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Mentoring Vital to Prevent Violence, Mayor Tells City Council
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba proclaimed January as Mentoring Month during a city council meeting on Jan. 22.
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Business
Mississippi Agencies: Shutdown Could Spark Worker Furloughs
Mississippi's welfare and child protection agencies could have to begin furloughing state employees without pay because federal welfare money has been interrupted by the federal government shutdown.
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Terry Burton
Republican Sen. Terry Burton of Newton was hospitalized after suffering a stroke Thursday and his family is requesting privacy, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement.
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10 Local Stories of the Week
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
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JPD's Officer-Involved Shootings
The City of Jackson honored a JFP public-records request for names and status of JFP officers involved in shootings since July 2017, in light of a recent executive order the mayor signed.
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Trump, Congress Leaders Reach Deal to End Shutdown
Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over …
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'They Brutalized My Brother': George Robinson's Family Accuse JPD of 'Murder'
"You all are not at a press conference today. You are at a crime scene," attorney Dennis Sweet IV told reporters gathered next to an early 2000s Impala in the …
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Troymain Crosby
Sophomore guard Troymain Crosby might have turned the season around for the Alcorn State men's basketball team.
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Education
Black History Month at MSU, JSU Alum to Direct Stennis Center, and Cookbooks for a Cause at USM
Mississippi State University has announced four events that will be part of its Black History Month celebrations in February.
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Trump Associate Stone Arrested, Faces Obstruction Charge
Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, was arrested in the special counsel's Russia investigation in a pre-dawn raid at his Florida home Friday on charges that he lied …
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Sens. Hyde-Smith and Wicker Vote to Continue Shutdown
A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday.
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Lumumba Added to 'Smart Crime Initiative' Despite Policing Decisions at Home
Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba is joining 15 mayors from cities in the U.S. in a Mayors for Smart Crime Initiative, the Center for American Progress, announced today.
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Jewish Cinema Mississippi 2019
The 17th annual Jewish Cinema Mississippi film festival will take place at the Malco Grandview Theater in Madison on Jan. 24, 26, 27 and 29.
