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Local Restaurant Offends Rabbi
Supporters and friends of Ted Riter, the interim rabbi at Beth Israel in Jackson, are spreading the word about an incident this afternoon at a local eatery
State
Reforms Ahead for Hinds County Adult and Juvenile Jails
While Hinds County's adult and juvenile detention centers are no strangers to problems, both facilities are especially familiar with the kinds of challenges that attract attention from federal civil-rights watchdogs.
Feature
Senate 28: Meet the Candidates
So far, each of the candidates Senate District 28 special election scheduled for Feb. 5 wants full funding for public education, opposes charter schools, supports Medicaid expansion and sees continued …
City & County
Richard Sellers: Schooling the City Council
Richard Sellers comes from a long family line of educators. Currently a special-education teacher at Brandon High School and a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, Sellers, 31, believes …
State
Calhoun Wants Action at Juvenile Center
A Hinds County supervisor wants know what's being done to fix problems at the Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center.
City & County
Jackson Fills Recycling Need
Soon, people who don't have residential recycling pickup will have a new drop-off location in the city of Jackson.
Crime
Pipe Bomb Investigated at North Miss. Home
A north Mississippi family says law enforcement are investigating a possible pipe bomb found outside their home on Monday.
City & County
Yarber Details $4.1 Million West Jackson Housing Plan
Today, Mayor Tony Yarber laid out another program designed to improve the City's housing stock and revitalize west Jackson neighborhoods.
State
Hinds: Jackson Should Pay More for Inmates
People arrested in the city of Jackson, the largest municipality in Hinds County, also make up the majority of people incarcerated at the county-run Raymond Detention Center. That has long …
Cover
No Hate
"The Campaign," directed and produced by Christie Herring, introduces us to the people working to stop California's Proposition 8, which would have eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry …
Person of the Day
Excell Butler
The winds of change were blowing through most of Mississippi in 1967. At Jackson's mass-transit authority, JATRAN, things were no different. It was that year that then-30-year-old Excell Butler applied …
WAPT: Grand Jury Calls Sheriff Tyrone Lewis 'Incompetent' to Run Jail
After a hastily convened meeting of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors, officials took no action on a grand jury report that reportedly states that Sheriff Tyrone Lewis is incompetent …
City & County
Facing the Odds in the Washington Addition
On command, two black boys marched into Wesley Murray's office and slouched against the wood paneled wall.
7 Arrested for Jail Contraband
Seven people were arrested for allegedly trying to introduce contraband to the Hinds County jail.
Person of the Day
Rev. Herman D. "Preacher" Dennis
The Rev. Herman D. "Preacher" Dennis died Tuesday.
City & County
Baker, McQuirter Win Hinds Democratic Primary
The results are in: Democrats Darrel McQuirter and James "Lap" Baker make it into the November general election for Hinds County supervisor.
Business
Obamacare Stumps Small Biz
Jeff Good has crunched the numbers. The Jackson restaurateur has consulted with attorneys specializing in labor-relations and health-care law and ordered extensive reports from the firm that processes payroll checks …
Cover
Gulf Drilling Saga Almost Over?
A controversy that started more than two years ago, during the waning days of Gov. Haley Barbour's final term in office, sparking a lengthy legal battle between environmentalists and state …
Books
Bryan Stevenson
The founding attorney for the Montgomery, Ala.-based Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson works in a broken system of justice. The indigent clients EJI represents deal with issues such as mental …
