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Jun 11, 2024 | 
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Children 18 and under in the Jackson area can eat breakfast and lunch for free until July 12 thanks to the . This is JPS’ 33rd year of hosting the program, which started on June 3. Serving times are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. for breakfast and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for lunch. In an interview at Blackburn Middle School on June 10, JPS Executive Director of Child Nutrition Marc Rowe said the program is made possible through funding from the USDA.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
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JACKSON, Miss.—A week after a New York jury found former president Donald J. Trump guilty of 34 criminal charges, Mississippi Republicans held a rally urging voters to cast their ballots for the convicted felon in November. “I don’t care what they say in New York City, we stand with Donald Trump,” Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson said Thursday during the rally he hosted at the Mississippi Agriculture Museum in Jackson. The crowd roared with applause.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
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Last year’s disastrous ballot shortages inspired 24-year-old Democrat Jermany Gray to run for Hinds County election commissioner for District 3, the South Jackson native said during a press conference about his campaign outside the Hinds County Election Commission on Wednesday.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
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JACKSON, MISS.—Delta native and military veteran Tim Henderson is seeking to become the next mayor of Mississippi’s capital city after launching his campaign during a speech at the Jackson Medical Mall on May 30. The Democratic candidate, who is challenging incumbent Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba in the party’s primaries, promised to prioritize public safety and economic development, to invest in Jackson’s young people and to maintain a clean city.
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May 31, 2024 | 
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JACKSON, Miss.—With a string of balloons held firmly in her hand, Constance Washington lifted her head toward the afternoon sky and closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face. She spent over a decade teaching at Wingfield High School, one of 13 Jackson Public Schools slated to be consolidated or closed for good this year. Washington stood shoulder-to-shoulder with other educators, students and alumni on Wednesday, May 29, to commemorate the last day of classes and celebrate what was.
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May 30, 2024 | 
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Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba will mediate a conversation between JTRAN union reps and MV Transportation, the third-party company that manages the City of Jackson’s public-transit employees, he said at a press conference in Jackson on Tuesday. It is the first joint meeting the mayor will hold with both parties a month after JTRAN drivers coordinated a mass call-out that left riders stranded for hours.
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May 24, 2024 | 
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The State of Mississippi now has the right to repossess the land Jackson’s Smith-Wills Stadium sits on if it chooses. The issue comes a decade after community members and city leaders debated over a proposal to commercialize and open a Costco on the land where the stadium sits just off Lakeland Drive. House Bill 1983, a bond bill also known as a legislative capital investment package, included several projects across the city. Reeves signed the bill into law on May 13, 2024.
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May 22, 2024 | 
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JACKSON, Miss.—The FBI raided the office of Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens and his business, Downtown Cigar Company, in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday morning. It is unclear what triggered the raids. The location is one of multiple sites that the agency raided on Wednesday, FBI Jackson Public Affairs Officer Marshay Lawson said in a statement to the Mississippi Free Press. “The FBI is executing federal search warrants at multiple locations.
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May 21, 2024 | 
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JACKSON, Miss.—Jackson residents have long complained about the proliferation of used tires, dilapidated pieces of furniture and household trash like plastic grocery bags littered along the side of the road in some neighborhoods across the capital city. But now there’s a renewed effort to address illegal dumping, City of Jackson Solid Waste Supervisor Lakesha Weathers told the Mississippi Free Press on April 24.
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May 17, 2024 | 
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A motorist suffered injuries when a fleeing murder suspect crashed into the person’s vehicle during a police chase in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday, Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said at a press conference the same day.
