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Lucky Town Brewing Company will re-open on July 1 with a celebration for the state’s …

• June 27, 2017

Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, the Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, has long battled anti-abortion regulations requiring …

• June 27, 2017

The Supreme Court has nine justices. Nine justices who are left to their own devices …

• June 27, 2017

Officials Detail How Kingston Frazier Died, as Accused Look On

Ebony Archie sat on the fourth row, face red and crying, as Mississippi Bureau Investigator Trent Weeks testified about how her little boy, Kingston Frazier, died on May 18.

Dwan Wakefield (shown), Byron McBride and De'Allen Washington will go before a grand jury for …

• June 27, 2017

Lumumba Inauguration Festivities Begin This Week

Chokwe Antar Lumumba will take the mayoral office on Monday, July 3. The new city administration has planned several community activities ahead of the inauguration, which begin this weekend at …

Chokwe Antar Lumumba will be sworn in as mayor on July 3 at 11:00 a.m. …

• June 27, 2017

Facing Defections, Senate GOP Leaders Delay Health Care Vote

In a bruising setback, Senate Republican leaders are delaying a vote on their prized health care bill until after the July 4 recess, forced to retreat by a GOP rebellion …

Ten Commandments Monument Installed at Arkansas Capitol

Workers have installed a Ten Commandments monument outside Arkansas' Capitol, two years after lawmakers approved a measure permitting the statue on state grounds.

A Ten Commandments monument in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy Flicrk/DCDailyPhotos

• June 27, 2017

JPS School Board Approves Tight Budget

The Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees approved a slim budget for the 2017-2018 school year on Monday night. The budget, which is about a 4.5 percent reduction from last …

The Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees approved the 2017-2018 school-year budget on Monday, June …

• June 27, 2017

New Cyberattack Causes Mass Disruption Globally

A new and highly virulent outbreak of malicious data-scrambling software appears to be causing mass disruption across the world, hitting companies and governments in Europe especially hard.

A new and highly virulent outbreak of malicious data-scrambling software appears to be causing mass …

• June 27, 2017

Innovate Mississippi Entrepreneur Program, Fuse.Cloud and New Belhaven Campus

Innovate Mississippi, which is a nonprofit economic development organization, recently announced the launch of a new "Entrepreneur in Residence" program that is designed to support technology and entrepreneurial development in …

Rich Sun, a Jackson resident and member of the Innovate Mississippi board of directors, volunteered …

• June 27, 2017

Pshon Barrett

The Mississippi Women Lawyers' Association presented Assistant U.S. Attorney Pshon Barrett with its 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award at a luncheon during MWLA Day of Leadership, which is a continuing legal …

Photo courtesy Pshon Barrett

• June 27, 2017

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• June 27, 2017

Pentagon: 'Active Preparations' by Syria for Chemical Attack

The Pentagon on Tuesday said it detected "active preparations" by Syria for a chemical weapons attack, giving weight to a White House statement hours earlier that the Syrian government would …