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Attorney Cliff Johnson (center) presents his case before the Mississippi Supreme Court, Thursday, July 6, 2023 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
The Mississippi Supreme Court in a 7-2 ruling found that Parents for Public Schools does not have legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of the state Legislature sending public money to private schools.
The opinion, released Thursday, did not address the issue of whether the $10 million appropriation made in 2022 by the Legislature to private schools was constitutional.
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Members of the House of Representatives listen to songwriter and singer Steve Azar sing, "One Mississippi", during the first day of the legislative session, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
An effort in the Mississippi Legislature to accept billions of dollars in federal money to expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor – a policy which medical experts, clergy and business leaders advocated – was expected to die on a Thursday night deadline, according to House leaders.
House Medicaid Chair Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, told reporters that she delivered a proposal to Senate negotiators on Thursday morning that would have allowed voters to have the final say on a statewide referendum in November whether the state should expand Medicaid.
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Protesters at the University of Mississippi in Oxford on May 2, 2024, joined the chorus of demonstrators at college campuses across the country calling for their administrations to divest any interest in businesses working with Israel in response to the nearly 35,000 Palestinian deaths in Israel's response to the deadly Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: Molly Minta/Mississippi Today
Police disbanded a pro-Palestinian student protest at the University of Mississippi less than an hour after it officially started when counter-protesters threw a water bottle and other items at the protest, prompting the protesters to respond in kind with water.
When police removed the pro-Palestinian students from the Quad, a grassy area behind the library, the largely white male students roared.
“Nah, nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, hey, good bye,” the counter-protesters chanted.
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George Edward Cain (Edd) was born January 6, 1947, in the old Baptist Hospital in Jackson and passed away March 23, 2026, in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was the son of the late George Judson Cain Jr., and Mary Jane Wallace Cain.
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Northsider Doug Morgan, center, with River Hills Men's Tennis Association commissioners, Nelson Creath, left, and Matt Harkey, right.
Northsider Doug Morgan is the River Hills King of the Court this most recent session. Morgan had to top 32 other participants to get the crown during the hard court indoor season.
Doug is known for his quiet tenacity and steady play.
King of the Court has been wildly popular at River Hills Tennis Club for over 12 years. Started by club member Miles Marcus, King of the Court brings over dozens of Northside men to River Hills every Monday night at 7:30 for doubles competition.
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Residents were evacuated from 10 Carroll County homes Friday because of a fire that covered 2,400 acres.
A fire blazing through more than 2,000 acres in Carroll County led to evacuations from 10 homes Friday, a state fire official said Friday afternoon.
Residents of homes on County Roads 163, 218 and 360 were being evacuated, Chris Burnham with the Mississippi Forestry Commission said just before 5 p.m. Friday.
The fire encompassed 2,400 acres, an increase of 600 acres from what Burnham had reported at 4:10 p.m. Friday, when 45% of the blaze was contained.
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Despite years, the building remains abandoned and an attractive site for vagrants and looters.
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Ridgeland is in the process of transforming West Jackson Street into a walkable
downtown named the Railroad District.
Cities across the country without historic downtowns or traditional commercial areas are making efforts to create them.
In Mississippi, 80 communities have turned to Mississippi Main Street Association, an economic development organization that specializes in downtown revitalization, for help.
Other towns in the state such as Ridgeland have decided to do it on their own with help from city planners.
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Rose Lee Howard Robinson, 85, a longtime resident of Jackson, died on March 24, 2026 after a long battle with leukemia.
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Pearl River Valley Water Supply District took back control of the former Rapids on the Reservoir after delinquent payments
The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District once again has control of the property where Rapids on the Reservoir once stood.
The land has been vacant for 15 years since the popular water park was torn down. It’s been five years since plans to develop a baseball training academy on the site were announced but never got off the ground.
Rankin County Chancellor John C. McLaurin issued a judgement last December against P360 Performance Sports in the amount of $507,975, which represents the amount of delinquent lease payments it owed the district.
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Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Lee Rogers Davidson
Margaret Roland Cross and Forrest Lee Rogers Davidson were married on December 13 at six o’clock in the evening at the Paris-Yates Chapel at Ole Miss. The ceremony was officiated by Pastor Wes Ingram of Oxford. The bride chose the chapel for a sentimental reason. A stained-glass window there was donated in honor of her maternal great-grandparents, Leah and Roland Adams, when the chapel was built. Her maternal grandmother and her brothers gifted the window to Ole Miss.
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Immediately on Ridgewood Road, Northeast Jackson faces a blight problem in a commercial area.
In Northeast Jackson, nearly immediately to the north of the intersection of Beasley and Ridgewood Road, there is an abandoned building, just north of Edo shushi restaurant and across from Scrooge's restaurant.
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Jackson Mayor John Horhn spoke to the Rotary Club of Jackson this past Tuesday.
First of all, it’s great to have a mayor who visits civic clubs like Rotary to engage with constituents, especially engaged ones such as club members.
Sadly, civic club involvement has declined over the last 30 years, just one more bad effect of the rise in social media and tribal inclusiveness.
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Milton Benjamin (“Ben”) Roach, age 58, passed from this life into the next while at home on March 15, 2026. He was born in Jackson on October 6, 1967, as the fourth child and youngest son of John M. Roach and Nancy S. Roach. He grew up in Jackson and attended school at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School from Pre-K through sixth grade and then attended Jackson Preparatory School from the seventh through the 12th grade, graduating in the spring of 1986.
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The Jackson Yacht Club (JYC) Foundation - Community Sailing on the Rez recently hosted its annual patron’s party at the home of Katherine and John Scanlon.
The JYC Foundation is a non-profit promoting community sailing and swimming on the reservoir. The foundation’s mission places emphasis on youth sailing and swimming, to train the next generation.
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Renovations progressing for the gas station on the southwest corner of the intersection of Old Canton Road and Rice Road in Ridgeland.
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Dr. Luke Lampton
Lucius M. “Luke” Lampton, MD, has been re-appointed to a six-year term on the Mississippi State Board of Health. He has served on the board since 2006 and is currently its chairman. The fifth generation Mississippi physician has practiced family medicine for over three decades in the rural community of Magnolia.
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On March 16, 2026, E. Grady Jolly, Jr. passed as one of the most respected and enduring figures in modern federal appellate jurisprudence. He died with thanksgiving in his heart for the life that had been granted him. He was the son of loving, morally exemplary, faithful Presbyterian parents who were fun loving and devoted. According to Grady, of his more than several failures and faults as a person, none could possibly be attributed to his upbringing.
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After 102 years in this world, Dorothy Garrett Scruggs passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 17, 2026, at Willow Creek Nursing Home. She was born in Crystal Springs on September 17, 1923, to Annie V. Sharp Garrett and Purvis C. Garrett. She was a member of FBC in Madison and she loved the Lord.
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Repairs and resurfacing of Lake Harbour Drive from Christine Drive to Northpark Drive will continue this spring, carry over into summer and conclude this fall.
Estimated to cost $3.6 million, the project that began March 2 will take about six months to complete.
The contractor will perform base and curb repair and then mill and overlay the entire road. The contractor will also repair and overlay the multi-purpose trail.
The work is needed to provide better road quality, said Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee.
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