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‘A puddle of emotions’: Sheryl Lee Ralph, Sarah Snook, Jessica Chastain react to Emmy nominations

Reactions from select nominees for the 2023 Emmy Awards. SHERYL LEE RALPH “I am a puddle of emotions! It is just absolutely crazy. It, I mean, I...

Done remembered as educator, hard worker, friend

By Josh Troy Clarksdale Advocate Friends and family members paid tribute to Lakenia Done, a sixth-grade teacher at Friars Point Elementary School, who tragically passed...

One-third of Americans under heat alerts as blistering weather spreads from Southwest to California

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — More than a third of Americans were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings Thursday as a blistering heat...

$1.2M bail set for man charged with killing Tennessee surgeon remembered as skilled, beloved doctor

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man charged with killing a hand surgeon at a Tennessee clinic was being held on $1.2 million bail Thursday...

US sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings

NEW YORK (AP) — Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside...

People rescued from cars and homes as torrential rain causes flash flooding in central Mississippi

LOUISVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Torrential rain fell for several hours Thursday in central Mississippi, flooding roads, homes and businesses in Winston County and Louisville,...

A stray bullet hit a woman lying in bed. A federal judge dismissed her lawsuit against police

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi woman who says she was hit by a stray...

Mississippi discriminates against Black residents with appointed judges, Justice Department says

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new Mississippi law discriminates against residents of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson by requiring the appointment of some...

Tornado touches down near Chicago’s O’Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights

CHICAGO (AP) — A tornado touched down near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds of flights. There were...

Lawsuit by Buffalo supermarket shooting victims pins blame on Facebook, Amazon and other tech giants

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tech and social media giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google bear responsibility for radicalizing the Buffalo supermarket shooter, who was fueled...

Levingston: Supervisors saved hospital, lives

By Josh Troy Clarksdale Advocate The Coahoma County Board of Supervisors' efforts to keep Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center open did not just save a...

JURDEN TO SERVE 40 YEARS IN PRISON ON TWO COUNTS OF FELONY CHILD ABUSE

By Josh Troy Clarksdale Advocate A Clarksdale woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison on two counts of felony child abuse in Coahoma County...

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