Education
Black History Month is not dead
An open letter to the more than 42 million African Americans in these United States. By Pastor Jimmy Terry, Sr.
Month: September 2014
News
Mississippi lawmakers begin budget hearings for FY16
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Top lawmakers are starting to plan Mississippi’s budget for the coming year. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee is meeting this week to hear state agencies’ requests for money for fiscal 2016, […]
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Police investigating house fire that killed 41 dogs, 52 survived
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in North Las Vegas have launched an animal cruelty investigation surrounding a home where firefighters say at least 41 dogs were killed and 52 survived a weekend fire. North Las […]
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Appeals court to hear case of Mississippi death row inmate who pleaded guilty to rape, murder
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A Mississippi man who pleaded guilty in the rape and killing of a waitress in 2000 should get a new trial because his attorneys gave him poor legal advice for his […]
Health
3 new cases of West Nile virus confirmed in Mississippi
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi health officials have confirmed three new cases of West Nile virus. That brings the state’s total so far this year to 40 cases. The total includes five deaths previously reported. […]
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Secret Service Head Faces Questions On White House Breach
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL and JOSH LEDERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Washington scandals that end up on Capitol Hill tend to end the same way: with an apology. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson will face lawmakers Tuesday for […]
Sports
NFL: New Orleans Saints upended by Dallas Cowboys, 38-17
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints provided another indication of just how things are going in the wrong direction this season. They can’t even get a boost playing the Dallas […]
Sports
John Gibbs leads Alcorn State to 56-16 rout of Southern in SWAC action
LORMAN, Mississippi (AP) — John Gibbs, Jr. threw a touchdown pass and ran for another to lead Alcorn State to a 56-16 rout of Southern on Saturday night. Austin Howard connected with Justin Morgan for […]
Sports
Jackson State edges Arkansas-Pine Bluff 33-30 in overtime
PINE BLUFF, Arkansas (AP) — LaMontiez Ivy threw a 61-yard touchdown pass and ran in the winning 15-yarder in overtime to lift Jackson State to a 33-30 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday night. Ivy […]
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Missing Idaho woman found disoriented but alive in Mississippi town where she lived in 1960s
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – An Idaho woman who disappeared last week has been found, disoriented but alive, in the small Mississippi town where her father was once a minister in the 1960s. Cynthia Adams, a […]