‘Dear Phillis’: Women Writers Celebrate Mississippi Poets at 50th-Anniversary Festival
Women writers convened in Jackson, Miss., in November 2023 to celebrate accomplished Mississippi poets at the 50th Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival.
Women writers convened in Jackson, Miss., in November 2023 to celebrate accomplished Mississippi poets at the 50th Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival.
A grand jury declined to pursue criminal charges against Indianola Police Officer Greg Capers for shooting 11-year-old Aderrien Murry.
Married couple Dezron Odomes and Essence Wallace-Odomes return to Jackson, Miss., to open a film-production studio in their hometown.
A Jackson city councilman says he’s drafting ordinances related to homelessness in Jackson, targeting panhandling and settling on vacant property.
Hinds County buried John David Hankins in a pauper’s field without notifying his family—the third such case NBC News has identified since October.
Voting-rights organizations are demanding answers about the ballot shortages that affected voters in Hinds County, Miss., in November’s elections.
PepsiCo announced a $50,000 grant on Nov. 2, 2023, to fund Jackson State University’s Tiger Pantry for students suffering from food insecurity.
Jackson residents said issues and concerns remain a year after JXN Water’s Ted Henifin took over the water system despite significant improvements.
Preston Wallace recently stood in the middle of Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., wearing a Spider-Man costume that he bought from Amazon. His cousin stood
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