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Development
Court Upholds Developer David Watkins' Securities Violations
After years of appeals, the local developer tasked with renovating the Belk building in Metrocenter Mall must pay over $600,000 in restitution and fines.
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Crime
Witness Says Video Key to Prosecutor's Case Wasn't Altered
A witness Wednesday refuted claims that someone tampered with a video recording key to a criminal case against the prosecutor in Mississippi's largest county.
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Food
Down Home at Da Shak Grill
Frederick Terry, who is the owner and chef at Da Shak Grill in Bryam, started learning how to cook around the age of 16.
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State
UPDATED: Solar Power: A Mississippian's Guide
Attorney General Jim Hood is helping Mississippians considering using solar power learn the costs and benefits of choosing the alternative power source.
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Education
MAEP's Future: Legislature Hires New Jersey Firm to Evaluate Education Law
Legislative leaders have hired New Jersey-based nonprofit EdBuild to evaluate the state's school-funding formula, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. The State uses MAEP to appropriate tax dollars to school districts …
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Crime
Minor Sex Trafficking Sting Nets 28 Arrests, But No Children
In a national sting operation aimed at recovering children exploited into sex trafficking, the Jackson division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation made 28 arrests—but found no children.
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LGBT
Roberta Kaplan: ‘Someone is Responsible’
On Nov. 6, several witnesses took the stand in a federal courtroom for the first hearing in four Mississippi same-sex couples' challenge to the state's adoption ban.
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Music
Troy Shondell
Rock-and-roll vocalist Gary Wayne Schelton, who rose to fame in the '60s under the stage name Troy Shondell, died Thursday, Jan. 7, at a nursing facility in Picayune, Miss., from …
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Kemper Plant to Cost $43M More as Completion Date Extended
Mississippi Power Co. said Monday that it will take at least another month to finish the multibillion dollar power plant it's building in Kemper County, pushing the completion date back …
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Development
Bad Streets Cost Jackson Drivers Over $2,000 a Year in Extra Vehicle Costs
Jacksonians spend an additional $2,046 per year driving on Jackson roads, a new study from the TRIP group shows.
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Education
Jackson State to Cut Budget and Borrow Money to Aid Finances
Jackson State University will cut its next budget by nearly 8 percent and borrow $6 million as it tries to cut expenses and rebuild financial reserves.
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Education
'Save Our Children Act' Amendments Appear in More Bills
Sections of Rep. Omeria Scott's failed Mississippi Save Our Children Act have ended up into another education bill as an amendment weeks after it was added to the already-controversial Parent …
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Business
Tackling Brain Drain
Mississippians are looking for ways to solve the state's "brain drain" issue—the exodus of college graduates due to a perceived lack of jobs and little incentive to stay.
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2 Miss. History Museums Close to Private Fundraising Goal
Two Mississippi history museums being built in downtown Jackson are moving closer to their private fundraising goal.
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Person of the Day
Michael Beattie
When the Jackson Choral Society began seeking an interim director last year, it couldn't have found a more experienced leader than Michael Beattie.
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US Considers Banning Type of Popular Rifle Ammunition
The Obama administration is considering banning a type of ammunition used in one of the most popular types of rifles because it says the bullets can pierce a police officer's …
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Events Mark Emmett Till Slaying 60 Years Later
Sixty years after a black Chicago teenager was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, relatives and civil rights activists are holding church services and a movie screening …
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Person of the Day
Jordan Bryan
Jordan Bryan of Ross & Yerger Insurance in Jackson is one of 42 young professionals named in Insurance Business America's 2015 Young Guns report.
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City & County
New JATRAN Changes Start This Week
A number of changes are coming to the capital city's mass-transit service, JATRAN, starting on Oct. 1, city officials say.
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Art
Not Just Milling Around
The Mill, a new incubator space for local artists and small businesses, grew out of one man's quest to find a parking spot in midtown.
