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West Point High School officials double down on valedictorian decision after review

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 36 Reads
Wed, 06/16/2021 - 11:39 AM

The West Point Consolidated School District School Board reviewed and verified that the procedure used to select two white students as valedictorian and salutatorian is the same it used each year in the prior six years, according to a statement released Tuesday by the district.

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California auto parts company Edelbrock is moving to Mississippi

By Sara DiNatale - Mississippi Today, 33 Reads
Wed, 06/16/2021 - 11:05 AM

Auto parts manufacturer Edelbrock announced today it will move its headquarters from California to DeSoto County, saying it will bring 200 new jobs to Mississippi.

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Governor Reeves “adamantly opposed” to Critical Race Theory being taught in MS schools

By Frank Corder - Y'all Politics, 283 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 04:09 PM

Lawmakers could address CRT in 2022 session.

Governor Tate Reeves says he is adamantly opposed to critical race theory “sneaking into our curriculums in the state of Mississippi,” and he is prepared to sign legislation to prevent it, should that become necessary.

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"It's hard out here. There aren't any jobs around here, but I keep looking," said Michael Scott Beard, 34. Beard is homeless and living in his van. He readily does the few odd jobs that come his way to make a few dollars so he can eat and put gas in his van. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Jobless Mississippians fear what’s next as $300 unemployment checks end

By Sara DiNatale - Mississippi Today, 3,331 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 10:11 AM

It takes $80 to fill the gas tank inside the beat-up white cargo van 34-year-old Michael Beard calls home.

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Brittney Friday is a math teacher at Wingfield High School in Jackson.

How Jackson Public Schools tackled its teacher shortage

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 391 Reads
Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:15 PM

Jackson Public School District was facing a teacher shortage crisis several years ago, not unlike many districts across the state.

In Mississippi’s second largest school district, hundreds of teacher positions were unfilled, and many of the educators in the district were either uncertified or teaching outside of their content area.

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Krystal Williams and her children Cameron Jackson, 13, Camiya Jackson, 14, Camia Williams , 7, and Camarion Williams, 8, at their Canton home. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

These Mississippi schools never returned to in-person learning. Here’s what happened.

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 555 Reads
Wed, 06/09/2021 - 10:25 AM

Last school year, Krystal Williams’ son Ca’Marion was named a “star student” in first grade at McNeal Elementary School in Canton Public School District.

In September of 2020, he was honored as a “high flying” second-grader, which recognizes students who are active in class, complete their assignments and are top performers.

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Brown, the 45-year-old Louisiana native who won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his collection “The Tradition,” will be a featured guest at the Mississippi Book Festival on Aug. 21.

Poet Jericho Brown tells his truth, especially during a difficult year

By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 201 Reads
Tue, 06/08/2021 - 03:33 PM

Below is a Mississippi Today article in partnership with the Mississippi Book Festival:

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Ruth Graham, daughter of the late evangelist Billy Graham, has joined forces with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Video: Ruth Graham, Daughter of the Late Evangelist Billy Graham Opens Up About Her New Ministry in Mississippi's Prison System

By Emmerich Newspapers, 2,513 Reads
Mon, 06/07/2021 - 04:27 PM

Ruth Graham has written a lot about forgiveness.

That was a word that was preached often by her father, the late evangelist Billy Graham, but the renowned pastor’s daughter said she did not truly fully understand the concept of forgiveness until she went inside Angola prison in Louisiana several years ago.

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Bobby Rush and Kingfish Ingram talk to reporters on Friday morning at the B.B. King Museum.

Video: Bobby Rush Talks The Importance of Youth and the Blues

By Emmerich Videos, 14,124 Reads
Fri, 06/04/2021 - 05:45 PM

Bobby Rush, who will be participating in Saturday's B.B. King Museum expansion grand opening, talks to journalists from all over the world at the museum on Friday

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A pistol bought in Mississippi killed a teen in Chicago

By Matt Krupnick, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, 1,364 Reads
Fri, 06/04/2021 - 09:35 AM

Malcolm Stuckey was pulling up in a burgundy Pontiac Grand Prix to his friend’s birthday party in Chicago’s once-prosperous Englewood neighborhood when a bullet fired from a gun, bought 840 miles away in Mississippi, tore into his brain.

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