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Mississippians March for 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley, Demanding Accountability After Police Shooting
On a sweltering Friday morning at a Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi, nearly 100 protesters gathered to memorialize Kohen Kartier Wiley, waving banners and placards as they demanded justice and transparency.
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Mississippi Governor Sets Mississippi House Special Elections After Two Representatives Die
Two Mississippi House districts will hold special elections on Nov. 3 after Reps. Price Wallace and Bo Brown died earlier in June, Gov. Tate Reeves announced in a press release.
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Equestrians Compete in Meridian ‘Summer in the South’ Horse Show
The Heart of Dixie Palomino Exhibitors Association, a subsidiary of the Palomino Horse Breeders of America, is hosting the Summer in the South Horse Show in Meridian. The H.O.P.E. show is dedicated to palominos and is open to horses with a palomino in at least three generations of their family…
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Publisher’s Note | For Us, Gun Violence Is More Than a Headline. It’s a Solutions Challenge.
MFP Publisher Tami Jones writes about her experience with the effects of gun violence and why it’s important to deeply investigate its causes through systemic journalism.
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Mississippi Free Press Awards Roll: 108 Honors for MFP Team, 8 for YMP, Since 2020
As of July 25, 2025, our team is up to 108 national and U.S. regional awards and finalist nods since we launched in late March 2020.
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Vance Says Talks With Iranian Officials Set ‘Good Foundation’ for a Deal to End the War
Vice President JD Vance on Monday said his lengthy talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland created “a good foundation” for an end to the Iran…
Person of the Day | Barney Schoby: Adams County Lawmaker Who Fought Against Gerrymandering
Barney Schoby, a lifelong civil-rights leader and public servant in Natchez, Mississippi, died on Tuesday, June 9, at age 87. While serving as District 94…
Documents Identify One of the Officers Present at the Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley
A public records request has identified Senatobia Police Sergeant Hunter Foster as one of the responding officers present at the police shooting of 1-year-old Kohen…
Republican US Sen. Roger Wicker Pans Trump’s Iran Deal, Saying It ‘Negotiates Away the Victories’
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, the Mississippi Republican who leads the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, said he fears Trump’s deal to end the U.S. war…
