Business
Byram Walmart opens
Store will employ up to 300 people By Shanderia K. Posey Editor Wednesday may go down as the best birthday present ever for Lee Maddox, the store manager of the new Walmart Supercenter in Byram, […]
Year: 2016
News Briefs
JPS to host job fair for prospective teachers
Jackson Public Schools will host a job fair for prospective teachers from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 6, at Kirksey Middle School, 5677 Highland Drive. The district is seeking candidates to fill various positions including […]
News Briefs
Roll-Off Dumpster Day set for Feb. 6
The city of Jackson is encouraging its citizens to participate in Roll-Off Dumpster Day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 6, weather permitting. Residents can take tree limbs, other yard debris, and household items […]
News Briefs
Women for Progress Lunch and Learn is Feb. 2
Women for Progress of MS Lunch and Learn is set for Feb. 2 at the Mississippi State Capitol, room 201H. Seating and networking begin at 11:30 a.m. The program is from noon to 1 p.m. […]
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USM entertainment program seeks musicians
The University of Southern Mississippi’s entertainment industry program is searching for inspired musicians to audition for the South City Records Artist Development Project 2016. This project could lead to the signing of one or more […]
News Briefs
Mayor’s summer Youth Employment Program accepting applications
Applications for Jackson Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program will be accepted until March 1, at the Family and Youth Division Office at Metrocenter Mall. Applications have been placed at all high schools in the Jackson […]
News Briefs
JPD accepting apps for Citizens’ Police Academy
The Jackson Police Department’s next Citizens’ Police Academy is scheduled for March 14. The mission of the Citizens’ Police Academy is to educate and inform the community, to provide a forum for police and community […]
Obituaries
IN MEMORIAM: Honoring the Life of Lois Faye Butler
Septermber 11, 1983 – January 16, 2016 Lois Faye Butler was born September 11, 1938 to Aaron and Hermene Wadlington in Carrollton, Miss. She made her transition to her eternal home January 16, 2016 at […]
Business
Mississippi jobless rate jumps as more people seeking work
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s unemployment rate jumped in December as the economy didn’t generate enough jobs to absorb more people looking for work. The jobless rate rose to 6.4 percent from 6 percent in […]
News
Phil Bryant’s State of the State calls for ‘blue-collar’ tax cuts
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant called for “blue-collar” tax cuts, public school choice and more spending on the state’s troubled foster care system and crumbling highways during his annual State of the […]