(NNPA) – After two weeks of intense negotiations by a joint Capitol Hill conference committee, Washington lawmakers finally reached an agreement on the single largest financial reform package since the 1930s ‘New Deal.’ The new […]
NEW YORK (NNPA) – Elder Bernice A. King, elected nine months ago as the first woman president to serve at the helm of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference, has yet to be sworn in […]
The high school football season starts in August. However, every Tuesday in June a “game day” atmosphere could be found. For instance, at Hughes field, on the back side where people normally park, you could […]
“As Michael Jackson said, ‘This is it,’” said an excited Juanita Sims Doty, Ed.D. Friday night (June 25) at the unveiling of the inaugural issue of Who’s Who in Black Mississippi. The book is published […]
As the clock struck midnight the morning of June 24, Harvey Johnson Jr., mayor of Jackson, received a telephone call informing him that the water pressure was dropping in parts of northeast Jackson. “Because of […]
JACKSON – A former officer with the Mississippi Department of Corrections has been arrested on charges of embezzlement and extortion, Attorney General Jim Hood said. Gerald D. Jones, Jr., 31, of Edwards, was arrested by […]
JACKSON – A Pearl man has been arrested and linked to several robberies in Hinds and Rankin Counties, including one at the Mississippi Highway Patrol’s driver services building. Pearl police said Chance Hardin, 30, is […]
JACKSON – Attorney General Jim Hood is reminding consumers to be cautious when responding to advertisements and mailings for employment as a mystery/secret shopper or customer service evaluator, adding that many of those ads are […]
News Briefs From Across The State Boy couldn’t swim Officials said a 9-year old boy drowned after he jumped into a Marshall County canal to save his 6-year old cousin. The body of Michael Anthony […]
HOLLY SPRINGS – A Marshall County sheriff’s deputy was killed Friday when she lost control of her vehicle responding to a call that turned out to be nothing, The Commercial Appeal reported. Around 7 a.m., […]
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