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Councilman President Tyrone Hendrix and Councilwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon celebrated their last council meeting as elected ...
The Mississippi Department of Corrections, led by Pelicia Hall (pictured), hosted the first graduation for ...
Starting Saturday, Mississippi is joining the majority of states that require seat belt use for ...
House and Senate leaders long ago abandoned initial thoughts of first erasing Obama's law, and ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel voted against the measure, but paved the way for its passage by ...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, speaking Friday on the Fox News Channel's morning show, "Fox & ...
Trump will meet with Putin (pictured) along the sidelines of the annual Group of 20 ...
The Mississippi Supreme Court revived Edmonds' request Thursday, sending it back to a trial court ...
Donald Trump named Mike Hurst, a former assistant U.S. attorney and Republican who lost a ...
Warning of threats to public safety and national security, the Republican-led House on Thursday approved ...
(Left to right) David Hoffman, Ronnie Farris, Blake Allison and Joey Walser of Devour the ...
The "Curious George: Let's Get Curious" exhibit at the Mississippi Children's Museum focuses on areas ...
Protesters gathered in front of Sen. Thad Cochran's Jackson office, calling on the senator to ...
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Republican donors paid $35,000 apiece to hear a familiar message from President Donald Trump: The ...
Thursday's move comes after the Supreme Court partially restored President Donald Trump's executive order that ...
The widow and sons of Mark Mayfield say in a federal suit filed Tuesday that ...
Lucky Town Brewing Company vs Wiseacre Brewing Co.
Chandeleur Brewing Company vs Wiseacre Brewing Co.
Southern Prohibition Brewing vs Yazoo Brewing Company
Natchez Brewing Company vs Ghost River Brewing Co.
Mississippi Power Co., a unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co., said Wednesday that it could lose ...
Taylor, Miss.-based blues act “Michissippi” Mick Kolassa & the Taylor Made Blues Band perform Friday, ...
Celebrate the Fourth of July holiday locally this year. Photo courtesy Flickr/Ginny
Civil Rights Museum Director Pamela Junior stands in Gallery 3, the "Reflections" room of the ...
In papers filed Wednesday, attorneys for Carlos Moore said lower courts were wrong to reject ...
While excitement for a fresh start is natural, the city really can't wait long after ...
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., released a statement in support of the Senate's draft legislation ...
Mississippians have watched with great concern as possible changes to health care in the United ...
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House Bill 1523 sparked several protests statewide, and across the nation, when Gov. Phil Bryant ...
Jennifer Riley-Collins, the executive director of the ACLU of Mississippi, said her organization will proceed ...
We're deep into our 15th year of publishing as July 4th rolls around, which means ...
The video of Laquan McDonald's killing sparked outrage and massive protests in Chicago after it ...
Paul Manafort says in a Justice Department filing Tuesday that his firm, DMP International, received ...
Lucky Town Brewing Company is growing its beer taps from 12 to 30.
Lucky Town Brewing Company will re-open on July 1 with a celebration for the state’s ...
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, the Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, has long battled anti-abortion regulations requiring ...
The Supreme Court has nine justices. Nine justices who are left to their own devices ...
Dwan Wakefield (shown), Byron McBride and De'Allen Washington will go before a grand jury for ...
Chokwe Antar Lumumba will be sworn in as mayor on July 3 at 11:00 a.m. ...
A Ten Commandments monument in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy Flicrk/DCDailyPhotos
The Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees approved the 2017-2018 school-year budget on Monday, June ...
A new and highly virulent outbreak of malicious data-scrambling software appears to be causing mass ...
Rich Sun, a Jackson resident and member of the Innovate Mississippi board of directors, volunteered ...
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A Monday evening statement by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the U.S. had ...
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was hoping to staunch his party's rebellion, a day after ...
President Donald Trump used the resignations of three CNN journalists involved in a retracted Russia-related ...
Chokwe A. Lumumba speaks at the Working Together Jackson event on May 11, 2017.
Chokwe A. Lumumba speaking at his watch party at the King Edward Hotel on May ...
Seven of 16 mayoral candidates were present at the Youth Mayor Forum, including Chokwe Antar ...
A civil rights historical marker in Mississippi has been vandalized, obliterating information about black teenager ...
Chokwe A. Lumumba announced his candidacy on May 19, 2016.
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go forward with a limited version ...
State Treasurer Lynn Fitch sued the federal government last year seeking the payment, joining Kansas ...
Children eat lunch at Blackburn Elementary School on June 23. The JPS Food Service Program ...
Morgan William (left) Photo courtesy Kelly Price/MSU Athletics
In dissent, Justice Sonya Sotomayor (left) said the ruling weakens the nation's longstanding commitment to ...
Madison County Justice Court Judge Bruce McKinley will consider the case against 19-year-old Byron McBride ...
President Donald Trump is eager to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured) with full diplomatic ...
Martin Shkreli gained infamy after he went on Twitter to label members of Congress "imbeciles" ...
The Supreme Court is taking on a new clash between gay rights and religion in ...
