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OPINION: Justice for Reggie Harper

For Reginald Harper, Jan. 4, 2018, is a day that will forever live in infamy. On this day Jackson Police Department officers shot at him.

All residents of Jackson should call for justice in Harper's case. He needs mental-health and …

Business

Jackson Airport Soon Offering Flights to Central Florida

A Mississippi airport will begin offering direct flights to an airport near Orlando, Florida, in June.

Local media reported Tuesday that Via Airlines will offer nonstop flights from Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers …

City & County

Inside JPD’s Use-of-Force Policy: Public Trust vs. Officer Safety

Lately Tetrina Blalock has been reconnecting with family members she has not seen in a while. Losing her cousin brought them together.

Lee Edward Bonner, now deceased, and his nephew Photo courtesy Tetrina Blalock

Tetrina Blalock thinks police shot her cousin between eight and 17 times, but she cannot …

Personhood

Reversing 'Roe'; Outside Group Uses Mississippi as 'Bait' to End Abortion

The State of Mississippi's Republican legislative leadership may have just decided to end all abortions after 15 weeks, but they used a template developed outside the state. The legislation is …

Diane Derzis, who owns the state’s only abortion clinic, said the Jackson Women’s Health Organization …

Crime

Sabotage, Death, Danger: Private Prison on Trial

The Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Prison Project of the ACLU and two other law firms brought a class-action lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections back in 2013 …

Prisoners in the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (pictured) started testifying against the Mississippi Department of …

Politics

UK Expels 23 Russian Diplomats Over Spy Poisoning

Britain announced Wednesday it will expel almost two dozen Russian diplomats, sever high-level bilateral contacts with Moscow and take both open and covert action against Kremlin meddling after the poisoning …