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• Jackson Violent Crimes Drop Again; Property Crimes Increase

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  by Ward Schaefer November 19, 2009 Major crimes rose slightly last week in Jackson, with a drop in violent crime offset by a rise in property crimes, especially house burglaries. According to statistics released at a Jackson Police Department command staff meeting this morning, patrol officers reported 21 violent crimes last week, [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:15pm EST
  

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• JPS Board Renews Music Program, Delays Bullying Policy

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  by Ward Schaefer November 18, 2009 The Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees renewed a popular music education program last night, after its failure to do so last month resulted in weeks of outcry from parents and education advocates. Board members voted 4-0 to approve the district's contract with the Mississippi Symphony [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:55pm EST
  

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• Calhoun Questions Youth Detention Center Staffing, Transparency

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  by Ward Schaefer November 17, 2009 Hinds County's youth detention center is once again the target of criticism, despite the county's recent agreement with a watchdog group that has voiced concerns about the facility in the past. Supervisor Peggy Calhoun raised the possibility of overstaffing at the center, also known as Henley-Young, [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:25pm EST
  

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• Crazy Cat Opens New Fondren Location

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  by Ward Schaefer November 13, 2009 Fondren shoppers have another place to indulge their sweet tooth. On Monday, Nov. 9, Highland Village confectioner Jon Lansdale opened a second location of his Crazy Cat Bakers in the Fondren Corner building. Crazy Cat is selling grab-and-go lunches and drinks, along with its renowned cakes, [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:40pm EST
  

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• JFP Person of the Day: John Dooley

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  by Ward Schaefer November 13, 2009 John Dooley is turning his passion for scuba diving into a business. Two weeks ago, Dooley won a $10,000 grant from the Mississippi Technology Alliance to develop Diver's DLyte, a performance drink that Dooley invented for scuba divers.' [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:35pm EST
  

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• Jackson Violent Crime Down 10.1 Percent

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  by Ward Schaefer November 12, 2009 Major crimes in Jackson decreased again last week, according to statistics released this morning at a Jackson Police Department meeting. Officers reported 154 property crimes, down from 226 the week before, and 32 violent crimes, up slightly from 25 the previous week. For the year to [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:45pm EST
  

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• Consolidation: The Same Old Story?

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  The issue of school consolidation is popping up in anticipation of another cash-strapped legislative session. Calls for merging some of the state's 152 public-school districts aren't new in lean budget years, despite a lack of evidence of its value.by Ward Schaefer November 11, 2009 The issue of school consolidation is popping' [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:04pm EST
  

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• Independent Woman

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  by Ward Schaefer November 11, 2009 Peggy Calhoun's office in the Hinds County Circuit Court building has a big window overlooking Pascagoula Street and Jackson's City Hall. It's a privileged perch. Most of her fellow Hinds County supervisors have offices across the street in the County Chancery Court building. That distance is [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:25pm EST
  

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• Hood Fights Cyber Crime, Online Predators

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  by Ward Schaefer November 9, 2009 Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood continued his efforts to combat cyber crime today, unveiling an Internet safety video created in collaboration with Comcast Cable. The video, which will be available to Comcast subscribers and on the attorney general's Web site, is aimed at parents and children. [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:30pm EST
  

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• JFP People of the Day: Barbara Taylor and Jerry Mosley

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  by Ward Schaefer November 6, 2009 Barbara Taylor and Jerry Mosley are walking together this weekend. Tomorrow, Taylor will lead a team from the Community Services Department of the Mississippi State Hospital in NAMIWalks, a benefit for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:10pm EST
  

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• New Look, New Name for Downtown Restaurant

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  by Ward Schaefer Suniora Page bounced back from bad luck to a new career. After being laid off from her job as a manager at the Nissan plant in Canton in October 2008, Page took a job as a cashier at Miller's Grocery in the City Centre building downtown. When she [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

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• Police Search for Suspect in Rash of Auto Burglaries

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  Jackson's Precinct 4 saw a rash of auto burglaries last week. Violent crime, however, remains down in the city.by Ward Schaefer November 5, 2009 Jackson police are looking for a suspect who may be responsible for at least 12 auto burglaries over the last week. At a Jackson Police Department meeting this [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:05pm EST
  

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• No Quorum At JPS Board Meeting

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  by Ward Schaefer November 3, 2009 Only two board members appeared at this evening’s meeting of the Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees, not enough for a three-member quorum. Board members H. Ann Jones and Jonathan Larkin were present and listened to public comments, many of them from parents protesting the board's' [...]

