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'Not My President:' Trump Denounced in Protests Across US
A day after Donald Trump's election to the presidency, campaign divisions appeared to widen as many thousands of demonstrators — some with signs declaring "NOT MY PRESIDENT" — flooded streets …
Mississippi Governor Won't Rule Out Taking Trump Appointment
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday that he's not actively seeking an appointment in the Donald Trump administration, but said it might be difficult to turn down the president-elect.
Sports
2016-2017 Women's College Basketball Preview
The women's college basketball season tips off on Friday, Nov. 11, with a full slate of action.
City & County
Teaching Teens Financial Literacy
Students at Provine High School will soon be able to open up accounts with Hope Credit Union right in their own hallway.
City & County
Water Billing Problems Continue, But Contract Renewed
Even as complaints mount about large and incorrect water bills in Jackson, the City Council approved a contract of more than $300,000 to continue use of the Oracle software that …
President-Elect Trump Urges Americans: 'Come Together As One People'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America's 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters' economic anxieties, took …
Jacksonian
Nick Weatherspoon
Basketball talent runs deep in Velma Jackson High School guard Nick Weatherspoon's family. His older brother, Quinndary, has finished his first season at Mississippi State University, and his younger brother, …
Food
It Takes a Sushi Village
Kenny Li and his wife, Wei Xia, of Fujian, China, opened Sushi Village in 2013 after selling the Chinese buffet that he ran off Highway 49 in Richland.
Health Care
Confronting the Realities of Autism
For Angela Douglas, the realities of autism are all around her at work and at home. As an advocate at Disability Rights Mississippi in Gulfport, Douglas works with parents whose …
Cover
‘We Failed Him’: Caught in the Revolving Door of Juvenile Detention
Yvette Mason hopes that telling her son Charles McDonald's story will prevent others from experiencing her pain by highlighting the lack of resources available to families of troubled youth in …
Voting in Mississippi? Take Photo ID to the Polls
Mississippi voters must show a driver's license or other photo identification before casting a ballot in the presidential race.
Politics
Mississippi Women: Time to ‘Personhood’ Donald Trump, Mike Pence
Mississippi women turned back Personhood in 2011. Now, we need to vote against two men likely to limit everything from the birth-control pill to in vitro fertilization, from affordable cancer …
Civil Rights
Obama and the Black Millennial
When black millennials witness such blatant ignorance parade its orange head on the national stage, we always ask ourselves, “Could Obama get away with this?” I contend that the average …
Person of the Day
Jamie Collins
Former University of Southern Mississippi star Jamie Collins went from the proverbial penthouse to the outhouse on Oct. 31.
Jury Selection Halted in Charleston Church Shooting
Jury selection was halted before it began Monday in the federal case of a white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners, with the judge holding a hearing closed …
Janet Reno, Former US Attorney General, Dies at Age 78
Shy and admittedly awkward, Janet Reno became a blunt prosecutor and the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and was also the epicenter of a relentless series of …
Delay Threatens Tax Benefit as Kemper Plant Nears $7 Billion
Mississippi Power Co. now says it won't complete its Kemper County power plant until the end of the year, a delay of a month that pushes the price tag up …
Confusion, Obstacles Raise Voting Concerns in Some States
More than a dozen states have enacted tougher requirements for registering and voting since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act three years ago.
FBI's Comey Walks Back His October Surprise: No New Evidence in E-mail Review
CLEVELAND (AP) — Lifting the cloud he placed over Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey said Sunday there is no evidence in newly discovered emails to warrant criminal charges against …
Mississippi Leaders Seek Medal of Freedom for Medgar Evers
All members of Mississippi's congressional delegation are asking the president to bestow the nation's highest peacetime civilian honor on slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
