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Jackson State President Quits Amid Financial Questions
Jackson State University's president is resigning after trustees intervened in the university's finances.
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Mobile Home Park Owners Challenge Pearl's Regulations
Owners of five mobile home parks are challenging the city of Pearl's regulations in federal court, saying the rules are ultimately designed to force them to close.
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Mississippi Governor Hosts Menorah Lighting Ceremony
Gov. Phil Bryant has hosted a menorah lighting ceremony at the Mississippi Governor's Mansion.
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Democrats to Unveil $2.7B Bill on Alien Children
Senate Democrats are preparing to significantly cut President Barack Obama's request for emergency funding to deal with an influx of Central American children streaming across the border with Mexico.
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Design Your Own Flag
We want to invite our readers to use this page to come up with a new flag design that better represents the Mississippi of 2015 (and let's be honest, just …
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Miss. Death Row Inmate Challenges Rape Conviction
The Mississippi Supreme Court has given attorneys for a death row inmate more time to file briefs supporting Charles Ray Crawford's appeal of a 1994 rape conviction.
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Black and Brown Vote Suppression in Scott County?
By R.L. NaveBill Chandler, the director of the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance, is reporting that the Scott County Circuit Clerk's office may have mishandled the voter registration forms of approximately 200 people, mostly Latinos and African Americans.
Chandler said MIRA, a which advocates from immigrants in Mississippi, registered 320 new voters in Scott County, where 9.7 percent of the population is Hispanic. More than 38 percent of Scott County's citizens are African American.
Roughly half the individuals MIRA signed up did not have working telephone numbers, Chandler said. Of the people who did have working phones, Chandler said not one received voter information cards from Circuit Clerk Joe Rigby's office. Chandler believes the voters without phones also likely did not receive the information cards.
"The effect of that is preventing people from knowing where their polling place is. To me, that is very, very serious," Chandler told the Jackson Free Press this evening.
Back-to-back calls placed to Rigby's office resulted in a busy signal.
CORRECTION: The above blog post has been edited to reflect that the circuit clerk's name is Joe Rigby. We apologize for originally misstating his name.
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Inaugural Events Aplenty
By Tyler ClevelandHere is the list of events scheduled for Lumumba's inauguration celebration, which will apparently last four days:
Friday, June 28, 2013 Kick-off celebration (3 p.m. - 7 p.m.) - Smith Park
Saturday, June 29, 2013 Ward 2 celebration (10 a.m. - 1 p.m.) - Presidential Hills, Ward 3 celebration (Noon - 3 p.m.) - Grove Park, Ward 4 celebration (2 p.m. - 5 p.m.) - Westside Park, Wards 5 & 7 celebration (4 p.m. - 7 p.m.) - Battlefield Park
Sunday, June 30, 2013 Ward 1 celebration (1 p.m.-4 p.m.) - Parham Bridges, Ward 6 celebration (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.) - Leavell Woods Park
Monday, July 1, 2013 Inaugural prayer service ( 8 a.m.) - Word and Worship Church, Oath of office ceremony & reception (Noon) - Jackson Convention Complex, The People's Inaugural Celebration (7 p.m. - 11 p.m.) - Jackson Convention Complex
No word on music for the People's Inaugural Celebration, but here's to hoping it's as good as the election-night entertainment at the Clarion Hotel with Southern Komfort Brass Band.
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Garden to Table
During the summer months, it's tough to find ways to beat the sweltering heat while still enjoying the sunny days. Local Mississippi farmers markets can provide the perfect outdoor activity …
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Report: Teen Births Cost State $155M
Mississippi's high teen birth rate costs taxpayers $155 million annually, a Women's Fund of Mississippi study released today finds.
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National
Romney Defends Omission of War, Soldiers in RNC Speech
Mitt Romney's campaign is defending the Republican presidential nominee's decision to make no mention of the politically unpopular 11-year-old war in Afghanistan in his speech last week at the GOP …
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Bennie Thompson to endorse Howard Dean
AP is reporting that Rep. Bennie Thompson plans to endorse Howard Dean for president: "Dean's campaign had said Thompson would have a conference call on Monday with reporters and former …
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Minor: Miss. GOP Lying About ‘Highest-Taxed State'
Columnist Bill Minor writes this week: "Bad enough that the chief propagandist for the Mississippi Republican Party is a turncoat Democrat, but worse that he lies to make taxpayers believe …
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"Easy" Reading
There's a good feature on Ole Miss quarterback Eli "Easy" Manning in Friday's USA Today. Eli doesn't get caught up in the hysteria and hype of being the son of …
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Crime
Another Parchman Inmate Dies in Apparent Stabbing, 81st Death Since December
Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain said staff is making “every effort to reduce violence in (Mississippi's) prisons.” Officials are installing new video surveillance systems inside the units to …
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The Knob Of God?
When pro soccer makes it in America, hopefully we will have more stories like this one. Yahoo News reports, "Argentinian police are searching for a fake penis used by Diego …
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Armageddon, Part II
Last year, the Boston Red Sox buried the Curse of the Bambino with an incredible eight-game winning streak. First, they rallied from an 0-3 deficit in the AL Championship Series …
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Friends for a Cause / Relay for Life
Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times.
Friends for A Cause will have a booth at the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life on April 29 at Lefleurs Park. The booth will be open from 5:00 p.m. …
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[New Releases] The American Analog Set "Set Free"
— Alex Slawson and Herman Snell
The American Analog Set — "Set Free" For 10 years, the American Analog Set have made an art out of subtle textures and hypnotic melodies. Over this time, they have …
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So Long, Saints?
Saints owner Tom Benson declared this week that nothing will be decided on the franchise's future until after the season. But ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports that, based on information from …
