Entertainment

STRUT kids fashion show set

Event to benefit sickle cell disease research By Shanderia K. Posey Editor There’s going to be some serious strutting down the runway Aug. 14, as the Cure Sickle Cell Foundation debuts its children’s fashion show […]

Education

Modern day slavery

Tougaloo College establishes institute to address issue By Shanderia K. Posey Editor Tougaloo College has made history by establishing the first Institute for the Study of Modern Day Slavery at a Historically Black College and […]

News Briefs

News Brief

Jackson Zoo seeks volunteer landscapes, plans wet/wild party   The Jackson Zoo Master Gardeners is looking for volunteers, landscapers from 8-10 a.m. Aug. 13, for its monthly work around the grounds. Volunteers should wear comfortable […]

News

The latest Mississippi news

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Opening statements could begin soon in the complicated case of thrice-widowed Emma Raine. She’s on trial in the death of her second husband in New Orleans 2006. And that case is […]