Jackson Free Press

Groups Support Manning's Efforts to Stop Execution

Two organizations that help exonerate inmates using DNA evidence have asked the state Supreme Court to let them file briefs to support Willie Jerome Manning's effort to avoid execution on …

Mississippi Preps for Year's First Execution

Willie Jerome Manning, who is scheduled to be the first person Mississippi executes in 2013, is asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider several issues that could have affected his …

Willie Jerome Manning received the death penalty for the December 1992 killings of two Mississippi …

• April 30, 2013

Willie Jerome Manning, who is scheduled to be the first person Mississippi executes in 2013, …

• April 30, 2013

Community Events and Public Meetings

A Freedom Riders Pilgrimage Stop is Tuesday, April 30, at 9 a.m. in front of the statue at Medgar Evers Library.

Country Legend George Jones Dead at 81

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice. Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones passed …

May 7 Execution Set for Man in 1992 Miss. Slayings

The Mississippi Supreme Court has set a May 7 execution date for Willie Jerome Manning, who was convicted of killing two Mississippi State University students two decades ago.

Community Events and Public Meetings

The American Cancer Society is seeking volunteers ages 30-65 without a history of cancer to participate in a long-term cancer study.

Community Events and Public Meetings

The Mississippi Archery State Championship is April 16-17 at the Kirk Fordice Equine Center.

Question o' the Week: What is the most powerful film you’ve ever seen?

What is the most powerful film you’ve ever seen?

Community Events and Public Meetings

The Crossroads Film Festival is April 11-14 at Malco Grandview Theatre.

L to R: Willie Jones, Eddie Liggins, Odis Easterling, and Marvin Henderson, II.

• April 5, 2013

Big Men With Big Guns

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is Roadblock in “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.”

Community Events and Public Meetings

NatureFEST is April 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.

Attorney General Requests April Execution Date for Manning

Community Events and Public Meetings

A Medicaid Rally is March 27, 11 a.m., in the second floor rotunda at the Mississippi State Capitol.

It's the Weekend!

On Saturday, the Zippity Doo Dah Parade is at 7 p.m. in Fondren. See the Sweet Potato Queens and the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Not Saying We’re Perfect

Bluesman Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry isn't really howling mad.

Community Events and Public Meetings

The Sweet Potato Queens headline the series of Zippity Doo Dah events March 21-23 that include a parade March 23 at 7 p.m.

Resurrecting 309 Farish

Local musician Sherman Lee Dillon is trying to raise money to turn the former home of Trumpet Records into a museum and recording studio.