By MICHAEL GOLDBERG JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors was sentenced Thursday to 42 months in prison. U.S. Southern District of Mississippi Judge Sul Ozerden handed…
A Gulfport man accused burning a cross in his yard to intimidate his neighbors has pleaded guilty to the federal hate crime. Axel Charles Cox, 24, was indicted in September on charges of criminal interference with the right to fair…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi House committee has ignored — and killed — a bill to expand the state hate crimes law. House Bill 1467 would have created enhanced penalties for crimes motivated by a victim’s disability, sexual orientation or…
What was meant as a time of celebration quickly turned into anything but. Yesterday afternoon, the Krewe of Nereids rolled for its annual Mardi Gras parade and one of the throws caught attention Coastwide. “It’s a deplorable act and when…
It’s a big victory for LGBT advocates on the Coast: the sentence the Mississippi man received for the first-ever conviction of federal hate crime charges for the killing of a transgender woman. A federal judge sentenced Joshua Vallum to 49…
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the justice department, under his leadership, will continue efforts to ‘vindicate the rights of those individuals who are affected by bias motivated crimes.’ Sessions made the statement Monday in connection with the sentencing of…
A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 49 years in prison for the first ever conviction on federal hate crime charges from the killing of a transgender person. A federal judge on Monday sentenced Joshua Vallum, who had previously been…
The federal court sentencing of a Mississippi man who killed an Alabama transgender woman has been postponed. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. on Thursday delayed the hearing until May 15th. The defendant, Joshua Vallum’s, lawyer sought the move. Vallum…
A Lucedale man pleads guilty to a federal hate crime for assaulting and murdering Mercedes Williamson because she was a transgender woman. Joshua Vallum originally pled guilty to her murder back in July after admitting he beat her to death…
The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the arson and vandalism of an African-American church in Greenville where "Vote Trump" was spray painted on the wall. Greenville Mayor Errick Simmons called the fire and graffiti a "heinous, hateful,…
New developments out of Stone County where a white football player is accused of tying a rope around a black teammate’s neck. The 15-year-old’s mother describes her son as shaken up as he recounted the incident. Stacy Payton says her…
New developments are surfacing regarding the allegations that a white Stone County football player tied a rope around a black teammate’s neck. According to our media partner the Sun Herald, they spoke to several students last night following the prayer…
A lawyer for the Stone County School District says the student accused of putting a noose around the neck of a black football player has been disciplined. Attorney Sean Courtney says the incident happened on October 13th and the student…
The story of an alleged hate crime at Stone High School is quickly spreading. The president of the Mississippi NAACP spoke out against the school system in a press conference yesterday where he addressed claims that a black student had…
Today in Stone County, members of the NAACP are calling for justice in a disciplinary case which they say school officials have mishandled. News 25’s Hank Davis was on the scene and brings us the details. Members of the Mississippi…
The NAACP is calling on federal authorities to investigate a reported hate crime that occurred at Stone High School earlier this month. The NAACP says school officials have failed to properly address the incident. News 25’s Hank Davis was at…
Victim died after being run over by truck.