Tornadoes, Flooding, Yazoo County Levee Failure Threaten Mississippi
A sheriff warned residents in Yazoo County to flee over fears that a would fail as severe weather brought threats of tornadoes and flooding.
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A sheriff warned residents in Yazoo County to flee over fears that a would fail as severe weather brought threats of tornadoes and flooding.
Roger Amos writes about his Indigenous ancestors’ solar eclipse tales as the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse event approaches.Â
Vicksburg, Miss., native Sissy Hudson has competed in the New York City Marathon two separate times in 2022 and 2023.
The Southern AIDS Coalition partnered with Jackson’s Care4Me Services to host its CDC Listening Tour in the capital city to talk about the epidemic.
Rykia Bernard writes on the hyper-polarization of women’s-rights issues, specifically in southern states, since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.Â
Juan Fernandez, a long-time resident of the Jackson metro and an anti-flooding consultant locally, writes about misleading media coverage in recent decades in favor of a lake development strategy as the plan for reducing flood harm along the Pearl River.
One Lake backers and opponents gathered in Jackson to share views on the project that could have major downstream effects on the Pearl River.
Body-art enthusiasts gathered in mid-April for the inaugural Jxn Tattoo Soul & Arts Festival at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson.
Twenty-seven Mississippi plein-air artists, meaning they paint on location outdoors, are participating in the inaugural En Plein Air Paint Competition at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
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