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City & County
Azia’s Virtual Picks: Juneteenth Edition
I pray that we all take time to remember our collective history and learn more from it and each other despite our background, race, religion, or creed. This is how …
City & County
Mayor Announces Local TSA PreCheck Service for Travelers, Warns COVID-19 Still Serious Danger
Citizens of Jackson who previously had to travel 30 miles to Vicksburg for Transportation Security Administration PreCheck Services can now obtain the same with the city.
City & County
CITY: ‘Deeper Than Racism’: Jackson Declares ‘Classism’ a Public Health Crisis
To attract more funds to counter the impact of socioeconomic factors on health disparity, the Jackson City Council unanimously declared classism as a public-health crisis on June 9, saying it …
Biz Roundup
Habitat Broadmoor Build, Malco Reopenings and Women’s Foundation COVID-19 Grants
Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area recently finished its latest home as part of the five-year Broadmoor neighborhood revitalization initiative it launched in 2019, despite setbacks and obstacles to construction …
Education
Mississippi Voucher Program Could Get 4-Year Extension
Mississippi legislators have voted to keep a school voucher program alive for another four years, sending a bill to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves.
Crime
Three Charged in $180 Million Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
An indictment against three individuals for their alleged involvement in various schemes to defraud Medicare, TRICARE, and private insurance companies, and their conspiracy to launder the proceeds has been unsealed …
Politics
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The Stennis Flag Is the Best Choice Now for Mississippi
This spring and early summer have been heavy and filled with circumstances that one could not imagine only six months ago. COVID-19 is decimating our communities, and we endured another …
coronavirus
MSU Digital COVID-19 Library, JSU Virtual Army Commissioning and Community Colleges Reopening
Mississippi State University Libraries recently began collecting submissions for a new COVID-19 digital archive to document the pandemic’s impact on MSU students, faculty, staff and community members.
City & County
Guys We Love 2020
June is the month we all show appreciation to the fathers in our lives who have shown us support and love over the years. In celebration of Father's Day, the …
Politics
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Safety Net ‘Designed to Fail’ in Good Times Failing Big Now
It's telling that, as part of his executive orders during this crisis, Gov. Tate Reeves suspended several rules regarding application for and receipt of unemployment benefits. Why did they exist?
Jacksonian
Travis Ryder Unifies Local Nerd Community, Van's CCG
For Travis Ryder of Van's Comics, Cards & Games, building the local nerd community remains one of his foremost goals in running the store.
Biz Roundup
MDAH Reopening Museums, WAMA Art Moves Us Campaign and MAC Cares Emergency Grant
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History announced that it will reopen the Eudora Welty House & Garden, the Museum of Mississippi History, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the …
coronavirus
With 498 Cases, Mississippi’s Sees Largest COVID-19 Day as Storm Threatens
Today sets a new record for COVID-19 as a Mississippi State Department of Health report shows 498 new confirmed cases and 20 new deaths for Sunday as of 6 p.m. …
State
Cristobal Now a Depression Drenching Mississippi River Basin
Tropical Storm Cristobal weakened into a depression early Monday after inundating coastal Louisiana and ginning up dangerous weather along most of the U.S. Gulf Coast, sending waves crashing over Mississippi …
City & County
Azia’s Virtual Picks 6-5-20
The world is slowly opening back up, the streets are bustling with people back on the grind, trying to maintain some sense of normalcy; but the reality is, we have …
coronavirus
USM Condensed Fall Semester, JSU Annie Willie Scholarship and MSU Telehealth Psychology
The University of Southern Mississippi recently announced plans to condense its fall 2020 semester calendar to limit incoming and outgoing student travel and help prevent the potential spread of COVID-19.
coronavirus
Mississippi License Offices to Reopen with Virus Precautions
Mississippi driver’s license offices will reopen Monday after being closed for about two months because of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Wednesday.
State
Report: Half-Billion Gallons of Raw Sewage Leaked into Pearl River
Nearly half a billion gallons of raw sewage leaked into the Pearl River in the first three months of 2020, according to a quarterly report the City of Jackson released.
Biz Roundup
Sesame Workshop in Jackson, Babalu Reopens and Fresh Market Father's Day Meals
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, has provided 1,500 distance learning kits to the City to provide JPS students with continuous learning opportunities amid COVID-19-related school closures.
State
WIC Benefits Soon Available Through EBT Cards
The Mississippi State Department of Health Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children is transitioning from a direct distribution food system to a retail food system via an …
