OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi quietly removed the state flag from its place of honor on Monday, heeding the calls of those who say the banner’s Confederate battle emblem is harming the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing one of education’s most divisive issues, President Barack Obama on Saturday called for capping standardized testing at 2 percent of classroom time and said the government shares responsibility for turning tests […]
LONG BEACH, Miss. (AP) — An elderly man whose body was found in a trash can behind his home had been dead several weeks before he was discovered. The Sun Herald reports Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a suspect who officials say dragged a state trooper on his car in Jackson. WLBT-TV reports the state trooper attempted to pull over a man on Highway 18 Sunday […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Sponsors of three identical initiatives that seek to keep the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag say they’re frustrated by ballot titles the attorney general’s staff is writing for their […]
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Five University of Mississippi students have been arrested following the Oct. 6 beating of another student. A university police report shows the beating happened about 4 a.m. at the Sigma Pi […]
October is Hispanic Heritage Month By Ayesha K. Mustafaa Editor October is Hispanic Heritage Month, and a festival celebrating this rapidly growing sector of not only American society but also Mississippi’s population is one of […]
Photo of the WEEK On behalf of Councilman Kenneth Stokes, a resolution honoring and commending Charence Higgins as the beautiful, multi-talented Miss Jackson State University 2015-2016 was presented to her by his administrative assistant Ethel […]
Mississippi Department of Archives and History joins Center of Southern Culture in historic film/discussion of 50-year-old Voting Rights Act By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D. Contributing Writer The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of customers of pre-paid debit cards backed by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons remain without access to their money more than a week after technical problems first began plaguing the cards. […]
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