Person of the Day | Nylah Wilson: Elementary Gymnast Wins Two Gold Medals
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians sixth grader Nylah Wilson earned two gold medals this year, first in Texas and then in Mississippi.
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians sixth grader Nylah Wilson earned two gold medals this year, first in Texas and then in Mississippi.
Decades after taking control of its school system, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians break ground on a new middle and high school.
“We are celebrating the start of 22 years of Free Press journalism that began Sept. 22, 2002, at the Jackson Free Press, the predecessor of our newsroom and our ongoing strategy to uncover and inspire solutions for the state and the nation with a county-by-county approach,” Kimberly Griffin writes.
The Mississippi Farm to School Network offers resources for schools on how to start school gardens, organizes farm tours, and provides programs to educate children and families about the importance of eating locally grown, nutritious food.
The Mississippi Choctaw Band of Indians reinaugurated their fifth democratically elected Tribal Chief, Cyrus Ben, at the Silver Star Convention Center.
Cyrus Ben won reelection last night and will serve another term as tribal chief for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is holding elections today from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. for tribal chief and eight seats on the Tribal Council to serve four-year terms.
Stickball is a Native American sport where two teams of 20 to 30 players use sticks, named “kabocca,” to throw a small, orange ball at a pole that stands about 12 feet high. Each team defends a pole while simultaneously trying to hit the other team’s pole one hundred yards away with the game ball.
Mississippi needs Christian leadership to steward the state through the coming tribulations as Armageddon draws near, Secretary of State Michael Watson, the top elections official, announced at a prayer event alongside other state leaders today.
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