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City & County
JSU Breaks Ground on Tech, Engineering Facilities
Jackson State University held a groundbreaking ceremony June 18 for a proposed 24,000-square-foot engineering classroom complex, a two-story addition to the College of Science, Engineering and Technology building on campus.
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Music
Scott Albert Johnson
Writing, recording and distributing an album is never an expedient process. For Jackson vocalist, songwriter and harmonica player Scott Albert Johnson's latest record, "Going Somewhere," that was especially true.
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Iowa Court Allows Remote Dispensing of Abortion Pill
The Iowa Supreme Court has struck down a restriction that would have prevented doctors from administering abortion-inducing pills remotely via video teleconferencing, saying it would have placed an undue burden …
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EPA Proposes Tougher Mileage Standards for Trucks
The Obama administration on Friday proposed tougher mileage standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, the latest move by President Barack Obama in his second-term drive to reduce pollution blamed for …
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Rangers, SEALs, Now Raiders: Marines Resurrect Historic Name
The Army has the Green Berets, while the Navy is known for the SEALs. Now, an elite branch of the U.S. Marine Corps will officially be known as Raiders.
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US: 35 Percent Spike in Global Terror Attacks in 2014
Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014, according to new statistics released by the State Department.
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World Shocked at Enduring Racism, Gun Violence in US
Often the target of U.S. human rights accusations, China wasted little time returning such charges following the shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina that left nine people …
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A Partial List of Attacks on Black Churches in the US
Churches have long played a key role in black communities in the United States. Once, in parts of the nation, church buildings were the only places blacks could gather without …
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National
Jackson AME Officials React to Charleston Tragedy
Before tragedy struck in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal in Charleston, S.C., with the killings of nine worshippers Wednesday, June 17, AME officials were preparing to convene in New Orleans …
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City & County
Hinds County Campaign Finance Reports Are In
Nearly 100 pages of campaign-finance reports have been filed in Hinds County local races.
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Crime
White Man Arrested in Killing of 9 in Historic Black Church
A white man was arrested Thursday in the slayings of nine people, including the pastor, at a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston.
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Person of the Day
Calvin Smith
Only a few men can lay claim to being the fastest human in the world. One of those men is Calvin Smith.
