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I Came, I Saw, I Nuked
: A Review of Empire Earth II (Platform: PC)
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City & County
City Launches Online Building Permit Platform, Ward 2 Special Election Today Till 7 p.m.
People seeking building permits in Jackson can now do so online with a new platform Jackson’s Department of Planning and Development developed.
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Women Will Regain Access to Discounted Birth Control
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Roy McMillan, Anti-Abortion Gadfly, Dead
By R.L. NaveRoy McMillan has died after a long illness, the Clarion-Ledger reported.
Frequent visitors to Fondren know McMillan as the brash, fedora-wearing, fetus-sign waving anti-abortion protester near the Jackson Women's Health Organization.
A bit of history on McMillan:
In 1995, a federal court ordered McMillan to stay 50 feet away from the clinic for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, enacted in 1994 after Dr. (David) Gunn's murder in Pensacola. According to court records, on May 3, 1995, McMillan made his hand into the shape of a gun and told clinic employees: "Y'all look like a bunch of birds on a telephone wire waiting to be shot off by a man with a shotgun...Pow, pow, pow, pow."
McMillan pickets the clinic each day they see patients by displaying signs that carry pictures of fetuses and messages equating abortion to genocide. He and his wife, Beverly, an OB/GYN and former abortion doctor, also oppose all hormonal birth control including the pill and the morning-after pill.
He told the Jackson Free Press that meeting Beverly in 1982 is how he became involved in the pro-life movement.
JFP reporter Casey Parks wrote of McMillan: "He was reluctant to even join the mission. He thought Beverly was cute and smart when he saw her speak, though, so he asked her on a date. She thought he was charming, and they quickly married.
The pro-life movement inundated the husband's life as the wife spent most of her weekends speaking around the state. He joined the pro-life movement rather halfheartedly—he agreed to oversee one of the pro-life publications. His master's in journalism from Columbia University would come in handy, he thought, and besides, he wanted nothing to do with sidewalk counseling or protesting. When a colleague suggested that Roy go out to the clinic to take some action photos, Roy got a little nervous."
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State of Hip-Hop, by Alphonso Mayfield
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Health Care
MSDH Implores Use of Oral COVID-19 Antiviral Pills amid Monoclonal Antibody Shortage
The Mississippi State Department of Health warned that the state’s allocation of COVID-19 antiviral pills are being under-utilized, while previously relied-upon monoclonal antibody treatments are in short supply.
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[Space] Your Own Space-Age Bachelor(ette) Pad
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Herman's Picks
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State
Mississippi Working to Expand Hospital Capacity for Virus
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Health Care Fraud Trial: Doctor Acquitted on 7 of 8 Counts
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Dobbs Says Apathy Responsible for Low Vaccination Rate
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Ale to the Chief: White House Releases Beer Recipe
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Ivan Rider Drives ‘Daisy'
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Education
JSU Truth Initiative Partnership, USM Virtual MLK Prayer Breakfast and MSU Virtual Twelfth Night Performances
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How to Host Out-of-Town Guests (Without Going Insane)
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How To Invest in the Community
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In Wake of Tragedy, Parents Buy Armored Backpacks, Gun Enthusiasts Buy More Guns
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Olde Tyme Commissary
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Sending out a Sears SOS
With future generations of Jacksonians potentially left with no place to buy Wrangler jeans, Kardashian Kollection accessories, large appliances and power saws, a city of Jackson-sponsored effort is now afoot …
