Sumner NewsLocal news for Sumner, MS continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Never too late- October 6, 2007 Fifty-two years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Sumner, Miss. via The Black Informanthttp://www.topix.net/city/sumner-ms/2007/10/never-too-late?fromrss=1 Tallahatchie Co. to apologize to Till's family- October 4, 2007 Associated Press - October 2, 2007 8:14 AM ET SUMNER, Miss. - Tallahatchie County officials will apologize today to the Emmett Till family for the county's failure to bring justice in his 1955 killing. via WDAM-TV Hattiesburghttp://www.topix.net/city/sumner-ms/2007/10/tallahatchie-co-to-apologize-to-tills-family?f... Till commission's restoration plans advancing- October 3, 2007 Associated Press - October 2, 2007 8:44 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. - Organizers say plans to restore the old courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi where the 1955 Emmett Till trial took place are making progress. via WAND-TV Decaturhttp://www.topix.net/city/sumner-ms/2007/10/till-commissions-restoration-plans-advancing?f... Emmett Till marker to be unveiled- October 2, 2007 "The citizens of Tallahatchie County recognize that the Emmett Till case was a terrible miscarriage of justice" The site of a "terrible miscarriage of justice" 52 years ago in Sumner will be identified by a state historical marker Tuesday as the Emmett Till Memorial Commission will conduct a ceremony outside of the ... via Greenwood Commonwealthhttp://www.topix.net/city/sumner-ms/2007/10/emmett-till-marker-to-be-unveiled?fromrss=1 |