As an outsider observer who is watching this case very closely, I have to say that it HAS been frustrating (as some on the board have already pointed out) to see how little DETAILED coverage the story has been receiving in the Mississippi press.  However, since this is a story with definite regional and national (and even international) implications, you may want to try to involve the press beyond Mississippi.  A quick google search turned up the links below, which in turn lead to many other links, including (in one case) lists of actual journalists who specialize in investigative reporting.  It may be worth it for everyone to begin regularly passing on info about the USM crisis to some of these people.  I know that I plan to start doing so and have in fact already started.

Good luck!  I admire the courage and determination of the regular contributors to this site.

CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: http://www.muckraker.org/

CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY: http://www.public-i.org/default.aspx

EDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION: http://www.ewa.org/

FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM: http://www.fij.org/

GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM NETWORK: http://www.globalinvestigativejournalism.org/

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS: http://www.publicintegrity.org/icij/

INTERNATIONAL DIECTORY OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS:
http://bolles.ire.org/dij/

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS: http://www.ire.org/