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USM COVID-19 Oral Histories, Belhaven Online Scholarships and Millsaps Testing Waivers

Students at the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage at the University of Southern Mississippi recently put together a collection of oral histories concerning the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and …

Director of Planning and Development Jordan Hillman, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba, Mississippi Central District Transportation …

• July 30, 2020

‘Collective Vision’: Lynch Street Repaving, Multi-Use Path Underway in West Jackson

A resurfaced Lynch Street and a new multi-use path in west Jackson officially got underway this week, Mississippi Central District Transportation Commissioner Willie Simmons and Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba announced …

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• July 30, 2020

Brandon Bolden

In this coronavirus world, nothing is the same, and that goes for sports, too. Most sports have been shut down since March as NCAA sports, NBA, NHL and others stopped …

Mississippi school districts have just days to submit plans for this academic year to the …

• July 30, 2020

Mississippi Schools to Submit Annual Plans Amid Uncertainty

Mississippi school districts have just days to submit plans for this academic year to the state, but as the deadline nears and new cases of the coronavirus continue to rise, …

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• July 29, 2020

Priscilla Resser

Thirteen different organizations rejected Priscilla Resser before she received three consecutive offers to become Mississippi’s first physician assistant in the field of plastic surgery.

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• July 29, 2020

Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson asked residents to report receipt of unsolicited seeds. Photo courtesy …

• July 29, 2020

Hinds County Receiving 'Dangerous' Seeds From China, Could Spread Diseases

Hinds County is among 15 counties in the state where people reported receiving unsolicited seeds from China, Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson said yesterday.

On December 29th, what MDOC referred to as a 'major disturbance" at South Mississippi Correctional …

• July 29, 2020

OPINION: An Open Letter to Governor Tate Reeves and MDOC

We write this open letter to demand accountability for neglecting the urgent crisis in Mississippi's prisons. We see your response, or lack thereof, as nothing more than the abuse of …

Rep. Jill Ford (pictured), Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker and Ed Langton of the Mississippi …

• July 28, 2020

Sheriff, Lawmaker Call Medical Marijuana Resolution 'Unsafe'

A Republican state representative, a sheriff and a Mississippi Board of Health official on Monday urged those who support some form of medical marijuana in Mississippi to vote for the …

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba stands beside Bailey Avenue yesterday to announce the commencement of its …

• July 28, 2020

Bailey Avenue Up For Repaving As Jackson Paving Season 2020 Continues

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba yesterday announced the commencement of the re-pavement of Bailey Avenue from Bailey Avenue Bridge to Mayes Street as part of the 2020 paving-season projects.

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• July 28, 2020

Ace Atkins

The Quinn Colson series by Oxford author Ace Atkins is being developed into a TV show on HBO.