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Thousands of people with different backgrounds and stories recently gathered and prepared to fight against the threats of a deadly disease. The American Cancer Society (ACS) held its third annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer […]

WASHINGTON — Federal agents have broken up a plot by two neo-Nazi skinheads to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives […]

CHICAGO – A top FBI official said Monday that a body found in an SUV is believed to be that of Jennifer Hudson’s missing 7-year-old nephew, the focus of a desperate search since the Oscar […]

RALEIGH, N.C. – If Michelle Obama is her husband’s “rock,” his grandmother is a big part of the ground beneath it. Madelyn Payne Dunham gave young Barack Obama a place to call home while his […]

There is a critical need for housing in Jackson metro area. That was evidenced by the thousands of residents who braved the long lines over a two-day period at the Jackson Housing Authority Tuesday and […]

On Nov. 4, voters will cast ballots in one of the most important elections in our nation’s history. Mississippians are rightly focused on the race for President, as well as elections for two U.S. Senators, […]

JACKSON, Miss. — One of the Jackson mayor’s ex-bodyguards pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday. Marcus Wright pleaded guilty to misdemeanor conspiracy charges and will cooperate with federal prosecutors. Wright, along with Mayor Frank […]

A stunning development in the federal case against Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his two former bodyguards. Former Jackson Police Officer Marcus Wright changed his plea Tuesday afternoon. Wright has pleaded guilty to conspiring with […]

OXFORD, Miss. – It’s Friday night, September 26, 2008 and roughly 15 minutes before the ‘great debate’— the first 2008 presidential debate between candidates Sens. Barack Obama (D) of Illinois and John McCain (R) of Arizona. […]

On Friday, Sept. 26, in the stillness of the evening from 8 pm to 10 pm, Americans were hugging their television sets to listen to the presidential debate on the Ole Miss campus. Amidst house […]