Jerry Mitchell, founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and former investigative reporter for The Clarion-Ledger, spoke at the McCord Auditorium at SMU on Nov. 2 about the civil rights cases he re-opened through his reporting. Mitchell’s reporting helped place Ku Klux Klan members behind bars for the deaths of American civil rights activists.
TEXARKANA, Ark. Documents declaring a vacancy in the Miller County Justice of the Peace Place 7 position were sent to the governor s office Jan. 6. The governor now has 30 days to appoint someone to the role.