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City & County
Azia’s Picks 7-24-20
Good afternoon, fellow Jacksonians! Despite the heavy losses many of us have had to endure this past week, we are still here to live and love again. For that I …
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Person of the Day
SWAC Postpones Fall Sports
The Southwestern Athletic Conference has decided to postpone fall sports for the 2020 school year.
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Crime
Three More Sentenced in Huge Health Care Fraud Scheme
Three more people accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar pharmacy scheme were sentenced Thursday in federal court in Mississippi.
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coronavirus
‘Crisis Care,’ Hard Decisions Looming Due to COVID-19 Surge in Mississippi
A week of uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 has elapsed in Mississippi, with case numbers swelling to unprecedented numbers at the same time that the state’s hospital system reports the unbearable …
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City & County
Jackson Zoo May Open in August; City Receives Temporary Exhibitor’s License
The City of Jackson Zoo may open in August after receiving a temporary exhibitor’s licence, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba informed members of the Jackson City Council Tuesday.
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Education
JSU Health Accelerator, USM Doctoral Program Study and MSU Mobile Ticketing
Jackson State University is partnering with the University of Kentucky and national startup accelerator XLerateHealth to launch a program that will help commercialize human health-focused ideas from historically black colleges …
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Politics
Reeves Appoints Holly Springs Attorney as Circuit Judge
Gov. Tate Reeves has appointed another new circuit court judge for seven counties in northern Mississippi.
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Civil Rights
Mississippi Politico, Civil Rights Figure Charles Evers Dies
Charles Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a longtime figure in Mississippi politics, died Wednesday. He was 97.
