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May 8, 2015

PERRY discusses book on Rankin County murder

BRIAN PERRY/Book about killing of racist In April of 2010, self-proclaimed white nationalist leader Richard Barrett was killed in Rankin County by Vincent McGee who stabbed him 35 times and set fire to Barrett’s house. Various theories and motives circulated from a botched robbery, to a racial conflict (McGee is black) to defense from sexual…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 8, 2015

Brookhaven DailyLeader editorial: Common Core debacle keeps getting sillier

Common Core debacle gets sillier: Editorial The Common Core debacle just keeps getting sillier. After an uproar over the new academic standards, state legislators passed a bill that would distance Mississippi from Common Core. The bill would have created a panel to examine the standards to see if they were a good fit for Mississippi…