Source: Senatobia Police Department / facebook The city of Senatobia, Mississippi, has fired its police chief less than a year into his tenure and a little over a week after news reports revealed that he had been sending racist text messages to colleagues even after he was appointed to his role last fall. Harold Vanderford…
The great-great-great-grandson of a U.S. senator who helped shape Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era political system is appealing directly to the family of Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old whose death continues to raise unanswered questions. Charles Sims, an activist and Ocean Springs native, made the appeal during an event commemorating the 63rd anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther…
Rajon Belt-Stubblefield (Photo from family GoFundMe organized by Valerie Griffin for Tandra Blankson) The lawsuit accuses Officer Matthew Neely of excessive force and wrongful death after the Black man was fatally shot in 2025. The family of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield, a Black man fatally shot by an Aurora, Colorado, police officer last year, has filed a…
Mielle Organics is facing backlash after a recent advertisement for its Rosemary Mint collection prompted accusations that the brand was sending a negative message about tightly textured Black hair. The post encouraged customers to “swipe for the before after” while promoting the Rosemary Mint line as part of a routine for “stronger-feeling, healthy-looking hair.” Monique…
Fernando Macias Romo We unfortunately live in a world where child abduction occurs on a daily basis, with some stats even narrowing it down to every 40 seconds. However, the state of Florida recently made successful efforts in reversing those odds thanks to a human trafficking sting operation that rescued hundreds of children. Through the…
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Seal in brick walk way. (Adobe Stock Images) An intruder entered a UNC classroom during a “Love Island” watch party, threw objects at students and allegedly brandished a makeshift incendiary device. An evening of community and entertainment turned terrifying for dozens of Black students at the University of…
The saying “truth is stranger than fiction” isn’t an old cliché for nothing, especially under President Donald Trump. The Air Force has arrested an airman under a rarely used military law for criticizing the president, just as the Pentagon hired a former Marine Corps officer convicted under that same law for a senior Defense role….
“Family Matters” star Jaleel White has spent nearly four decades answering for a role he booked before he was old enough to drive. It took the 49-year-old actor a while to make peace with the show ending. What he can’t make peace with is what disappeared from the writers’ room after he left it. White…
The fatal police shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley has renewed scrutiny of the Senatobia Police Department, with residents pointing to previous encounters they say raised questions about the department’s use of force. Among those incidents is a 2023 confrontation involving local barber Mark Lesure. Video from the encounter has resurfaced following Wiley’s death and shows…
Donald Trump’s story about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has sprung more leaks than the troubled landmark itself. Prosecutors poked holes in his version of events and who caused the damaged . An engineer’s warning weakened it. And now repeated videos of workers peeling up loose blue sealant made it even harder to defend. Still,…
