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Crime
UPDATED: Hinds DA Wants Rankin Charges Quashed, Again Cites AG 'Overreach'
District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith wants a Rankin County judge to quash another set of criminal charges against him—for domestic violence, stalking and robbery charges.
City & County
City of Jackson Collecting Harvey Relief Supplies, Where to Donate
The City of Jackson is collecting relief supplies to send to people in Texas and Louisiana affected by the storm damage from Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall last week.
Immigration
ACLU Statement on Termination of DACA
Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and campaigns at the American Civil Liberties Union, released a statement on Donald Trump's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Immigration
Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson’s Statement on Trump’s Ending of DACA
U.S. Representative Bennie G. Thompson released a statement on President Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Immigration
Trump to Phase Out Program Protecting Young Immigrants
President Donald Trump will phase out a program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought into the country illegally as children and call for Congress to find …
City & County
Symbol of Racist Terror Set for Display in State Museum
The terror of a burned cross and the comfort of hand-crafted quilts. Those contrasting images will be shown in side-by-side museums telling the complex story of one Southern state.
City & County
JPS Threatened, Crime Advice, First Lady at Provine: Last Week's News Not to Miss
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
City & County
Banks: Preventing Crime Needs 'A Man from Every Block,' Teen Outreach
On a rainy Thursday night at Forest Hill High School in south Jackson, Ward 6 Councilman Aaron Banks hosted what he says is the first of many more of his …
Business
City Receives Grant for Senior Low-Income Job Creation
Older low-income adults in the Jackson-metro area looking for jobs will have access to employment opportunities after Senior Service America Inc. awarded the City of Jackson a $553,698 grant.
City & County
JPS Audit Released: District at Risk for 'Emergency' Declaration
The fate of Jackson Public Schools is in the hands of a few statewide commission and board members.
City & County
Fats, Grease Aggravating City's Water, Sewer Cleanup Efforts
Jacksonians and businesses are contributing to the city's water and sewage problems by pouring fats, oil and greases down drainage pipes, consultants from Burns and McDonnell told the Jackson City …
City & County
City Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Former Mayor
Mississippi's largest city is settling a sexual harassment lawsuit against a former mayor.
Cover
Making Afterschool Programs Work
Operation Shoestring Program Director Amber May says that an equitable education is a basic right for everyone.
Civil Rights
Fighting an Old War
While Russia and Confederate statues deserve media coverage, they are also easy targets that don't challenge the corporate state.
Crime
Prison Beds Not Based on Reading Scores, But ...
Educational deficiencies, especially when coupled with poverty or trauma, do increase the risk of crime later. It's important, though, to break down the various pieces of the puzzle to find …
Civil Rights
Dear Confederates, Leave My Heritage Alone!
Mississippi's history is one of beauty and blood; music and malevolence; literature and lamentation. We can't ignore the ugly parts; those stains don't wash out. But we sure as hell …
Development
Infrastructure Funding Could Include Tax Increases
Mississippi senators met in Jackson last week to explore ways to raise more money for the state's deteriorating infrastructure, The move seemed to contradict their leader, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, …
Crime
DJP ‘Whistleblower’ Indicted for Five Felonies for Allegedly Forging Checks
The former Downtown Jackson Partners secretary who blew the proverbial whistle on her boss, Ben Allen, may end up guilty of more felonies than her former employer for "intentionally" methodically …
City & County
Davis IB Program Helps Kindergartners Shine on Exam
Principal Kathleen Grigsby has a reason to be proud: Kindergarteners at Davis IB Elementary in downtown Jackson scored in the top 10 of all schools in the state on the …
City & County
Lumumba Administration Growing: Hatcher, Kumar, Williams Join City's Team
The new mayor of the capital city took office on July 3, along with the slightly reconfigured Jackson City Council. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34, announced his first wave of …
