WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. — The eldest child of one of Georgia's most notorious hit men, Stoney Birt and "In the Red Clay" podcast host Sean Kipe, are set to participate in a Johnson County takeover in ...

During his tenure as an assistant U.S. attorney, Peter Barrett tried South Mississippi's biggest cases, including the men who conspired to murder prominent Biloxians Vincent and Margaret Sherry.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Dixie Mafia kingpin who orchestrated the murders of a prominent Biloxi couple over 36 years ago is asking for compassionate ...

Murder. Heists. Extortion. Bootlegging. Gambling rings. A loosely knit group commanded by whoever had the most money. One rule all were expected to obey: “Thou shalt not snitch to the cops.” You may ...

He is credited for the successful prosecution of those responsible for the Sherry murders in what is one of the most notorious murder cases tied to the Dixie Mafia in Gulf Coast history. “He stepped ...

Welcome to Season Two of Gone South, the Edward R. Murrow-Award winning documentary podcast from C13Originals. Starting in the early sixties, a rag-tag confederation of traveling criminals known as ...

Raymond Constant Jr., 43, was found slumped inside the cab of his new tractor-trailer on in Vonore on March 16, 1973. The trucker had been shot at least 17 times by a high-powered rifle. A tip from a ...

On a spring day in 1971, a shackled Kirksey Nix walked into a Louisiana courtroom with a bullet lodged in his side. Then 28, he was accused of being one of three armed intruders who forced their way ...

In 2019, Snowden Wright published “American Pop,” which I enjoyed immensely. That novel, set in Batesville, Panola County, Mississippi, followed for a century the fortunes of the Forster family in war ...

BOONE, N.C. — A 50-year-old triple-murder case involving the deaths of a North Carolina family has been solved. In February 1972, Bryce Durham, 51, his wife Virginia, 44, and son Bobby, 18, were found ...

Barrett was a key assistant U.S. attorney in major Southern Mississippi prosecutions. After 20 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he moved into private practice. On his death, colleagues and family ...