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0744-9526. Website. clarionledger .com. The Clarion Ledger is an American daily newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the second-oldest company in the state of Mississippi, and is one of the few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide. It is an operating division of Gannett River States Publishing Corporation, owned by ...
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. 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)
In 2020, Jackson reached a then record-breaking 128 homicides, according to records obtained by the Clarion Ledger. The city then saw 155 homicides in 2021 with the highest per capita murder rate ...
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).
Funds earmarked for repairs at Jackson’s main water treatment plant that failed in August. JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Mississippi officials on Friday approved the city of Jackson’s request for $35 ...
Image: A line of cars snakes past several city blocks as workers with the Mississippi Rapid Response coalition hand out bottled water to Jackson, Miss., residents on Dec. 27, 2022.
Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds County.The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, a significant decline from 173,514, or 11.42%, since the 2010 census, representing the largest decline in population during the decade of any major U.S. city.