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City & County
Public Works Pushes Back on Subcontractor
The City's Public Works Department is seeking to pay outside companies for assistance due to its lack of a qualified staff and potential damages to antennae's and water towers.
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Jacksonian
Bryce Yelverton
Thirty-one-year-old government-relations consultant Bryce Yelverton has dedicated 19 years of his life to helping inner-city kids through Calvary Baptist Church's ministry, His Heart.
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City & County
Local Adventurers Wanted
As I've gotten older, I've realized the importance of home—and also how expensive it is to move and travel all the time.
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Music
Sounds from the Empty House
For many years, musicians Judson Wright and Nigel Cole were friends and ran in the same circles, but they didn't make music together—at least, not outside of the school band.
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Education
Mississippi Community College Costs Up 13 Percent After Cuts
Tuition and fees at Mississippi's 15 community and junior colleges will rise by 13 percent this fall, with the average annual price exceeding $3,000 for the first time as schools …
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Civil Rights
Report: Mississippi Kids Still in Last Place; Black Children in Worst Conditions
Mississippi still sits in last place in the Annie E. Casey Foundation annual Kids Count report, which ranks economic and family well-being as well as education and health in each …
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Biz Roundup
Soul Spa, Launch Trampoline Park and Innovate Mississippi
Wischermann Partners, Inc., the parent company of the Westin Hotel in Jackson which is scheduled to open in early August, recently unveiled plans for the hotel's Soul Spa.
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Person of the Day
Nick White
For author Nick White, leaving Mississippi was necessary. It allowed him, as a writer, to see the state through different lenses, and the distance provided him with the perspective he …
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Music
A Jumping Point for Jazz
Jackson musician Raphael Semmes and the management at Hal & Mal's launched their weekly jazz offering, "Dinner, Drinks & Jazz with Raphael Semmes," in May and planned to keep it …
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Health Care
Health Department Closing Two-Thirds of Regional Offices
The Mississippi State Department of Health is going from nine regional offices to three because of budget cuts.
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City & County
UPDATED: JPD Calls On FBI, DEA and ATF to Help in Decapitation Murder Case
The Jackson Police Department called on the FBI, DEA, and ATF in hope of a speedy discovery regarding the decapitated head and burned torso of an unidentified black male over …
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Civil Rights
Analysis: Rep's Silence After Lynch Remark Strains Relations
In 2015, a white Mississippi lawmaker went to the front of the state House chamber and apologized for saying in an interview that black people in his town were getting …
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Music
Craig Young
Mississippi Wind Symphony conductor Craig Young graduated from Bowling Green State University with a bachelor's degree in music education in 1988.
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National
Puerto Rico Upholds Statehood Demand in Contentious Vote
Puerto Rico's governor is vowing to make the U.S. territory the 51st state after statehood won in a non-binding referendum hit by a boycott and low turnout that raised questions …
