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Mississippi remembers victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School

First memorial bell-ringing ceremony held at Jackson State University

Friday prayer vigils scheduled throughout city

Governor calls for moment of silence

By Ayesha K. Mustafaa

Interim Managing Editor

From the Governor’s office, the Mississippi Department of Education, Jackson Public Schools and Jackson State University, Mississippians expressed their sorrow and concern for the safety of all school children, after the Dec. 14 murder of 20 children and six adults by a lone gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Conn…. […]

Dedication ceremony held for the Richard J. Porter Municipal Building

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City, community and religious leaders came out to celebrate the life of the late Richard J. Porter with the naming ceremony for the Richard J. Porter Municipal Building at 218 S. President St., Jackson, Friday, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m., hosted by the Jackson Redevelopment Authority.

The former and present mayors of Jackson paid tributes, Kane Ditto and Harvey Johnson Jr., respectively. The invocation was given by Dr. Jerry Young, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church…. […]

Grand send-off for leading educator Glenda Baskin Glover

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Community and business leaders, friends and family, attended the grand send-off for Jackson State University’s dean of the College of Business, Dr. Glenda Glover, who will be the next president of her alma mater, Tennessee State University in Nashville, starting January 2013. The Tennessee Board of Regents confirmed the Memphis native’s new position in November 2012…. […]

If ‘fiscal cliff’ talks fail, teachers’ jobs, student aid, Head Start could at risk

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If budget talks fail and automatic spending cuts take hold, federal spending on education would be cut by about 8 percent across a broad range of programs, including money for special education, low-income students and schools near military bases, The Sun Herald reported.

Compounding the potential problem is that many states have been hammered by the recession and don’t have funds to cover the shortfall. The U.S. Department of Education reported that 80 percent of school districts in a recent poll said they would not have state or local funds to make up for the lost federal money. […]

Hinds County Sheriff’s Dept. going green

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Cannon Nissan of Jackson, a member of the Metro Area Coalition, and The Hinds County Sheriff’s Department are going ‘GREEN.’

Cannon Nissan of Jackson, Mississippi’s premier Nissan dealership, has offered The Hinds County Sheriff’s Department a two-year leased deal on a 2012 Nissan Leaf. The Leaf is Nissan’s first foray into the world of electric vehicles. The Leaf is a five-door, five-passenger car fitted with a 24kW lithium-ion battery complete with 48 separate modules, housing four cells apiece. […]

4 charged in conspiracy to commit fraud and launder money

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Federal officials said that H. Claiborne Frazier, Austin W. Frazier, Cresco Elmore (“C.E.”) Frazier, Jr., and Spencer Copeland have been charged in a two-count indictment.

H. Claiborne Frazier, formerly of Brandon, Austin W. Frazier, formerly of Ridgeland, and C.E. Frazier, Jr., formerly of Jackson, owned and operated C.E. Frazier Construction, Inc. and several other businesses. Spencer Copeland is the step-brother of H. Claiborne Frazier and Austin W. Frazier. […]

Elderly woman robbed, murdered and set on fire; teen charged with crime

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Authorities said a 17-year-old has been charged with robbery and capital murder after an elderly woman was found dead and on fire inside her Clarksdale home Saturday afternoon.

Captain Robbie Linley said Nathaniel Roberson Jr. is being held without bond for the murder of 80-year-old Ethel W. Lewis. Lewis was robbed, murdered and then set on fire. […]

Last Hinds Co. inmate mistakenly released back in custody

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The last remaining inmate mistakenly released from the Hinds County Detention Center is back in custody, WLBT reported.

The Hinds County Sheriff’s Department said aggravated assault suspect Germarkes Smith was taken into custody Friday, Dec. 14.

House burglary and attempted rape suspect Bruce Antonio Bradley and aggravated assault suspect David Jackson both turned themselves in last week. […]

Classes resume in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook

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Newtown returned its students to their classrooms Tuesday for the first time since last week’s massacre and faced the agonizing task of laying others to rest, as this grieving town wrestled with the same issues gripping the country: violence, gun control and finding a way forward.

Funerals were held for two more of the tiny fallen, a 6-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl. A total of 26 people (list of victims below) were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 14, in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S history. The gunman also killed his mother in her home before committing suicide. […]

Safe stolen from local Dollar General

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A search continues for two men who allegedly stole a safe full of cash from a Dollar General in Pontotoc County.

The burglary happened during the early morning hours of Dec. 10 on Highway 278 in Pontotoc.

According to the Pontotoc County Sheriff’s Department, the two males entered through the front door of the store. […]