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Updated: Whitwell’s Exit Continues Leader Shakeup
By the time this year is over, it's possible that Jackson will have had two mayors, two police chiefs and, despite the fact that it is not a regular election, …
Jacksonian
Amanda McMillan
One late Saturday evening in 2013, Amanda McMillan took a break from her job as a server at Table 100 in Flowood. By Tuesday, McMillan was in Washington, D.C., shaking …
Art
Personal Potter
In his art work, Sam Clark, a local potter, uses imagination and creativity to tell stories in the work he produces from a small studio in Madison.
Palestinians Mull Egyptian Proposal for Gaza Truce
Palestinian negotiators were mulling over an Egyptian proposal to end the monthlong Israel-Hamas war as the latest 72-hour cease-fire in the Gaza Strip was due to expire on midnight Wednesday.
Police Won't Release Name of Officer Who Shot Teen
The Rev. Al Sharpton pressed police Tuesday to release the name of the officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in suburban St. Louis, and he pleaded for calm …
Miss. Gets Money for Advanced High School Exams
The U.S. Department of Education will give Mississippi nearly $55,000 to help pay the costs of low-income high school students taking Advanced Placement and other exams that could help them …
Syrian Kurdish Fighters Rescue Stranded Yazidis
While the U.S. and Iraqi militaries struggle to aid the starving members of Iraq's Yazidi minority with supply drops from the air, the Syrian Kurds took it on themselves to …
UN: OK to Use Untested Ebola Drugs in Outbreak
The World Health Organization declared it's ethical to use untested drugs and vaccines in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa although the tiny supply of one experimental treatment has …
Deadline to Clear Up Health Law Eligibility Near
Hundreds of thousands of people who signed up under the new health care law risk losing their taxpayer-subsidized insurance unless they act quickly to resolve questions about their citizenship or …
Biz Roundup
New Salvation Army Store, The Bleau Print Project
Marissa Simms, Mississippi's SBA Entrepreneur of the Year and the owner of Royal Bleau Boutique (1100 JR Lynch St., Suite 8), founded the Bleau Print Project to help cultivate entrepreneurship.
Person of the Day
David Green
State Rep. David Green was known for folksy turns of phrase and eloquent, heartfelt pleas for programs to help his constituents.
Police, Protesters Again Clash Outside St. Louis
Police in riot gear fired tear gas into a crowd of protesters in a St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teenager had been fatally shot by police over the …
HRW: Likely Crimes Against Humanity in Egypt
The New-York based Human Rights Watch called Tuesday for an international commission of inquiry into mass killings by Egyptian security forces last summer, saying they likely amount to crimes against …
HIllary Clinton Seeks to Differentiate From Obama on Foreign Relations
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Laying out a foreign policy vision ahead of a possible run for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton made her most aggressive effort yet to distinguish herself from …
Crime
Jordan Presses New Appeal of 1976 Death Sentence
A Mississippi death row inmate is asking the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear an appeal.
Displaced Iraqis Flee Camp As U.S. Airstrikes Hit ISIS
KHAZER CAMP, Iraq (AP) — Thousands of displaced Iraqis fled their camp in the face of advancing fighters of the Islamic State group, deepening the humanitarian crisis in the north …
Events
Chasing Edom
After two unsuccessful attempted EPs, the members of Chasing Edom decided to take things into their own hands with "High Cotton."
Music
The Glorious Flight of Futurebirds
I'm no Roman general, but when Futurebirds swoops down on Jackson, I predict that everyone within earshot will have a good time.
Sports
SEC, Major Conferences Get More Power
The biggest schools in college sports are about to get a chance to make their own rules.
Mississippi GOP Won't Hear Challenge to Cochran
Mississippi's Republican Party on Wednesday refused to hear challenger Chris McDaniel's effort to overturn his June 24 GOP runoff loss to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. The party said McDaniel would …