Gov. Phil Bryant (pictured) Friday honored Tausha Rawls and her supervisor, Melody Vaughn, for their ...
Military chiefs will seek a six-month delay before letting transgender people enlist in their services, ...
In 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warned Mississippi that it did not have the ...
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President Donald Trump suggested he was just trying to keep fired FBI Director James Comey ...
The Supreme Court has almost certainly decided what to do about President Donald Trump's travel ...
President Donald Trump said Thursday he "did not make" and doesn't have any recordings of ...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., hopes to push it through his chamber next week, ...
The 5th Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the preliminary injunction that blocked House ...
Coach Tony DiCicco of the Boston Breakers Professional Women's Soccer Team sits for a photo ...
President Donald Trump appeared to cast doubt on the assessment of 17 U.S. intelligence agencies ...
The Mississippi Public Service Commission on Wednesday gave Mississippi Power Co. 45 days to agree ...
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Artist Lyndsay Simpson will be one of the vendors at this year’s Mississippi Comic Con ...
VA psychologist Kristy Watters shows off a rainbow flag pin; she’s one of two co-coordinators ...
Kristy Watters is one of two co-coordinators of the LGBT Veteran Care programming plan at ...
Kara Stanford is a transgender Iraq War veteran who is majoring in social work at ...
In order for Jackson to become the city that Lumumba envisions, we will need to ...
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"Now we can all sit back and watch as the shaming of black single motherhood ...
The JPD Community Improvement Unit demolished and cleaned land located at 3605 Hollywood Ave (above) ...
Martin and Marie Schiefer own two properties that was reported to the City more than ...
Clarence Chapman owns Chartre, an Oxford, Miss., developer responsible for the affordable housing built in ...
Scott Crawford, who serves on the Jackson ADA Advisory Council, says none of the 88 ...
(Left to right) Brett Therlin, Joey Gray and Josh Taylor of Jackson garage-rock band Bad ...
Police charged Lakia Bradley (left) and Kendrick Jackson (right) with three counts of aggravated assault ...
A mentoring program in Mississippi is teaching young people about civil rights history. Pictured is ...
E&L Barbeque has partnered with Next Level Experience, an event space located inside the former ...
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Republicans are getting ready for Senate votes on legislation scuttling former President Barack Obama's health ...
Less than one-third of Americans support President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris ...
State law allows voters who are 65 and older, or will otherwise be unavailable to ...
Lumumba and his family speaks with media after his speech was given to everyone at ...
The crowd mingles at Lumumba’s general election party at the King Edward Hotel on June ...
Chokwe A. Lumumba speaks at his general election party at the King Edward Hotel on ...
Ebony A. Lumumba, the new First Lady of the City of Jackson, speaks before introducing ...
Rukia Lumumba speaks before introducing Ebony Lumumba, the new first lady of the City of ...
A 2015 report, finally released to the public late last week, shows that the state ...
As tuition grows more expensive at Mississippi's universities and community colleges, more students are seeking ...
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The Supreme Court says the government can't refuse to register trademarks that are considered offensive. ...
A member of the president's outside legal team says Donald Trump is not under federal ...
The Mississippi Department of Education is firing a testing company, saying scoring errors raise questions ...
A new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition shows the need for more ...
Jackson Police Department Chief Lee Vance applauded the patrol division for successful efforts in lowering ...
Canton-native folk singer Caroline Herring performs for "Thacker Mountain Radio Hour" on Saturday, June 17, ...
Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday that he will ask the Mississippi Supreme Court to ...
President Donald Trump appeared to confirm Friday that he is under investigation for obstruction of ...
Jackson State University will cut its next budget by nearly 8 percent and borrow $6 ...
A Mississippi city with a history of racial strife is the latest local government to ...
Jeremy Jerome Jackson's head and body was discovered in separate locations on Saturday. Photo courtesy ...
Kimberly Campbell (left) and Kodi Hobbs (right) have both resigned from the JPS Board of ...
Jackson author Darden North's fifth thriller novel, "The Five Manners of Death," comes out Thursday, ...
A clear majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump has tried to interfere with the ...
A Mississippi hospital system is cutting more than 100 employees, saying it needs to reduce ...
Our community needs to examine the implicit bias against black mothers that immediately draws condemnation ...
A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday, wounding ...
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Carlton Turner Photo courtesy Kevin Edwards
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Patrick Jerome Photo courtesy Jack Hammett
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Jermaine Sims Photo courtesy Devna Bose
Shon Harris Photo courtesy Devna Bose
David Lewis Photo courtesy Cam Bonelli
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Under the White House's current budget proposal, the AmeriCorps program would cease to exist. The ...
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Rep. John Read, R-Gautier, the House Appropriations Committee chairman, told the House that he believes ...
Along with her husband and daughters, Shavonne Thigpen (left) experienced wraparound services for almost a ...
The Mueller Systems contract would be approximately $265,000 for water metering maintenance fees. The Siemens ...
Tuition and fees at Mississippi's 15 community and junior colleges will rise by 13 percent ...
