Donavon Thigpen said he wants AMPED to be coined the “Berklee of the South” by creating opportunities in Jackson that some people think primarily exist in cities like Atlanta.
Mississippi House Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, is sponsoring a bill to establish a court system with unelected judges and prosecutors to oversee Jackson’s Capitol district.
SR1’s C.O.O.L. Talks video series, designed for both adults and children, features interviews with experts on various academic topics and provides information on educational resources for students and parents.
Madison, Miss., resident Bill Murphy discovered a talent for the saxophone during middle school and fostered his musicianship into a decades-spanning career in the industry.
In addition to the Halloween-themed fundraisers and parties taking place this October, Mississippians can visit a number of haunted houses and similar attractions in cities like Gulfport, Raymond, Ellisville, Brandon, Meridian and others.
For the second day in a roll, the breakdown in operations at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Center in Jackson, Miss., has caused water pressure reduction throughout the capital city, disrupting activities as the city and state declared a state of emergency.
The City of Ridgeland has signed a standalone contract with the Madison County Library System and sent a third-quarter payment that had previously been withheld. The payment averted a potential library shutdown and ended, for now, the long-running dispute between the library board and the city administration that began at the beginning of this year.
Ridgeland-based life coach and counselor Karen Bonner said the pandemic negatively affected many people’s mental health in part because it exposed that modern society has at least a degree of fragility.
Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee and Lindsey Beckham have distanced themselves from MassResistance, a Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group, which appeared at a Ridgeland Board of Aldermen meeting in support of removing LGBTQ+ books from the local library.
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