Person of the Day | Dorie Ann Ladner, Hattiesburg Civil-Rights Activist, Dies at 81
Longtime civil-rights activist Dorie Ann Ladner of Hattiesburg, Miss., died on March 11, 2024, at 81.
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Longtime civil-rights activist Dorie Ann Ladner of Hattiesburg, Miss., died on March 11, 2024, at 81.
The mother of 16-year-old Duvan Perez, who died in a Hattiesburg poultry plant, is suing Mar-Jac Poultry over his death.
A Hattiesburg poultry plant’s failure to follow safety protocols led to the death of 16-year-old Duvan Pérez, federal regulators said.
Attorneys for the State of Mississippi interrogated retired NFL star Brett Favre for more than nine hours in a secret deposition about the State’s $77-million welfare scandal in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.
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Two Mississippi Democratic candidates want to debate their Republican opponents ahead of the Nov. 7 primary election this year.Â
Fifth-grade math teacher Tyler Shows of Petal Upper Elementary School earned a Milken Educator Award in 2022 in recognition of his teaching ability.
Ryo Sasaki, representing Japan, won the senior men’s gold medal in the 12th USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Miss., this past June, repeating a feat his father accomplished in Jackson, back in 1994.
Hattiesburg high-school senior Aubri Sparkman created a dress that placed runner-up in the Duck Brand Stuck at Prom scholarship contest.Â
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