(Left to right) Nigel Cole and Judson Wright formed hip-hop duo The Empty House and ...
Celebrate dads with local businesses such as Nandy’s Candy. Photo courtesy Nandy's Candy
Mississippi ranked 50th in the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2017 Kids Count Report but made ...
Wischermann Partners, Inc., the parent company of the Westin Hotel in Jackson which is scheduled ...
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(Left to right) Bill Perry, Raphael Semmes, Quinous Johnson and Tiger Rogers perform for "Dinner, ...
Dr. Mary Currier, the state health officer, said Monday that changes begin July 1 with ...
Jackson Police Department Chief Lee Vance said at the press conference Monday morning that this ...
Rep. Karl Oliver sat poker-faced as black lawmakers talked about more than 600 lynchings that ...
Craig Young Photo courtesy Cam Bonelli
Street art in Puerto Rico Photo courtesy Flickr/Juan Cristobal Zulueta
Thousands of anti-government activists challenging President Vladimir Putin's (pictured) rule were protesting across Russia on ...
Fellow Republicans pressed President Donald Trump on Sunday to come clean about whether he has ...
Head of Redeemer's School DeSean Dyson speaks before a crowd at Koinonia Coffee House in ...
Mayor-elect Chokwe Lumumba thanks his supporters at the King Edward Hotel after winning the primary ...
Kevin Bacon (left) and Michael Bacon (right) Photo courtesy Timothy White
Lucky Town co-founder Lucas Simmons
Trump's Twitter account had been quiet throughout Comey's testimony accusing the administration of spreading "lies." ...
The Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not yet reinstate the law license of a ...
The Hinds County Justice Court issued a bench warrant today for the arrest of former ...
Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith faces two separate trials this year.
Order from Attorney General's office continuing Smith's retrial date.
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Former FBI director James Comey's account of demands for loyalty from the president, and of ...
One of Mississippi's largest payday lenders was effectively forced out of business Wednesday after a ...
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In the Gulag that is the modern-day South, Mississippi has always excelled in throwing people ...
Businesses such as Sweet & Sauer, which specializes in fermented foods, give Jacksonians healthier food ...
This summer, check out some of the local races. Photo courtesy Flickr/ Brett Lohmeyer
Nuts are a common food allergy. Photo courtesy Flickr/Mariya Chorna
Staying hydrated before, during and after a workout can help prevent heat injuries. Drink lots ...
Not one Republican lawmaker called on Karl Oliver to resign Monday, after his infamous lynching ...
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"A lot of Jojo's Discount Dollar Store employees are concerned about their futures because of ...
Mayor Tony Yarber, Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason and Jackson Police Department Chief Lee Vance ...
Jackson State will take a $4-million cut and welcome a new president, Dr. William Bynum ...
Pamela Hurston (left) and Gwendolyn Bell (right) are sisters who love children. Their ROCAAT Ministries ...
(Bottom left to right) Spencer Thomas, Zach and Dylan Lovett, (top left to right) Kell ...
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Donald Trump's sons, Eric and Donald Jr., are launching a new hotel brand in the ...
Rep. Karl Oliver, R-Winona, avoided reporters' questions and never took a point of personal privilege ...
Voting for Primary Election Day is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in your designated ...
Kenneth Swarts, 60, is an independent candidate for Jackson mayor. The Pizza Hut driver of ...
On July 1, Lucky Town Brewing Company is hosting a grand-opening celebration for its new ...
Mississippi Power Co. said Monday that it wants to hold rates level for 11 months ...
Mississippi State Capitol rotunda
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Legislators were in session Monday for the first time since Republican Rep. Karl Oliver of ...
Protesters march down Capitol Street during the March for Truth in Jackson on June 3. ...
The Utica Campus of Hinds Community College is slated to receive over $5 million in ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin says claims about Russian involvement in U.S. elections are untrue, and ...
President Donald Trump lashed out at his own Justice Department Monday for seeking the Supreme ...
The ruling by Hinds County Chancery Judge Patricia Wise came only two weeks after Rep. ...
A new study of Mississippi's infrastructure found that Jackson drivers pay more in additional vehicle ...
Americans for Prosperity, the Koch Brothers' advocacy organization, will begin a thank-you campaign for Lt. ...
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Judge Latrice Westbrooks (left) with her mother, Lucille Westbrooks Bennett; grandmother, Frances Westbrooks; and friend ...
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is asking legislators to tweak the budget process to ease rating ...
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to immediately reinstate its ban on travelers ...
President Donald Trump's supporters on Friday cast his decision to abandon the world's climate change ...
A lesbian is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to recognize her as a legal parent ...
Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the Democratic nominee for mayor of Jackson, talked about superheroes, family, and ...
This year's Allison Wells Summer Arts Camp in June 5-9. Photo courtesy Jana Dear, Canton ...
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President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the Russian state has never engaged in hacking and ...
The House intelligence committee says it is issuing subpoenas for Michael Flynn and Michael Cohen—President ...
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