Posts published in “Mississippi”

‘Unbelievable blessing’: Officer donates kidney to Mississippi football coach

Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office Captain Patrick Johnson (right) receives the 2024 Heart of Law Enforcement Service Before Self Award during a ceremony in Baton Rouge. Johnson donated a kidney to Madison-Ridgeland Academy head coach Herbert Davis (left). (Screenshot: WAFB)

‘Unbelievable blessing’: Officer donates kidney to Mississippi football coach

August 16, 2024

By Brian BlackwellBaptist Message Patrick Johnson has put himself in harm’s way to protect and serve the public for 23 years as a law enforcement…

Mississippi requires new annual report filing for nonprofits

Mississippi requires new annual report filing for nonprofits

August 16, 2024

Olympic silver medalist Sam Kendricks: A champion in pole vault and at First Church, Oxford

Sam Kendricks reacts during the men's pole vault final at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug. 5 in Saint-Denis, France. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Olympic silver medalist Sam Kendricks: A champion in pole vault and at First Church, Oxford

August 9, 2024

MS Worship and Media Conference challenges leaders ‘to break the rituals for worship unusual’

Worship and media leaders take part in a panel discussion during the Mississippi Worship & Media Conference on July 25 at First Church, Fannin. (Photo credit: Bart Lambright)

MS Worship and Media Conference challenges leaders ‘to break the rituals for worship unusual’

July 31, 2024

Choctaw spirit celebrated at the Choctaw Indian Fair

Dancers present historically significant social, war, and animal dances in traditional handmade clothes at the 2024 Choctaw Fair.

Choctaw spirit celebrated at the Choctaw Indian Fair

July 26, 2024

Trump, pro-life leaders at
odds in recent developments
NASHVILLE (BP) — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released a letter Jan. 16 calling for President Trump’s action on recent issues that have brought friction between the pro-life movement and an administration historically supportive of it. Trump’s terms in the White House have been consequential for the pro-life movement, to say the least. Shortly after taking office last year, he enforced the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding of abortions. He reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy. Perhaps most of all, the appointment of three pro-life Supreme Court justices in his first term led to the overturning of Roe v Wade. Last week, however, the president said conservative Republicans need to be “flexible” regarding Hyde during across-the-aisle negotiations over health care. Hyde has factored in debates on Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired last year. Conservatives, of course, didn’t like the idea, which led the White House to walk back the president’s comments. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved another generic abortion drug last fall. Chemical abortions account for 63 percent of all abortions, per a 2023 study by the Guttmacher Institute. This week, it was revealed that the Department of Health and Human Services quietly released tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood through Title X that had been withheld since last spring as part of a move by lawmakers to defund abortion providers for at least one year. Trump told reporters he was unaware of those disbursements. Hollingsworth described the Hyde Amendment as “not up for debate.”