Mississippi executes state’s longest-tenured death row inmate, Richard Gerald Jordan

SUNFLOWER COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Nearly 50 years after the kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter in Harrison County, Richard Gerald Jordan was executed Wednesday evening. RELATED: Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate to be executed Wednesday …

World News | Mississippi is Set to Execute the State's Longest-serving Death Row Inmate

Parchman, Mississippi, Jun 25 (AP) Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79- …

Richard Gerald Jordan: Man who was on death row in Mississippi for almost 50 years executed

New Outdoor Concert Venue is Being Built on the Mississippi River

A new outdoor concert venue is coming to Minnesota! I love concerts, but especially when they're outdoors. I don't know, they just hit different. This new venue will be along the Mississippi River, which will provide some incredible views when this …

Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976

Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state's death row for a woman's murder in 1976. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or …

Vietnam veteran executed in Mississippi after nearly 50 years on death row for 1976 murder

Branndon Mosley, 41, and Brenda Spencer, 38, were charged with confining and abusing an 18-year-old victim in their home since 2018. (Credit: FOX 29) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Mississippi man who had been on death row for nearly five …

Patti Carr Black honored with Mississippi Writers Trail Marker

Jackson, Miss (WXXV)- A Mississippi Writers Trail marker was unveiled in honor of Patti Carr Black. Black is a writer and historian born in Sumner. The unveiling took place at the Old Capitol where she was the director of the Old Capitol Museum and a …

Mississippi Aquarium releasing turtles Thursday

Mississippi Aquarium is hosting a turtle release this Thursday. Three more rehabilitated turtles will make their way to the Mississippi Sound starting at 4 p.m. It’s happening at the beach in front of the Edgewater Mall. All turtles continue their Taylor …

Natchez’s Markeith Thompson wins Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year in boys track and field

Natchez's Markeith Thompson is the 2024-25 Gatorade Mississippi boys track and field player of the year. Announced on June 25, Thompson won the MHSAA Class 5A championships in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles. The 5-foot-11, 140-pound senior also placed …