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[ September 24, 2025 ] The Thousand Man March in Jackson – Unity, Solidarity, Action – Breaking the chains in our Capital City and across Mississippi Local
[ September 24, 2025 ] Calls for transparency grow after death of Delta State Student Trey Reed ruled suicide Local
[ September 24, 2025 ] A History of Bias: Who Gets Deported in the United States? – The roots and realities of U.S. deportation policies. Deportation to achieve racial banishment National
[ September 17, 2025 ] Mississippi prison killing leaves mother with no answers after 5 years News
[ September 17, 2025 ] Commentary: Pain and contradictions reflections on Charlie Kirk and America – God loves us because He is good, not because we are good National

News Briefs From Across The State

Another teen caught with gun on school bus A 13-year old Vicksburg teen will be charged as an adult for having a loaded gun on school property. Local news reports said that on Friday, Jan. […]

Obama would overhaul No Child Left Behind

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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is proposing to overhaul the No Child Left Behind education law, replacing the school accountability system that has slapped a failing label on more than a third of schools, including […]

Report: 40 percent of cancers are preventable

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LONDON – About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say. To mark World Cancer day on […]

Man arrested for Workman’s Comp fraud

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GRENADA COUNTY – A Grenada man has been arrested on seven counts of Worker’s Compensation Fraud, the attorney general’s office announced this week. Billy Moore, of the 300 block of South Mound, was taken into […]

Police looking for family of fatal hit and run victim

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Man killed crossing highway The Jackson Police Department told local news stations that a 42-year old man was killed last Thursday while trying to cross the highway. Since the man’s family has not been located, police […]

Fugitive captured after shooting man and assaulting officer

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HOLMES COUNTY – Officials said a fugitive who had been running from police after allegedly shooting a man during a robbery and assaulting a police officer, was arrested Saturday while trying to pick up his tax […]

Organization and DA educate law officers on DVA documentation

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LEXINGTON, Miss. – Proper documentation of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) incidents and cases are extremely important when it comes to prosecuting cases, legal experts say. That is why recently, the Community Students Learning Center […]

Faculty member shot at JSU

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JACKSON, Miss. – A faculty memeber that was shot Monday night on the campus of Jackson State University has been identified as Andrea M.Scott. According to authorities, Scott was shot near the John H. People’s […]

Celebrating Black History Month

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February 1 In 1997, Black Entertainment Television (BET) and Encore Media Corporation launched BET Movie/Starz, the first 24-hour black movie channel. In 1978, the United States Postal Service presents their “Black Heritage” series of postage […]

Vaiden police chief fired; board meets tonight

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The Vaiden Board of Aldermen will meet tonight for their regularly scheduled meeting, but the main topic on the agenda will be the termination of their police chief William Perry. Perry was terminated at a […]