes in this Coast city landed on the list of 10 most Endangered Historic Places in MS
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHistoric Homes of Ocean Springs are included on the 2023 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in...
Mississippi businessman, philanthropist George Bryan, former Sara Lee CEO, dies at age 78
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Mississippi businessman with a long history of community service to his native Clay County...
Mike Leach, Mississippi State football's innovative and influential coach, dies at 61
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSTARKVILLE — College football has lost an icon. Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach — a...
Former Colorado State basketball star and NBA draft pick Floyd Kerr dies at 76
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFloyd Kerr, a star player on one of Colorado State’s best men’s basketball teams ever, died Saturday...
She mapped out weddings in 3 states, crashed them, stole thousands in cash and is free again
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhether it's during their first slow dance or when they're running under sparklers towards a getaway...
Look Back ... to the passing of a former mayor of Oxford, 1998
The Anniston Star, Ala. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 18—June 18, 1948, in The Star: Calhoun County Circuit Judge Lamar Field died this morning of a heart attack at his home 612 East 11th Street. Born and reared in Mississippi, Field read ...
Charles Portis: 'True Grit' author worked at The Commercial Appeal
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMemphis readers of Charles Portis' 1968 comic masterpiece of a Western novel, "True Grit," may be...
When the young die from street violence, ‘Pastor P’ presides over their funerals
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn his 18 years in Minnesota, the Rev. Runney Patterson Sr. has presided over funeral services for some 70 young Black men, most of them victims of street violence. Too often it’s a gunshot, ...
Glenda Cleveland, the Jeffrey Dahmer witness who alerted police, died in 2011 at age 56. This is her...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGlenda Cleveland, whose role in the Jeffrey Dahmer saga was given new attention in the Netflix...
