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JRA Cuts Ties to Farish Street Group
Well, that seemed easier than expected. The Jackson Redevelopment Authority on Sept. 25 canceled, by unanimous vote, the contract of Farish Street Group LLC, the real-estate management company charged with luring businesses to the building on Farish Street. In a move that Mayor Chokwe Lumumba called "long overdue," JRA chose …
Report: Ole Miss Football Players Used Homophobic Slurs at On-Campus Play
Yahoo! Sports has picked up a story from the Ole Miss student newspaper The Daily Mississippian that details the homophobic actions of at least 20 students, including members of the Ole Miss football team, during a play on campus in Oxford. From the DM Online's story by writer Adam Ganucheau: …
ZAPP Plans "Make A Difference Day"
The Zoo Area Progressive Partnership is organizing a Make A Difference Day cleanup along Capitol Street from I-220 to the zoo entrance on Tuesday, October 8. The event will start at noon, and volunteers will meet at the zoo education center before the zoo's main gate. Volunteers are asked to …
Water, Sewer Rates Officially Increased
The Jackson City Council had a couple of hurdles to jump Tuesday morning to keep the city from losing up to 20 percent of its expected profits from the now-official water and sewer rate increases outlined in Mayor Chokwe Lumumba's 2014 budget. Some were cleared; others were not. The city …
Coming Attractions
Trace^Pathways Farm in Learned, Miss. is hosting educational farm tours through Nov. 8, 2013 for schools and families. The farm is located about 25 minutes from Jackson, near Port Gibson off of Hwy. 18. Activities include a Haystack Pathway, where patrons will get an opportunity to interact with farm animals, …
Watkins Asks For Another Shot at Farish
Jackson developer David Watkins is apparently not satisfied with losing control over the Farish Street renovation project, and is asking the Jackson Redevelopment Authority Board to reconsider their decision of two weeks ago to cut ties with the Farish Street Group, of which Watkins is the chief investor and developer. …
2 Museums Project: An Economic Boom
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has put out a flyer touting the economic impact the planned 2 Museums Project will have on the economies of the state and its capitol city. The flyer says the Mississippi Development Authory's tourism division estimates that the two new museums will welcome …
Jackson's Ship Comes In
As I blog, the United States Navy and the City of Jackson are unveiling at City Hall the crest of the USS Jackson. Lanier High School’s color guard were scheduled to open the ceremony with the presentation of colors of the U.S. flag and Jackson State University’s Band Ensemble was …
R.I.P. "Wee" Willie Heidelberg
In 1970, the University of Southern Mississippi defeated Ole Miss 30-14 in what, to this day, stands as one of the biggest upsets in Mississippi history. Southern Miss was thrashed the week before by San Diego State, and got torn to pieces the next week by Mississippi State, but managed …
I'll Pass On Grambling +50 Points
Jackson State is off to a hot start again this season, and is the only remaining unbeaten team in SWAC play. This weekend's matchup with Grambling State, which has lost 13-straight SWAC games and 17-straight overall, shouldn't do anything to derail that. But this game just got interesting, with news …
Showdown Over JRA Looms Next Tuesday
The response to the question that will be posed to the Jackson City Council next Tuesday (Oct. 22) is something many people are asking: Is the Jackson Redevelopment Authority still worth having? Ward 3 Councilwoman LaRita Cooper-Stokes has put forward item No. 34, an order by the city council unauthorizing …
JSU's Homecoming Game Cancelled
Jackson State will not play a homecoming game this season. Here's what is happening instead.
Cooper-Stokes Balks at Her Own Motion
In an odd turn of events last night, Ward 3 Councilwoman LaRita Cooper-Stokes balked at a chance to bring her own motion to "unauthorize" the Jackson Redevelopment Authority forward, even though all she had to do was second a fellow council member who had already moved to adopt her motion. …
Horhn Praises City Leaders on 1-Percent Sales Tax
Mississippi State Sen. John Horhn was singing the praises of Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and the Jackson City Council Wednesday afternoon, a day after they moved forward on a motion to put to referendum vote a proposed 1-percent sales tax. He released this statement: "I would like to applaud the Jackson …
Hood Charges 6 With Selling Illegal Contacts
We just received this release from Attorney General Jim Hood's office: An undercover operation has resulted in several arrests and numerous businesses facing allegations of unauthorized dispensing of contact lenses, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection and Public Integrity Divisions, working with the …
City Announces Temporary Cooper Road Closing
The City of Jackson has announced that the 1200 block of Cooper Road in south Jackson will be closed Nov. 4-6 while crews replace a cross drain for maintenance purposes. Detour signs will be posted and motorists are advised to proceed through the area with caution.
JSU Getting Serious On Domed Stadium
Jackson State University is apparently getting serious about building a domed stadium. The university has launched http://www.jsums.edu/dome/, a site that includes a rendering and includes details on planning that were previously undisclosed. The cost of the 50,000-seat domed stadium is still listed at $200 million, and the site says the …
CMPDD to JRA: Pump the Brakes
"Hold up, Wait a minute, Put a Little Love In It" That's the message the Central Mississippi Planning and Development District sent the Jackson Redevelopment Authority yesterday over JRA's decision to terminate its lease with the Farish Street Group. In a three-page letter to JRA Executive Director Willie Mott, CMPDD …
New JRA Members Up for Approval
Somebody in City Hall is listening. The city clerk's office has posted the agenda for next Tuesday's City Council meeting, and it looks like Mayor Chokwe Lumumba plans to present two new Jackson Redevelopment Authority board members for council approval. The first is Kemba Ware, a Data Information Manager at …
Lumumba to Receive Human Rights Award
The US Human Rights Network has announced it will honor Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and six others with the 2013 U.S. Advancing Human Rights Award. The Atlanta-based organization describes itself on its web site as "a team of thematic experts, organizers, education specialists, trainers, communications experts, and human rights activists." …