October 30, 2016 Combat vet with PTSD sues American Airlines for barring service dog from flight An Army vet who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan claims in a lawsuit that American Airlines refused to let her board a plane with her service dog.
October 30, 2016 Mom: Son shook in fear after schoolmates put noose on him A black mother in Mississippi says her 15-year-old son was shaking in fear when he described white schoolmates putting a noose around his neck and pulling it tight.
October 28, 2016 Mother: Son's principal 'forced' him to stand for Pledge A Mississippi mother says her son's principal forced him to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, threatening him with punishment if he didn't comply.
October 25, 2016 NAACP wants federal probe after noose put on black Mississippi student The president of the Mississippi NAACP is demanding a federal hate crime investigation after the parents of a black high school student said as many as four white students put a noose around their son's neck at school.
October 25, 2016 Mississippi neighborhood becomes infested with fleas City leaders have declared an emergency as one central Mississippi neighborhood deals with a flea infestation.
October 24, 2016 NAACP: Noose put around neck of black student in Mississippi The state NAACP says white students at a south Mississippi high school put a noose around the neck of a black student and "yanked backward." Ayana Kinnel, spokeswoman for the civil rights group, says Monday that the incident took place the afternoon of Oct. 13 at the Stone County High School field house in Wiggins.
October 23, 2016 Historical marker honoring Emmett Till riddled with bullet holes A historical marker placed at the site where Emmett Till's body was found in a Mississippi river has been riddled with dozens of bullet holes, activists say.
October 20, 2016 No joke: Mississippi county bans clowns 'til after Halloween A Mississippi county has had enough of the creepy clown craze, at least until after Halloween.
October 18, 2016 Teacher fired after video shows her dragging student by hair Officials in a Mississippi school district have fired a special education teacher after a video showed her dragging a special-needs student by her hair across the floor.
October 14, 2016 Effort to strip Confederate emblem off state flag is failing An effort to erase the Confederate battle emblem from Mississippi's flag is failing because sponsors haven't collected enough signatures to put an initiative on the 2018 ballot.
