by Lacey McLaughlin
March 12, 2010
Veronica Rodriguez, the outspoken mother of Wesson Attendance Center student Ceara Sturgis, a lesbian, says that the Itawamba School District is mistreating senior Constance McMillen by cancelling the high school prom rather than allowing her to attend with her…
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[Politics] [State] [doyle] 
Luckett to Speak in Jackson Friday
by Ward Schaefer
March 11, 2010
Clarksdale attorney and 2011 candidate for governor Bill Luckett will speak at Koinonia Coffee House in Jackson Friday morning. Luckett, who announced his candidacy in September, is the featured speaker at the 9 a.m. Friday Forum, a weekly series sponsored…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 03/12/10 at 01:24 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...
March 11, 2010
Clarksdale attorney and 2011 candidate for governor Bill Luckett will speak at Koinonia Coffee House in Jackson Friday morning. Luckett, who announced his candidacy in September, is the featured speaker at the 9 a.m. Friday Forum, a weekly series sponsored…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 03/12/10 at 01:24 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...
Clarion-Ledger Drops Stringfellow Column After First Lady Flap
March 11, 2010
Eric Stringfellow, who has worked with The Clarion-Ledger as a writer or editor since 1982, revealed today that the executive editor of the paper, Ronni Agnew, has dropped his column. In an e-mail to Agnew, pasted verbatim below, Stringfellow accuses Agnew of dropping his…
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Eric Stringfellow, who has worked with The Clarion-Ledger as a writer or editor since 1982, revealed today that the executive editor of the paper, Ronni Agnew, has dropped his column. In an e-mail to Agnew, pasted verbatim below, Stringfellow accuses Agnew of dropping his…
by ladd on 03/11/10 at 06:12 PM Comments (4) -- Read More...
[Barbour] 
Gov. and Dems Play Blame Game
by Adam Lynch
March 12, 2010
Gov. Haley Barbour and House Democrats are blaming each other for the Legislature's failure to re-authorize the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, an agency that provides workforce services and dispenses unemployment benefits.
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March 12, 2010
Gov. Haley Barbour and House Democrats are blaming each other for the Legislature's failure to re-authorize the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, an agency that provides workforce services and dispenses unemployment benefits.
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 03/11/10 at 02:40 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...
[City/County] [Crime] [doyle] 
Major Crimes Down; Up in Some Precincts
by Ward Schaefer
March 11, 2010
Major crimes in Jackson dropped 13.6 percent last week, according to statistics released today at a Jackson Police Department command staff meeting. Officers reported 142 total property crimes, down from 168 the week before, and 29 violent crimes, down from…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 03/11/10 at 01:05 PM Comments (1) -- Read More...
March 11, 2010
Major crimes in Jackson dropped 13.6 percent last week, according to statistics released today at a Jackson Police Department command staff meeting. Officers reported 142 total property crimes, down from 168 the week before, and 29 violent crimes, down from…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 03/11/10 at 01:05 PM Comments (1) -- Read More...
JFP Person of the Day: Shahid Buttar
by Lacey McLaughlin
March 11, 2010
As a college student in Chicago, Shahid Buttar sometimes would fish his next meal out of a trashcan. Often sleeping on the streets or couch surfing, Buttar found solace in the electronic rhythm of house music.
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March 11, 2010
As a college student in Chicago, Shahid Buttar sometimes would fish his next meal out of a trashcan. Often sleeping on the streets or couch surfing, Buttar found solace in the electronic rhythm of house music.
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 03/11/10 at 01:00 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...
[State] 
Unemployment Tops 20 Percent in Four Counties
March 11, 2010
Nearly 155,000 Mississippians received unemployment benefits in January, with the state's unemployment rate for the first month of 2010 exceeding the national average. Four counties reported jobless rates in excess of 20 percent: Holmes and Noxubee counties both reported rates of 23.1 percent unemployment;…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 03/11/10 at 10:26 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...
Nearly 155,000 Mississippians received unemployment benefits in January, with the state's unemployment rate for the first month of 2010 exceeding the national average. Four counties reported jobless rates in excess of 20 percent: Holmes and Noxubee counties both reported rates of 23.1 percent unemployment;…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 03/11/10 at 10:26 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...
Luckett, Candidate for Gov., to Speak in Jackson Friday
by Ward Schaefer
March 11, 2010
Clarksdale attorney and 2011 candidate for governor Bill Luckett will speak at Koinonia Coffee House in Jackson Friday morning. Luckett, who announced his candidacy in September, is the featured speaker at the 9 a.m. Friday Forum, a weekly series sponsored…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 03/11/10 at 12:00 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...
March 11, 2010
Clarksdale attorney and 2011 candidate for governor Bill Luckett will speak at Koinonia Coffee House in Jackson Friday morning. Luckett, who announced his candidacy in September, is the featured speaker at the 9 a.m. Friday Forum, a weekly series sponsored…
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 03/11/10 at 12:00 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...
[education] [State] 
Charters and Quasi-Charters
by Ward Schaefer
March 10, 2010
The Mississippi Legislature's wrangling over charter schools intensified yesterday when the House of Representatives passed a bill that would authorize "innovative schools" but voted down a provision for actual charter schools.
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March 10, 2010
The Mississippi Legislature's wrangling over charter schools intensified yesterday when the House of Representatives passed a bill that would authorize "innovative schools" but voted down a provision for actual charter schools.
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[business] [State] 
Banking Locally
by Jesse Crow
March 10, 2010
Joe Magee, 59, is a third-generation poultry and cattle farmer. His farm, located just outside Mendenhall, produces a little more than half a million chickens and around 100 head of beef cattle a year. Magee operates the farm with the…
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March 10, 2010
Joe Magee, 59, is a third-generation poultry and cattle farmer. His farm, located just outside Mendenhall, produces a little more than half a million chickens and around 100 head of beef cattle a year. Magee operates the farm with the…
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Mar 12, 2010Ceara Sturgis' Mother Speaks Out on Prom Cancellation
baquan2000: I was wondering when this topic was gonna come up on here?
I been looking…
Mar 12, 2010
Ceara Sturgis' Mother Speaks Out on Prom Cancellation
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[Collier] The Sweetest Taboo
baquan2000: You know what Nac - that's a good question?
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[Collier] The Sweetest Taboo
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[Collier] The Sweetest Taboo
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