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The Clarion Ledger is an American daily newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the second-oldest company in the state of Mississippi , and is one of the few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide.
Betty Jane Long (May 8, 1928 – June 29, 2023) was an American politician and attorney who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1956 to 1984. [1] A member of the Democratic Party, she was one of few women legislators in Mississippi during her time in the House.
Cynthia Geary, Rob Morrow and Janine Turner at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards Governor's Ball, September 1993 One of four children born to John Hart Geary and Shirley Hester [2] (the latter a voice and music teacher who encouraged her daughter to study voice, piano and ballet), [3] Geary attended Jackson Preparatory School and the University of Mississippi, [4] where she earned a Bachelor of ...
By the week's end, Clarion Ledger staff members attended heart-wrenching funeral services, such as the one for 2-year-old Aubree Green in nearby Silver City, which was also decimated by the ...
Jerry W. Mitchell (born February 23, 1959) [1] is an American investigative reporter formerly with The Clarion-Ledger, a newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi.He convinced authorities to reopen many cold murder cases from the civil rights era, his investigations providing the basis for prosecutions, prompting one colleague to call him "the South's Simon Wiesenthal". [2]
James Craig Anderson was a 47-year-old American man who was murdered in a hate crime in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 26, 2011, by 18-year-old Deryl Dedmon of Brandon.At the time of his death, Anderson was working on the assembly line at the Nissan plant in Canton, and raising an adopted son with his partner.
Mississippi Sports Person of the Year, The Clarion-Ledger (1999) [2] National Alumnus of the Year, Mississippi State University (2000) [2] West Point Citizen of the Year (2000) [8] Spirit of 1776 Award, Liberty Bowl (2013) [9] Rube Award, Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2015) [10] Distinguished Service Award, Mississippi Golf Association (2015 ...
On January 20, The Clarion-Ledger printed that unnamed "officers" said that "circumstantial evidence pointed strongly to Townes being the murderer." [ 1 ] [ 36 ] "On the afternoon of the murder, Townes is believed to have stolen a gun and is said to have gotten another negro to buy shells for him in Elliot of the kind with which Windham was ...