Sen. Roger Wicker made a stop in the Jackosn metro area on Feb. 19, 2018.
Cassandra Welchlin spoke at a child-care press conference on Feb. 22, 2018.
Cassandra Welchlin (left), along with Amanda Furdge (right), spoke at a child-care press conference on Feb. 22, 2018.
Ruth Jinkiri hosts classes in the autism resource center at the Eudora Welty Library for as many as 135 local families. The classes include 3-year-olds all the way to 60-year-olds who are on the autism spectrum.
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba signed an executive order on Feb. 26 to stop Jackson Police Department from sending out mugshots of those involved in officer-involved shootings. He also said the City would no longer release mugshots of juveniles.
On Feb. 27, 2018, Angie Thomas received the key to the city of Jackson at City Hall.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.