WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is offering $900 million in grants to states and school districts to turn around low-performing schools — but recipients would have to take drastic action, such as replacing principals, reopening […]
(JACKSON, Miss.) – President Barack Obama announced his intent on February 26 to appoint Jackson State University President Ronald Mason Jr. to the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Mason […]
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) – The Meridian Public School District has fired its superintendent. Charlie Kent had held the district’s top administrative job since July 2008. School board vice president Don Evans announced Friday that Kent […]
BATON ROUGE — The 18th Annual National Association of African American Studies (NAAAS) Conference was recently held in Baton Rouge, La. The Crowne Plaza Executive Center Hotel flourished with young scholars from around the globe, […]
JACKSON, Miss. – “Healthcare is not about health. Healthcare is about defeating Obama, and making him a one-term president,” said Ambassador Andrew Young at Jackson State University, Thursday, Feb. 25. “Everybody needs healthcare!” he added, […]
JACKSON – Authorities said a Hinds County man was arrested last week and charged with possession of child pornography. Twenty-year old Cameron Travelstead was charged with two counts of possession of child pornography after officials […]
JACKSON – A Jefferson County woman was arrested Thursday and charged with Medicaid fraud, Attorney General Jim Hood said. Kristina Stampley, 28, of Fayatte, turned herself in to investigators following an indictment by the Pike […]
LOS ANGELES – Mary J. Blige, Morgan Freeman, Jamie Foxx and Sandra Bullock are among the stars set to celebrate diversity in the arts at the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards on Friday. Presented by […]
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