Jackson Free Press

There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them:

1. A new resolution to convert the JATRAN bus system to run on natural gas could save the City millions and free up funding that can go toward several maintenance issues.
2. Jackson City Councilmen Melvin Priester Jr. and De’Keither Stamps say big questions remain with the operation of new electronic water meters the city has installed in 10,000 homes.
3. Madison County Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger is being accused of knocking down, slapping and kicking a mentally disabled young black man and yelling a racial slur: "Run, n*gger, run."
4. Brothers Will and Jones McPherson, owners of JJ Brothers LLC, are bringing the Lost Pizza Co. restaurant to Jackson's Maywood Mart.
5. Youth activists Albert Skyes and Jed Oppenheim are two of the organizers for the Freedom Summer Youth Congress, which takes place this summer in Jackson.
6. Any day now the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could decide the constitutionality of a law that would close the last abortion clinic in Mississippi, effectively banning abortion in the state.
7. Pam Kinsey's art studio is on a small lake in Cleary, Miss., nestled between Byram and Florence. The building is quiet and serene, not unlike her vividly real and serene pastel works.
8. Howard Stevens, a professor at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, led a COSEBOC workshop in which participants paired up to talk about racial incidents.
9. Extensive research shows that all children are prone to learning losses when they do not have educational opportunities during the summer.
10. Dr. Cedrick Gray, Jackson Public Schools superintendent, believes COSEBOC can help JPS and its boys of color make better decisions at school and school-related events.

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