CLARKSDALE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Clarksdale attorney John Cocke is paying for repairs at the Clarksdale/Coahoma County airport including new skylights on the main hangar which houses the office and shop. Airport chairman David Huggins says the FAA prohibits the airport board from funding those repairs but says the FAA’s…
WASHINGTON, DC (Ben Caxton) — The National Institute for Early Education Research has Mississippi as one of only five states whose publicly funded pre-kindergarten program meets nine of 10 new quality standards for early childhood education. The report evaluated the state’s early learning collaborative programs, which are partnerships among school…
TALLULAH, LA (Ben Caxton) — Two Tallulah High School students have been arrested for making threats against Madison High School. In one incident 17-year-old Clyde Harris was charged with making bomb threats to Madison High and other schools in Tallulah using a fake Facebook account. The school had been put…
CLEVELAND, MS (Ben Caxton) — Elvis is still in the building, in Cleveland. The Grammy Museum Mississippi building that is. Events today feature special performances, film screenings, and intimate conversations with close friends, bandmates, and associates of Elvis Presley. Special guests will lead discussions on Presley’s life, career, music legacy,…
PARCHMAN, MS (Ben Caxton) — By the end of May, a group of inmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman will have harvested 4 tons of tomatoes. About 18 minimum or medium security inmates who are within two to five years of release are allowed into the rehabilitation program,…
COAHOMA COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — State Representative Orlando Paden will host a community forum and legislative update Monday at 5:00 PM in the Pinnacle on the campus of Coahoma Community College. The meeting will update the public on health care, the state economy, public education funding and other topics…
COAHOMA COUNTY, MS (Ben Caxton) — Xandra Brooks-Keys, the former Coahoma County School superintendent, is suing the district and members of the board claiming she was unjustly fired from her $120,000 per year position in March because of her gender. She has been replaced on an interim basis by Mac…
JACKSON, MS (Ben Caxton) — A higher education in the Magnolia State is going to require a higher income this fall. Under changes approved yesterday by the State College Board, tuition will rise by an average of 4% at nine public universities. Delta State in Cleveland will see the sharpest…
GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi Department of Corrections new cost savings measures left many local governments scrambling when they found out they’d have to start picking up the transportation costs to get their free labor to town to work. A consultant estimated that might add an extra $60,000 to…
MONTICELLO, MS (Ben Caxton) — Monticello Police have made an arrest in the murder of 21-year-old Ja’Marius Raymon Lewis. Lewis was murdered in the early morning hours of April 10th, less than 12 hours after having been released on bond from jail. Police announced Thursday that took Shawn Binns, of…
