Education

Gray: ‘First day on job exciting’

New Superintendent says team is ready to work By Othor Cain Managing Editor In what he hopes to become a weekly session with reporters, Dr. Cedric Gray, newly installed chief of schools for the Jackson […]

Business

Personal income shrinks in Mississippi

JACKSON – (AP) In another bad sign for Mississippi’s economy, the state was one of only two where personal income shrank in the first three months of 2012. Personal income fell 0.3 percent, the worst […]

Buzz Report

3 await hate crime sentencing

James Craig Anderson killed in Jackson WAPT.COM A year after James Craig Anderson was run down by a pickup truck, the three teens who pleaded guilty in connection with his death are still awaiting sentencing […]

News

Thompson at the ‘Hill’

By Daphne Higgins Religion Editor Just as he did in 2000, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson had the members and guests of College Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Jackson clapping in agreement from the message he […]

News

Rankin Co. principal, an AOY finalist

By Gail Gettis Guest Writer A Rankin County Middle School Principal is among the finalists for the 2012 Mississippi Administrator of the Year Award With his characteristic infectious smile, the principal of Rankin County Middle […]

News

Stewart honored as AMAC Hall of Famer

By Gail M. Brown Editor The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) Board of Commissioners’ is pleased to announce the induction of Commissioner Dr. Sylvia Y. Stewart into the prestigious Airport Minority Advisory Council’s (AMAC) Hall […]