Jackson State University News

Jackson should use its grant of $400,000 to study revitalizing the U.S. 80 corridor all the way from the airport to Clinton, as I have previously urged.

The mother and siblings of a Jackson State University quarterback lost their home in a five-alarm fire in Algiers late Saturday.

If Lewis Liddell Sr. had any doubts he should retire as director of Jackson State University's hard-marching band, they evaporated in the summer's brutal Mississippi sun.

Acting Mayor Leslie McLemorea TMs last day on the job is Tuesday. McLemore is retiring from the Jackson City Council and from Jackson State University.

Long-time Jackson State University Band Director Lewis Liddell has retired after 17 years, according to a press release from the school.

State lawmakers in a special legislative session are trying to finish budget work today to prevent some government services from stopping when the new fiscal year begins Wednesday.

A section of Mississippi 63 in Moss Point will soon bear the name of the city's first black mayor, Louis Jackson.

Regions Financial Corp. ranks near the top among large banks according to a U.S. Small Business Administration study of loans made to small businesses.

Mayor-elect Harvey Johnson on Thursday named key members of his transition team, tapping a Jackson lawyer to head his steering committee and drawing heavily on Jackson State University expertise to help smooth the way.

KIMBERLY VAN HORNE, a professor at Bakersfield College, has earned a doctorate in education, curriculum and instruction from the University of Phoenix.

Thursday morning at the State Capitol, Jackson law enforcement leaders who are involved in the program "Fight Crime: Invest In Kids" - -came together to talk about a new report that shows how early childhood programs help keep kids in school and out of crime.

Mayor-Elect Harvey Johnson has yet to set a date for his inauguration as transition officials work around the Independence Day holiday weekend.

New details are emerging about mayor-elect, Harvey Johnson's new administration.

Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup takes place annually from March 1 through May 31.

Washington Addition became 'Ground Zero' Friday in the city of Jackson's new crackdown on litter and abandoned vehicles.

Gov. Haley Barbour today announced creation of the Mississippi Energy Policy Institute to examine ways affordable energy can aid economic development The institute will promote a long-term, coherent strategy for developing energy resources in the state, according to a news release from Barbour's office.

Scientists from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and students from Jackson State University are going study what happen when the wind blows on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

A gas leak on the Jackson State University campus caused the closure of several buildings on Monday, university officials said.

Koffi Dodor has received his license as a certified public accountant. He is employed with Jackson State University.

For the first time in three decades, the annual church music workshop at Jackson State University has been canceled for later this month- possibly a casualty of the nationwide recession.