Petal defeated Brandon 27-21 in a high school football game on October 17. A key defensive play by Petal lineman Corey Wells helped secure the win in the final minute. BRANDON — Petal defensive ...

PARCHMAN, Mississippi — Mississippi executed Charles Ray Crawford on Wednesday evening, ending a three-decade legal saga tied to one of the state’s most notorious crimes, the Associated Press reported ...

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed Wednesday. Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a ...

Charles Crawford is scheduled to be executed for the 1993 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Kristy Ray. Crawford's last meal request was a double cheeseburger, french fries, peach cobbler, and chocolate ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court denied a last-minute emergency petition to stay the execution of death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford. Crawford's attorneys argued his original trial lawyers improperly ...

As of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue a ruling on Mississippi death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford's petition to halt his scheduled execution. Crawford's execution ...

Mississippi is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request to stop the execution of Charles Ray Crawford. Crawford, on death row for over 30 years, was convicted of the 1993 kidnapping, rape, and ...