Business

Local engineer sues municipality for $6.3 million

By Associated Press CANTON, Miss. (AP) – A local engineer is suing a Mississippi municipality for millions. The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/2nPf86V) that engineer Rudy Warnock is suing the city of Canton’s utilities division for $6.3 […]

Sports

District basketball games have begun

By Eddie Pells AP National Writer Tis the season to play for your basketball lives. Win or Go Home is in the air. This is what all the practices, extra workouts, film sessions and nervousness […]

News

“Soulful Celebration” tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A community-wide performing arts youth concert

By Ayesha K. Mustafaa

Editor

Tributes to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would be his 84th birthday began in Jackson with a “Soulful Celebration” presented by the PERICO Institute for Youth Development, Sunday, Jan. 13.

Held at the Jackson Medical Mall, it was delightful to see the choirs of African American teenagers so poised and reflective of the dignity due Dr. King’s memory…. […]

News

Crystal Springs rallies to win in Canton

By Tim Ward
Sports Writer

The game almost looked like a scrimmage because everything was so similar between the two schools. Same colors. Same school initials for the most part. Same mascot. Same songs played by the band. One noticable difference: Canton has a drill team and Crystal Springs doesn’t.
With all that out of the way, these two teams played an exciting chess match style football game with Crystal Springs winning with about 1:02 left in the game…. […]

Business

Union eyed at Canton’s Nissan plant

CANTON – (AP) Elected officials and Nissan workers gathered in Canton over the weekend to discuss what it would take to establish a labor union at the plant. The Clarion-Ledger reports Congressman Bennie Thompson called […]