Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press, Author at Magnolia Tribune

Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

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December 23, 2024

Civil rights icon James Meredith is honored in his Mississippi hometown

Meredith, now 91 years old, integrated the University of Mississippi.

News | Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press •

November 26, 2024

Mississippi seeks execution date for 1993 killing but lawyers say case could go to Supreme Court

Charles Ray Crawford was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 for kidnapping and killing 20-year-old community college student Kristy Ray.

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November 22, 2024

Attorneys want the US Supreme Court to say Mississippi’s felony voting ban is cruel and unusual

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft, attorneys say in new court papers. Most of the people affected are disenfranchised for life because the state provides few options for restoring ballot…

News | Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press •

November 21, 2024

Court says it’s ending dispute over Mississippi airport board but city officials disagree

The ruling Tuesday could clear the way for a board appointed mostly by the state. But Jackson officials say they still believe an airport takeover is unconstitutional.

News | Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press •

November 14, 2024

Mississippi governor intent on income tax cut even if states receive less federal money

Gov. Reeves said Wednesday that he wants to see cuts in federal spending and wants states to have more flexibility on who is covered by Medicaid.

News | Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press •

November 1, 2024

Mississippi legislative leaders advocate Medicaid expansion, heading to conflict with the governor

House Speaker Jason White and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann spoke about their 2025 policy priorities to hundreds of people at Hobnob, a social gathering hosted by Mississippi Economic Council.

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October 31, 2024

Trump campaigns with Packers legend Brett Favre at rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin

The Republican presidential nominee thanked Favre on Wednesday, calling his appearance a “great honor.”

News | Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press •

October 17, 2024

Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi

The attorney for the association says he will ask the Mississippi Supreme Court to revive the case and erase its earlier ruling.

News | Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press •

October 11, 2024

A Mississippi officer used excessive force against a man he arrested, prosecutors say

Simpson County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Adrian Durr is charged with deprivation of civil rights under color of law. Conviction is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

News | Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press •

September 26, 2024

Garland says officers’ torture of 2 Black men was betrayal of community they swore to protect

Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke during an appearance Wednesday in the office of the U.S. attorney for the southern district of Mississippi.

News | Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press •

September 23, 2024

Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending

The House Ways and Means Committee hearing in Washington is scheduled for Tuesday.

News | Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press •

September 20, 2024

Justice Department opens civil rights probe of sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men

The Rankin County Sheriff's Department is the 11th law enforcement agency in the U.S. to come under a Justice Department investigation since 2021.

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December 29, 2025

$44 million in federal roadway funding awarded to 5 Mississippi communities

News | Will Weissert, Associated Press , Seung Min Kim, Associated Press , Elise Morton, Associated Press •

December 29, 2025

Trump says Ukraine and Russia are ‘closer than ever’ to peace after talks with Zelenskyy

News | Frank Corder •

December 29, 2025

Field set for 2026 Mississippi midterm elections

Business

Business | Frank Corder •

December 19, 2025

Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility

Business | Frank Corder •

December 18, 2025

Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg

Business | Frank Corder •

December 15, 2025

Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County

Culture

Culture | Robert St. John •

December 29, 2025

Showing up for Christmas

Culture | Matt Friedeman •

December 29, 2025

Do you believe the best is yet to come?

Culture | Alistair Begg •

December 29, 2025

The gift of remembrance

Opinion

Opinion | Russ Latino •

December 29, 2025

Tucker Carlson’s jihadi apology tour is despicable

Opinion | Sid Salter •

December 24, 2025

Slain director Rob Reiner made a complex but necessary film in Mississippi in the 1990s

Opinion | Donna Akers •

December 23, 2025

Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Civil rights icon James Meredith is honored in his Mississippi hometown

Mississippi seeks execution date for 1993 killing but lawyers say case could go to Supreme Court

Attorneys want the US Supreme Court to say Mississippi’s felony voting ban is cruel and unusual

Court says it’s ending dispute over Mississippi airport board but city officials disagree

Mississippi governor intent on income tax cut even if states receive less federal money

Mississippi legislative leaders advocate Medicaid expansion, heading to conflict with the governor

Trump campaigns with Packers legend Brett Favre at rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Judge dismisses lawsuit over old abortion rights ruling in Mississippi

A Mississippi officer used excessive force against a man he arrested, prosecutors say

Garland says officers’ torture of 2 Black men was betrayal of community they swore to protect

Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending

Justice Department opens civil rights probe of sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men

News

$44 million in federal roadway funding awarded to 5 Mississippi communities

Trump says Ukraine and Russia are ‘closer than ever’ to peace after talks with Zelenskyy

Field set for 2026 Mississippi midterm elections

Business

Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility

Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg

Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County

Culture

Showing up for Christmas

Do you believe the best is yet to come?

The gift of remembrance

Opinion

Tucker Carlson’s jihadi apology tour is despicable

Slain director Rob Reiner made a complex but necessary film in Mississippi in the 1990s

The joy of learning has been lost. It’s time to bring it back

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