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City & County
UPDATED: MBI Investigates Third Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting in Jackson in 2018
The latest deadly officer-involved shooting in Jackson resulted from a traffic stop. A Jackson Police Department officer pulled over Elliot Reed, 30, and Chauncy Reed, 26, apparently brothers, in a ...
City & County
Inside Jackson’s Officer-Involved Shooting Task Force
Last month, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba had prepared to make an executive decision about how the Jackson Police Department would handle transparency following officer-involved shootings.
City & County
A Lost Hope: Remembering Lil Lonnie and 2018’s Deadliest Month
Rising hip-hop artist Lonnie "Lil Lonnie" Taylor, 22, was driving around his hometown of Jackson with a woman in the passenger's seat around 10 p.m. on April 29. Suddenly, someone ...
Civil Rights
Mississippi Civil Rights Sites Vie to Become National Park
It is hard to choose which site of civil-rights trauma in Mississippi should be a national park, but the effort is under way and controversial, even among some family members ...
City & County
Midnight Siemens Vote Designed to Recoup Millions, Correct Water Billing
The Jackson City Council voted just before midnight last night to accept Public Works Director Bob Miller's proposal to overhaul the Siemens Inc. contract and recoup millions in missing water ...
Business
City Employees Demand Raises for All, Not Just Clerks
A 911 dispatcher, a union representative and a records clerk for the Jackson Police Department walked into City Hall last week ready to give the council a piece of their ...
City & County
Mayor Commits to Zoo, West Jackson Development Projects
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba publicly agreed and committed to several upcoming and ongoing projects designed to revitalize west Jackson during a luncheon on Wednesday, April 25, at New Horizon Church ...
City & County
Officer ID Task Force Wrestles with Mission
Sixteen of Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba's 21 appointees to the officer-identification task force gathered at The Cedars in Fondren Monday night to decide if and how the Jackson Police Department ...
City & County
Inside the City of Jackson's 'Crime Summit'
A panel of Mississippi-based professionals sat in black leather armchairs on the stage of the Jackson Convention Center's theater on April 19. Larry Perry, Devon Loggins, Tiffany Anderson-Washington, Fallon Brewster ...
City & County
Jackson Zoo: Pulled from Two Directions
Jackson City Council President Charles Tillman of Ward 5 asked the members to use diplomacy during a conversation about the Jackson Zoo at last week's meeting. Not everyone took that ...
City & County
City Wants Your Input on Convention Center Development Tonight, 6 p.m.
The City of Jackson's Department of Planning Development wants community input about what to do with the empty lot across from the Jackson Convention Complex downtown.
City & County
Hope, Sadness at JPD Service Honoring 17 Officers Killed Since 1893
In the sweltering Wednesday heat, the Jackson Police Department put on its annual Police Memorial Service to honor and commemorate the 17 JPD officers who have died in the line ...
Business
‘Stranded’ Siemens Customers Will Pay Two Bills
Two weeks ago, the Jackson City Council voted to accept Public Works Director Bob Miller's proposal to rework the Siemens Inc. contract in order to start getting accurate water bills ...
City & County
More Water Bills Ahead; Siemens Contract Faces Changes Tonight
If Public Works Director Bob Miller gets his way, Jacksonians could start getting accurate water bills in the next couple of weeks.
City & County
Under New Chief, Fire Department Lowers Age Requirement to 18
Willie Owens, the former interim chief of the Jackson Fire Department, was confirmed as the permanent chief on April 18, but not without controversy.
City & County
Baltimore Lawyer Names JPD Officer Who May Have Shot Crystalline Barnes
A lawyer for the family of 21-year-old Crystalline Barnes, who died in January when two Jackson Police Officers shot into her car following a traffic stop, stood alongside Barnes' young ...
City & County
City Council Roundup: Money, Concerts and MBI
At the most recent city council meeting on May 8, the members gathered at City Hall to vote on a variety of issues from shifting budgets, to an ongoing concert ...
Business
Entergy Funding 2 Museums Admission for 95 People Every Day in May
Entergy Mississippi Inc. is celebrating its 95th anniversary with a company donation of $25,000 to the pair of museums that will make admission free for the first 95 attendees every ...