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:19am EST
  

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• Parents Prepare to Defend Music Program at JPS Meeting

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  by Ward Schaefer November 3, 2009 Parents of children in a Jackson Public Schools music program are gearing up to defend it at a school board meeting today, but as of this writing the issue was not on the meeting agenda. The JPS Board of Trustees failed to the renew the program [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:15pm EST
  

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• Parents Prepare to Defend Music Program at JPS Meeting

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  by Ward Schaefer November 3, 2009 Parents of children in a Jackson Public Schools music program are gearing up to defend it at a school board meeting today, but as of this writing the issue was not on the meeting agenda. The JPS Board of Trustees failed to the renew the program [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 6:15pm EST
  

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• Hinds Supes Appoint New County Attorney

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  by Ward Schaefer November 2, 2009 At a board meeting this morning, Hinds County Supervisors appointed Sherri Flowers to replace Malcolm Harrison as county attorney. Harrison became Gov. Haley Barbour's first African American judicial appointment in October, when the governor picked him for the Hinds County Circuit Court seat formerly held by [...]

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:30pm EST
  

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• Hinds Supes Appoint New County Attorney

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  by Ward Schaefer November 2, 2009 At a board meeting this morning, Hinds County Supervisors appointed Sherri Flowers to replace Malcolm Harrison as county attorney. Harrison became Gov. Haley Barbour's first African American judicial appointment in October, when the governor picked him for the Hinds County Circuit Court seat formerly held by [...]

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:30pm EST
  

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• Mississippi Attorney General Joins Forces With US Marshals Service

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  Mississippi Attorney General Joins Forces With US Marshals Service November 2, 2009 Contact: Jan Schaefer Public Information Officer 601 359 2002 jscha@ago.state.ms.us Jackson, MS--Attorney General Jim Hood is pleased to announce that two Investigators with the Public Integrity Division of the Mississippi Attorney General's Office were recently sworn in [...]

  Posted: November 02, 2009, 2:37pm EST
  

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• Aerospace Alliance Draws Fire From Unions

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  by Ward Schaefer October 30, 2009 Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour's support for an aerospace jobs initiative among Gulf Coast states puts him at odds, with a familiar opponent: labor unions. On Oct. 26, Barbour joined his fellow Republican governors from Louisiana and Alabama in announcing the Aerospace Alliance, a non-profit collaboration between [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 6:54pm EDT
  

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• Crime Reports Mixed: Jackson Crime Stats for Oct. 19-25

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  by Ward Schaefer October 29, 2009 Major crimes in Jackson last week stayed level with numbers from the previous week, according to a report released today at a Jackson Police Department command staff meeting. Officers reported 216 total property crimes and 26 total violent crimes last week. [...]

  Posted: October 29, 2009, 7:15pm EDT
  

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• JSU Breaking Ground on University Place

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  by Ward Schaefer October 27, 2009 A long-awaited development project near Jackson State University has begun its first phase at the corner of Dalton and Lynch Streets. The JSU Development Foundation, which supports the university through investments, will celebrate the groundbreaking on the four-story, mixed-use building at 10 a.m. tomorrow, marking the [...]

  Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:30pm EDT
  

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• JSU Gets $500K Entergy Grant

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  by Ward Schaefer October 23, 2009 Jackson State University is dedicating a laboratory and a new power-systems degree track in its engineering program, thanks to a grant from Entergy. The power company has awarded JSU with $400,000 to purchase equipment for a new laboratory and an additional $100,000 for student scholarships. [...]

  Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:50pm EDT
  

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• Mike Huckabee Criticizes Government Emergency Assistance

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  by Ward Schaefer October 22, 2009 Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee used his address at Salvation Army's annual dinner in Jackson last night to criticize the role of government in assisting in emergencies such as Hurricane Katrina. "Frankly, I'd rather see the kind of help that'" [...]

  Posted: October 22, 2009, 3:37pm EDT
  

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• Mike Huckabee Criticizes Government Emergency Assistance

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  by Ward Schaefer October 22, 2009 Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee used his address at Salvation Army’s annual dinner in Jackson last night to criticize the role of government in assisting in emergencies such as Hurricane Katrina. "Frankly, I’d rather see the kind of help that" [...]

  Posted: October 22, 2009, 3:37pm EDT
  

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• JPS Board Drops Music Program

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  by Ward Schaefer October 21, 2009 The Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees failed to renew funding for a music education program yesterday, effectively discontinuing a 42-year-old collaboration with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. Board members voted 2-2 on renewing the program. Members Jonathan Larkin and Ann Jones voted for renewal, and Delmer [...]

  Posted: October 21, 2009, 7:05pm EDT
  

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• Rains Hurt State Fair, Helped Local Restaurants

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  by Ward Schaefer October 20, 2009 The weather was unkind to the Mississippi State Fair last week, but the near-constant rain was a boon for one segment of Jackson: downtown restaurant owners. Fair director Billy Orr estimates that roughly 500,000 people attended this year, down from nearly 610,000 last year—even after the [...]

  Posted: October 20, 2009, 8:15pm EDT
  

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• Hinds Supes Go to Executive Session on Detention Center

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  by Ward Schaefer October 13, 2009 Hinds County Supervisors considered adopting a memorandum of understanding with a youth justice advocacy organization at a board meeting this morning. The proposed memorandum, which the board discussed in a closed executive session, would establish acceptable staff-to-youth ratios at the Henley-Young Youth Detention Center, mandate exercise [...]

  Posted: October 19, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
  

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