Kayode Crown, Author at Mississippi Free Press

Hope Credit Union Vice President Dwight Rawls and Senior Credit Officer Danielle Ware

In-Depth

Black Vision Fund: Deploying Capital To Black Business Will Reduce Wealth Gap

Altogether, 18 business owners gathered at The Synergy Link at 135 Bounds St. in the capital city on Sept. 17, 2021, to listen to Hope Credit Union Senior Credit Officer Danielle Ware and Vice President Dwight Rawls. Mississippi Black Pages, a statewide platform for Black entrepreneurs to connect for exposure and development, organized the event as part of their monthly series tagged “Network your Net Worth Professional Mixer.”

October 6, 2021

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba in a mask, blue suit and no tie, addressing a wall of reporters

News

Crisis Averted: Jackson Mayor, Council Allow Waste Management Six Months of Trash Pickup

Waste Management Inc. will continue to pick up trash for six more months with the City going through another round of contract procurement during that period, ending a standoff between Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba and the Jackson City Council, at least for now. Today, the city council decided to dismiss the case it had brought on Monday, Sept. 27, and provide a service continuity after the current Waste Management contract lapses at midnight tonight.

September 30, 2021

Older man with glasses in a black suit with a light green tie, standing in front of a window

News

Mayor vs. City Council: Jackson Garbage Dispute In Court Thursday As Contract Ends

Due to disagreement between Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba and the Jackson City Council, the fate of garbage collection in Mississippi’s capital city is still uncertain just one day before the current contract expires. The Jackson City Council and Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba are to appear before Hinds County Chancery Court Judge Tiffany Grove on Thursday, Sept. 30.

September 29, 2021

Close up of the side of a green garbage bin with a Waste Management label

In-Depth

Due to Garbage Contract Dispute, Environmental Crisis Looms in the City of Jackson

Seven days from now, the current City of Jackson contract with Waste Management Inc. for garbage disposal will end. That means one week away from

September 23, 2021

Picture of late former Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith at the door of the hall where he laid in state

People

‘Loved By Many’: Public Says Farewell to Former Hinds County DA Robert Smith

Before he served as district attorney, Robert Shyler Smith was a prosecutor with the City of Jackson and a public defender with Hinds County, but became a private defense attorney involved in many high-profile cases.

September 17, 2021

Major Robert Lyle passing out food to the homeless

In-Depth

A Shower, Then a Hotel: Service on the Critical Front Line of Solving Homelessness

Realtor and Flowood resident Teresa Renkenberger founded Shower Power and has been courting homeless Mississippians since 2019, offering free showers and hot tea to them once a week. But, when the temperature began to drop in Jackson first in January and then a major freeze hit in February, she was full of concern that some of the people she has developed relationships with might die out there in the cold from hypothermia.

March 17, 2021

Author: Kayode Crown

Black Vision Fund: Deploying Capital To Black Business Will Reduce Wealth Gap

Crisis Averted: Jackson Mayor, Council Allow Waste Management Six Months of Trash Pickup

Mayor vs. City Council: Jackson Garbage Dispute In Court Thursday As Contract Ends

Due to Garbage Contract Dispute, Environmental Crisis Looms in the City of Jackson

‘Loved By Many’: Public Says Farewell to Former Hinds County DA Robert Smith

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