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Diversity in the arts celebrated at Image Awards
LOS ANGELES – Mary J. Blige, Morgan Freeman, Jamie Foxx and Sandra Bullock are among the stars set to celebrate diversity in the arts at the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards on Friday. Presented by […]
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Murder suspect to serve time for misdemeanors
VICKSBURG – A teen arrested for murdering another teenager will have to serve time in jail for prior misdemeanors before he can post bond on his current charge, a Vicksburg judge has ruled. Dominic Rashad […]
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National chain eyes Greenville location
News Briefs From Across The State WABG reported that the world’s leading off-price retailer, T.J. Maxx may open a store in Greenville. The Massachusetts based company has been eyeing the Goody’s Building as its newest […]
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GOP to Obama at summit: ‘We have a better idea’
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama argued Thursday that a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s broken health care system is imperative for the nation’s future economic vitality, setting off an immediate clash in an extraordinary live-on-TV […]
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Haiti will rise, says local Haitian-American
Although on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, an unfathomable category 7.3 earthquake rattled the island nation of Haiti, an after-shock of that quake is still being felt right here in Jackson, Miss. Haitian-American Jean Ones-Austin has […]
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Spring Break Youth Enrichment Camp
The MS Basketball and Athletics Association (2240 Westbrook Rd. in NE Jackson) is offering a youth enrichment camp during Spring Break for children ages 5-15 years. The cost of the camp is $50 and includes […]
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DA: Suspect shot and killed by cop “justified”
CRENSHAW – Panola County District Attorney John Champion has cleared a Crenshaw policeman, who shot and killed a suspect – after the suspect shot him – of any wrongdoing, saying the killing was justified. An […]
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