Jackson Will Demolish Three Closed Public Schools
The Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees voted 5-1 to demolish the buildings that once housed three elementary schools.
The Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees voted 5-1 to demolish the buildings that once housed three elementary schools.
The body of Dau Mabil, a Mississippi man who was found dead after vanishing, will not be released to family while an investigation continues.
JSU alum Thomas “Snacks” Lee distributed free tickets to the premiere of his documentary at Thalia Mara Hall to Mississippi high-school students.
The City of Jackson is installing new paid parking kiosks downtown, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba says. The touchscreen devices accept both cards and coins.
Black Voters Matter and the American Cancer Society’s American Cancer Network hosted a talk on Medicaid expansion in Jackson, Miss., on April 20, 2024.
The family of George Robinson has rejected a $17,786 settlement the City of Jackson offered over his death after a 2019 encounter with JPD.
George Robinson’s family will receive a $17,786.25 settlement from the City of Jackson over his 2019 death that followed a police encounter.
Jackson’s Eudora Welty Library will be demolished to make way for a new green space near two history museums in Mississippi’s capital city.
Dau Mabil’s family wants an second autopsy after fishermen found his body in the Pearl River weeks after he went missing.
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