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tag on every page of your site.JFP Be a JFP VIP Best of Jackson JFPDaily Advertise Contact Awards Sign in Jackson Free Press JFP .msJump to content News Home Justice Education Politics Business People Media Covers Opinion Arts Home Film Books Art Theater Dance Music Calendar Life+Style Food+Drink Sports City & County Women-Founded Nonprofit Acquires Jackson Free Press Assets The Mississippi Journalism and Education Group board of directors is proud to announce that it recently completed the acquisition of the journalism assets of the Jackson Free Press. By Kimberly Griffin, Mississippi Free Press May 31, 2022 Education New CSET Atrium Dedication and College of Business Donation at JSU, MSU ERDC Day Jackson State University President Thomas K. Hudson and other JSU faculty recently held a ceremony to unveil the Brigadier General Robert Crear CSET atrium on the JSU campus. By Dustin Cardon April 21, 2022 Crime Mississippi Welfare Agency Ex-Director Faces New Charges John Davis, a former Mississippi Department of Human Services director, has been indicted on 20 additional felony charges tied to allegations that he participated in misusing money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the nation, including some spent to send a former pro wrestler to … By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press April 21, 2022 Crime Education Company Leaders Plead Guilty to Federal Charges Nancy New and Zachary New, a mother and son who ran a for-profit education company, have pleaded guilty to improperly obtaining millions of dollars from the Mississippi Department of Education by submitting false documents about schools they operated. By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press April 21, 2022 City & County Jackson Police Are Short-Staffed, Assistant Chief Says An assistant chief says the police department in Mississippi’s largest city is short-staffed, and recruitment and retention are big challenges. By JFP Staff April 19, 2022 National Amid False 2020 Claims, GOP States Eye Voting System Upgrade For years, Tennessee Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jeff Yarbro’s call to require the state’s voting infrastructure to include a paper record of each ballot cast has been batted down in the Republican-dominated Legislature. By Jonathan Mattise and Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press April 15, 2022 Politics Federal Judge: Mississippi Jail Must Make Several Changes A federal judge has ordered Hinds County leaders to implement several changes at the Raymond Detention Center. By JFP Staff April 14, 2022 Politics Mississippi Creates New Office for Broadband Development Mississippi is creating a statewide office to spend millions of federal dollars for broadband internet development — an effort that could boost lagging rural areas. By JFP Staff April 14, 2022 Education JSU Commencement Speakers, National Academy of Inventors Chapter and Marc E. Bassy at MSU Jackson State University recently announced that Thasunda Brown Duckett and Homer Wilkes will hold presentations during the university’s 2022 commencement exercises. By Dustin Cardon April 13, 2022 State Eudora Welty Letters Released 2 Decades After Author’s Death The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is allowing the public to have access to additional papers from the late author Eudora Welty, including letters written by members of her family. By JFP Staff April 13, 2022 Education Oakdale Elementary Students Raise Funds for Make-A-Wish in Honor of Classmate Oakdale Elementary students organized a Make-A-Wish fundraiser in honor of Ariel Hurley, a kindergartner at Oakdale and a recipient of the foundation. By Aliyah Veal, Mississippi Free Press April 12, 2022 Crime Judge Sentences Two Madison County Men to 150-Plus Years in Prison for Drug Offenses Madison/Rankin County Circuit Court Judge Dewey Arthur sentenced 34-year-old Carlos Dominique Allen and 42-year-old Torrey Powell to 156 years, collectively, for drug offenses on March 28, 2022. By Kayode Crown, Mississippi Free Press April 12, 2022 Crime Mississippi Gov Signs Bill Expanding Inmates’ Work Release Mississippi will expand a work release program for nonviolent inmates from one county to three counties. By JFP Staff April 12, 2022 State Alice Walker to be Featured at Mississippi Book Festival Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker has been tapped to speak at this year’s Mississippi Book Festival. By JFP Staff April 11, 2022 City & County ‘Just For Them’: Goodman Native Organizes Inaugural Kids Fest Jackson Mississippi native Jay Branch has organized the inaugural Kids Fest Jackson event taking place in Jackson, Miss., on Saturday, April 9, 2022. 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