Entertainment
Funeral set for 70s R&B singer
ENGLEWOOD, NJ – Funeral services are set for Aug. 2 in New Jersey, for Al Goodman, member of the popular 70s R&B group Ray, Goodman and Brown. Goodman died on July 26, of heart failure, […]
News
News
Funeral home owner admits to misuse of funds
JACKSON – A Natchez funeral home owner has admitted in court that he did not place money collected from pre-arranged funeral plans in their proper trusts. Theodore “Bubba” West appeared in Adams County Circuit Court […]
News
Hunting murder trial set for November
News Briefs From Across The State Couple was hunting together in the woods A Maben woman accused of shooting her husband in the back while they were hunting last year, won’t go to trial until […]
announcements
Texas preacher, Jackson gospel artist hookup for ‘powerful’ revival, July 28-30
JACKSON, Miss. – Pastor Jonathan Stringfellow, pastor of The Rock Church of Arlington, Texas, will lead a ‘powerful worship experience’ at Holy Temple Missionary Baptist Church during its annual Summer Revival, July 28-30 at 7 p.m. […]
Obituaries
Remembering Coach Fred Harris one year later
On July 26, 2009, The Jim Hill family, Jackson Public Schools family and the Harris family were all shocked at the news of Coach Fred Harris had suddenly died of a heart attack. News spread […]
Obituaries
Remembering Mother James
Sister Eva Lucille Bennett James was born on November 25, 1923 into the family of the late Willie May and the late Hazel Ruth Bester in Ellisville, Miss. After the death of her father, she […]
Opinion
The NAACP’s appalling attack-and retraction-on Shirley Sherrod
After hearing Minister Louis Farrakhan roundly denounced by Black and Jewish leaders in 1984, purportedly for describing Judaism as a “gutter religion,” I called Farrakhan before writing a story for the Chicago Tribune. Farrakhan denied […]
Education
Former Secretary of Education charges JPS to rise to the top
“If better is possible, good will not do,” former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige told about 220 Jackson Public School District principals, assistant principals and administrators at the JPS Summer Leadership Institute, Monday, July […]
News
Sherrods tell Black Press where America must go from here
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Former Department of Agriculture Rural Development Director Shirley Sherrod of South West Georgia, still reeling from the blow of an assault on her job, character and civil rights record last week, told […]
Business
Minority business summit designed to expand economic impact in Mississippi
Hundreds of minority and small business owners gathered at the Jackson Convention Complex Monday, July 26, to learn how to do business with agencies and contractors who receive federal funds. It was a networking opportunity […]