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Happy Black Hist... Ahem, Voter ID Month!
Gov. Phil Bryant has proclaimed February as Voter Registration Month. He and fellow Republican Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann are urging Mississippi citizens to register to vote for upcoming party primaries--and not to forget their voter IDs. Mississippi's voter-ID law is scheduled to be in place for the June 3 …
Meet The Beatles!
Here's a small look back of the highlights of The Beatles' first visit to the United States...
After Racist Attack on James Meredith Statue, Ole Miss Offers $25,000 Reward for Info
Here is a verbatim statement just issued by the University of Mississippi: At the request of Chancellor Dan Jones, the university’s Alumni Association has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two individuals involved in an early morning incident on The University of Mississippi campus. The …
Hattiesburg, Miss., Passes Resolution Recognizing LGBT Residents
The Human Rights Campaign sent out this statement about an hour ago. Verbatim: Hattiesburg, Miss., Passes Resolution Recognizing LGBT Residents Becomes the second Mississippi city in less than a month to pass resolution recognizing the role LGBT people play in thriving communities Washington – Hattiesburg, Mississippi tonight unanimously passed a …
Chamber Names Sales-Tax Commission Picks
Here's the full release from the Chamber: Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership Announces Commission Appointments With the recent passage of the Jackson Local Option Sales Tax Referendum, much needed work on Jackson’s infrastructure will be addressed. The next step to address the infrastructure issues is the creation of an Oversight Commission. …
Ole Miss Police: White Male Freshmen Declining to be Questioned In Statue Incident
Verbatim statement just in from the University of Mississippi: OXFORD, Miss. – Three 19-year-old white male freshmen from Georgia were declining through their attorneys late Thursday to be questioned by university police regarding the vandalism Sunday morning of the University of Mississippi’s James Meredith statue, according to the university chief …
Ole Miss fraternity says reaching out to black frats re 'desecration' of Meredith statue
The For immediate release Statement of Jake Martin, President of the Delta Gamma Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity: “Recent events on the campus of our college, The University of Mississippi, were insensitive, harmful to student campus life, and criminal. The individuals or group found responsible for the desecration of …
Social Media Responds to Lumumba's Death
People in Jackson and around the world are responding to the news that first-term mayor Chokwe Lumumba died this afternoon.
Remarkably, Mayor Lumumba Brought Us Together
I felt like I was kicked in the stomach when Todd stuck his head in my office after the paper went to the printer today to tell me we were hearing reports that Mayor Chokwe Lumumba had died. Our photographer and news editor ran off to City Hall, which I …
Add your message to next week's special Lumumba tribute issue
All, we are putting together a special tribute issue to Chokwe Lumumba for next week. Please add your messages below, and we will include what we can and link back to the rest. I'll start with a letter the Greater Jackson Chamber leadership sent to members today: February 26, 2014 …
Records! Records! And New Releases...
Where to get some vinyl records this weekend and new releases...
Mississippi Arts Commission Gears up for Poetry Out Loud
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) recently released the names of the semi-finalists for its 2014 Poetry Out Loud competition. The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation created the Poetry Out Loud competition to encourage students in grades 9-12 to learn about poetry through memorizing and performing poems. …
Lumumba Services to Take Place Next Week
Services for late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba are scheduled for Saturday, March 8 at 11 a.m. at the Jackson Convention Center. There will be a wake on Friday, March 7 at City Hall, according to administration officials. Lumumba died Tuesday at St. Dominic's Hospital at the age of 66 with his …
Coroner: No Lumumba Autopsy Planned
Sharon Grisham-Stewart, the Hinds County coroner, told the Jackson Free Press this afternoon that she is not planning an autopsy for the late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba. Lumumba died Tuesday, Feb. 25, of what Grisham-Stewart has said were "natural causes," seven months into his first term as mayor of Jackson. Lumumba, …
Former Rep. Gene Taylor will run against Palazzo—as a Republican this time
The Sun-Herald just broke the news that Rep. Gene Taylor will run as a Republican to try to reclaim a seat in the U.S. Congress: Taylor said he was on his way to Jackson to file to run as a Republican. The primary is June 3. Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2014/02/28/5377861/moore-will-run-again-for-congress.html#emlnl=Breaking_News#storylink=cpy
What is up with Madison County (and Starkville) police chases?!
Last weekend, I happened by local television news and saw a report about Madison police officers going on a high-speed chase through the streets of Jackson—because of a problem that happened in the Target in Jackson, ending in a crash that seriously injured a bystander. Huh? Also, looking at the …