After failing to notify two men’s families about their deaths this year, the Jackson Police Department has adopted a new death-notification policy requiring officers to
Rev. Al Sharpton called for prosecutions of any Jackson police officers involved in the death of Dexter Wade while giving a eulogy at his funeral.
JXN Water Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin’s new proposal would lower water rates for Jackson residents who receive SNAP food assistance.
Former Jackson State University Vice President Dr. Debra Mays-Jackson alleges that IHL engages in sexually discriminatory hiring practices.
Another election year is over, but our work interrogating Mississippi’s election systems—from ballot shortages to database errors—certainly is not.
A group of Jackson-based rappers collaborated on a joint album titled “Thanksgiving” with tracks themed around the family-focused holiday.
Mississippi’s IHL Board of Trustees named Dr. Marcus L. Thompson as the new president of Jackson State University.
Sipp Culture is planning the Homegrown Utica Festival as part of local efforts to tackle food insecurity in Utica, a Mississippi food desert.
Dexter Wade’s body was exhumed hours before his family could arrive at his gravesite, despite Hinds County giving a different time for the ceremony.
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