VideoTrailer released for “God’s Trombones” for Greater Fairview Baptist Church of Jackson MS

Former ‘railroad’ man steps into political fray

By Othor Cain

Managing Editor

After attending a local Democratic caucus meeting earlier this year at Provine High School in Jackson and at the urging of some in attendance. There James Reed left with the understanding that it was his time to offer himself as a public servant. “I really didn’t have this on my radar,” Reed said. “But after being asked to run, praying about it and discussing it with my wife, I decided to do it.”

Reed is seeking the office of Election Commissioner for District 1 in Hinds County. […]

The lawyer for a convicted sex offender says the man will pursue an insanity defense against a charge of failing to register.

A filing Thursday said Cleve Calloway Gordon has a mental disease that prevented him to know right from wrong at the time of the alleged offense, when he didn’t register from February to April. […]

Oktibbeha County investigators are trying to determine whether alcohol was a factor in a one-car accident early Saturday morning that killed one man and injured three others.

The accident happened early Saturday on Oktoc Road near Windy Ridge. […]