City & County
Fondren Sidewalk Project Delayed, Scaled Back to Lower Costs
Fondren's four-year-old sidewalk facelift proposal, which would bring the neighborhood in compliance with federal disabilities law, may take even longer because it was way over-budget.
Politics
Repealing Tax Cut Will Yield $6 Billion for Infrastructure, Senate Dems Say
Repealing the "Taxpayer Pay Raise Act of 2016" is the first step to funding the state's infrastructure needs, our Mississippi state senators, all Democrats, say.
Film
Chris Moore
Chris Moore, 26, has been making movies for more than a decade. His admiration for the horror genre began when his dad introduced him to the 1953 film "House of …
City & County
JPS Superintendent Officially Resigns, Board Names Interim
Dr. Cedrick Gray formally submitted his letter of resignation Tuesday, Nov. 1, which was effective immediately. After two consecutive executive sessions, the Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees announced that …
Politics
Electing Justice: Money, Partisanship and Dirty Ads
Judicial races are meant to be nonpartisan. After all, the judicial branch is a separate arm of the state government from the Legislature and the governor's office.
City & County
JPS Students Confront Police Brutality With Art
When Forest Hill High School teacher Paige Watson taught 9th-grade English last year, her students read law professor Michelle Alexander's book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age …
National
‘Mad and Scared’: The Religious Shift in U.S., Mississippi Politics
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says no one has seen a presidential election like this one in his lifetime, at least. Speaking at the Mississippi Economic Council's Hob Nob event …
Jacksonian
Anik Kurkjian
Anik Kurkjian, who is the director of outreach and special projects for the Mississippi Museum of Art, clearly remembers the first time she met her husband, Drew Young.
Education
Turmoil at JSU: State Applies Heavy Hand
Jackson State University must brace itself for changes, from financial policies to a new president, in the wake of news that it has nearly exhausted its cash reserves.
Biz Roundup
Thai House Closing, Erik Kegler Interiors, Innovate Mississippi and MUW
Owners Watt and Tim Bunniran are closing their restaurant, Thai House, on Nov. 30 to go into retirement.
Politics
'Mississippi's Elections Are Not Rigged,' Secretary of State Promises
Mississippians will head to the polls in a week at more than 1,800 precincts around the state. Each polling precinct will have some of an estimated 10,000 trained poll workers …
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Will Serve as Interim JSU President
Rod Paige has dedicated his life to breaking through barriers and providing opportunities for young people to succeed.
Education
JPS Supe Intends to Resign
Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Cedrick Gray gave the school board his verbal intent to resign on Friday at a special school-board meeting.
State
Drought-like Conditions Lead to More Burn Bans, One Fatality
Droughts can lead to wildfires, which is why, in the midst of continuing drought in the South, Gov. Phil Bryant issued a burn ban for more than 50 counties on …
Person of the Day
Natalie Collier
At Conversation About Community, Natalie Collier plans to discuss the impact that living in fear has on life in the state and how Mississippians can work to move past it.
Justice
Court: Judge Weill Can Continue Hiring Private Attorneys for Public Defense
Hinds County Circuit Judge Jeff Weill can continue hiring private attorneys instead of public defenders in criminal cases before him, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled this week.
Education
MAEP Co-author Calls Tinkering with Public-School Formula 'Terrifying'
"Like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic." That's the way Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, described the joint meeting between the House and Senate Education Committees yesterday.
Education
House Speaker: MAEP Has ‘Failed’
"Antiquated, confusing, inefficient, unreliable, unpredictable. What do these words describe?" House Speaker Philip Gunn said at the annual Hob Nob on Oct. 27. "They describe the Mississippi Adequate Education Program …
Education
JSU President Resigns, New Dorms on Hold
Jackson State University President Carolyn Meyers has submitted her resignation just days after the state's college board put plans for new dorms at the historically black public university on hold …
Person of the Day
Chris Coghlan
Game one of the 2016 World Series wasn't kind to former University of Mississippi Rebel and current Chicago Cubs player Chris Coghlan. In fact, there wasn't much for any member …
