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A public health crisis in and around the city of Jackson, Mississippi, began in late August 2022 after the Pearl River flooded due to severe storms in the state. [1] The flooding caused the O. B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, the city's largest water treatment facility, which was already running on backup pumps due to failures the month prior, to stop the treatment of drinking water indefinitely.
PHOTO: Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba takes a question from a member of the media during a press conference, March 8, 2021 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city that left tens of thousands ...
Jackson, which is Mississippi’s Capital, experienced its highest number of homicides in 2020 with nearly 130 killings in the city of about 161,000, AP reported. Most of the incidents were gun ...
WLBT (channel 3) is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television, which also operates American Spirit Media –owned Fox affiliate WDBD (channel 40) and Vicksburg -licensed MyNetworkTV outlet WLOO (channel 35) under shared services agreements (SSAs).
Rankin County torture incident. On January 24, 2023, six white law enforcement officers, five from the Rankin County Sheriff's Office and one from the Richland Police Department, tortured two black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, at a home in Braxton, Mississippi. Police were called to the home by a white neighbor who reported that ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A high-ranking former sheriff’s deputy in Mississippi — one who was often seen as a father figure by younger officers — was sentenced to more than 27 years Thursday ...
Website. jacksonfreepress.com. The Jackson Free Press, referred to often as simply "JFP", is a community magazine available free of charge at various retail establishments in Jackson, Mississippi. It was founded in 2002 by Mississippi native Donna Ladd and author and technology expert Todd Stauffer. In 2022, all of JFP's assets, including its ...