YAZOO CITY (Mississippi) -- Sharonique Freeman quit Webster Elementary School because her teachers kept leaving. Freeman had to go through so many substitutes and instructors that her parents Joe and Sharon Freeman decided to homeschool…
Water crisis changes daily routines
Washington, D.C., 2001. Columbia, S.C. 2005. Durham and Greenville (N.C.) in 2006. Sebring, Ohio last August. Flint, Mich. and Jackson this year. It seems that the number of communities whose water is contaminated with lead…
Airport regionalization board clears Legislature
Senator Josh Harkins (R-Flowood) sponsored legislation to replace the five-member Jackson Municipal Airport Authority by a nine-member board whose members are drawn from the greater Jackson region, which includes Rankin and Madison counties. The Senate…
Gov Winter receives national civil rights Freedom Award
The award will be presented by the National Civil Rights Museum of Memphis to Winter on October 20th. It recognizes men and women whose civil and human rights work has had a significant global and…
Prosecutors More charges coming in Epps case
The U.S. Attorney's Office advised the court that the charges would be filed by July 18th, which was the date set for Epps' sentencing. At Wednesday's status update John Colette, Jackson attorney, represented Epps. He…
Planned Parenthood slaps state over impending payment law
The U.S. District Court of Southern Mississippi is suing to "vindicate rights" provided by federal Medicaid statutes, as well as the Equal Protection Clause of U.S. Constitution and Due Process Clause. David J. Dzielak is…
‘Varina’ asks if the First Lady of the…
Then Davis showed up, distraught and unable to listen to his wife's warnings that his presence was putting others in danger. Federal troops captured them all two days later. The Davis family's biggest loss was…
How Mississippi made some of the biggest leaps…
Mississippi has been trying to raise standards for students since 2007. According to a new report from the National Assessment Governing Board, Mississippi has posted some of the highest score increases on NAEP.
Black farmers file lawsuit alleging company sold ‘inferior’…
Thomas Burrell is a soybean farmer for over 50 years. He is one of a handful of Mississippi black farmers who are suing Stine Seed Co. in Iowa for allegedly selling them inferior soybean seeds.…