State Pushes to Execute Willie Jerome Manning Before Year’s End After Key Witness Recants, Claiming Coercion
A key witness’ retraction and DNA evidence could prove Willie Jerome Manning’s innocence in a 1992 double murder, his defense team is arguing—even as Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch is pushing to have him executed before year’s end. In 1994, an Oktibbeha County, Miss., court sentenced Manning, then 26, to death on two counts of […]
Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra and Southern Miss Present ‘Holiday Peppermint Pops’
On a fall evening in 1988, Dr. Andy Harper, second conductor of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, stepped into the Saenger Theater in downtown Biloxi to conduct a brand new show. Some 60 musicians waited on stage ready to perform for a crowd of 600 people, far more than could ever be seated at the […]
Opinion | Shop Small On Nov. 25 to Support Mississippi’s Entrepreneurs
Thanksgiving is one of the most notable holidays, and perhaps each of us has something—maybe even many things—for which to be thankful.  Right on the heels of Thanksgiving Day is Black Friday, and the following week will be kicked off with Cyber Monday. In between those days is what has come to be known as […]
