Manzanita’s city council passed a proclamation celebrating ex-Mayor James “Jim” Bond, who was Oregon’s first black mayor, at their regular council meeting on February 5.

Nestled in the heart of Yazoo City, Mississippi, there’s a barbecue joint that’s been turning heads and tantalizing taste buds for years. Ubon’s Barbecue might not look like much from the outside, but ...

A traffic stop in Vermont has cracked open a cultlike group called Zizians linked to six deaths in three states.

I played football in high school and college, and I told them the only way you are going to show me that you are better than me is if one of y’all make it to the NFL and make your own name.” And as ...

The best-selling author based “The Notebook” and other heart-tugging novels in New Bern, where he lives. But what makes the ...

A former interim sheriff in Mississippi has been sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison for soliciting and accepting bribes during his unsuccessful 2021 campaign for sheriff. U.S. District Court ...

One constant when driving in the Jackson area are panhandlers on busy intersection corners. I give plenty of money to my church, and many other causes, but I don’t give money to panhandlers, although ...

Philadelphia’s Super Bowl steamrolling of Kansas City boosted by the play of Ole Miss, Mississippi State standouts.

KENNETH GAINWELL GRADUATED FROM YAZOO COUNTY IN 2017, AND COMING OUT OF MISSISSIPPI WAS A THREE STAR FOOTBALL PROSPECT. AFTER PLAYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOR THREE YEARS, HE WAS DRAFTED IN ...

Chiefs running back Kenneth Gainwell will compete in second Super Bowl. The Trump administration evicted former Coast Guard ...

We kick off our Black History Month series by highlighting and honoring Alice Scott, the first woman and African American to hold the office of mayor in the City of Canton.

Ridgeland-headquartered Pafford Emergency Medical Services will be taking over ambulance services in Lee County starting in early March, with plans to intake all North Health Serves emergency ...