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293 <span class="category highlight-type"> 294 <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://jacksonfreepress.com/categories/news/city-county/ 295 "> 296 City & County 297 </a> 298 </span> 299 300 301 302 303 304 <h4 style="font-size:18pt;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="/news/2022/may/31/women-founded-nonprofit-acquires-jackson-free-pres/">Women-Founded Nonprofit Acquires Jackson Free Press Assets</a></h4><a href="/news/2022/may/31/women-founded-nonprofit-acquires-jackson-free-pres/"><img src="https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2022/05/31/Screenshot_2022-05-31_at_17-10-17_Follow-MFP_Staff-photos-banner-1024x683.png_PNG_Image_1024__683_pixels_r335x200.png?de8fe54e51d39a51b0570b4d66297fdc85fe1146" alt="" style="float:left;margin-right:5px;"></a> 305 <p>The Mississippi Journalism and Education Group board of directors is proud to announce that it recently completed the acquisition of the journalism assets of the Jackson Free Press.</p> 306 <span class="byline">By Kimberly Griffin, Mississippi Free Press</span> 307 308 309<span class="date"> 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 May 31, 2022 317 318 319 320 321 322 323</span> 324 325 </div> 326<div style="clear:both;margin-top:10px;"><hr /></div> 327 328 <div style="clear:both; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 <span class="category highlight-type"> 337 <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://jacksonfreepress.com/categories/news/education/ 338 "> 339 Education 340 </a> 341 </span> 342 343 344 345 346 347 <h4 style="font-size:18pt;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="/news/2022/apr/21/new-cset-atrium-dedication-and-college-business-do/">New CSET Atrium Dedication and College of Business Donation at JSU, MSU ERDC Day</a></h4><a href="/news/2022/apr/21/new-cset-atrium-dedication-and-college-business-do/"><img src="https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2022/04/21/Hudson-Crear-Nau-courtesy-jsu-web_r335x200.jpg?de8fe54e51d39a51b0570b4d66297fdc85fe1146" alt="" style="float:left;margin-right:5px;"></a> 348 <p>Jackson State University President Thomas K. Hudson and other JSU faculty recently held a ceremony to unveil the Brigadier General Robert Crear CSET atrium on the JSU campus.</p> 349 <span class="byline">By <a href="/staff/dustin-cardon/">Dustin Cardon</a></span> 350 351 352<span class="date"> 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 April 21, 2022 360 361 362 363 364 365 366</span> 367 368 </div> 369<div style="clear:both;margin-top:10px;"><hr /></div> 370 371 <div style="clear:both; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 <span class="category highlight-type"> 380 <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://jacksonfreepress.com/categories/news/crime/ 381 "> 382 Crime 383 </a> 384 </span> 385 386 387 388 389 390 <h4 style="font-size:18pt;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="/news/2022/apr/21/mississippi-welfare-agency-ex-director-faces-new-c/">Mississippi Welfare Agency Ex-Director Faces New Charges</a></h4><a href="/news/2022/apr/21/mississippi-welfare-agency-ex-director-faces-new-c/"><img src="https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2022/04/21/John_Davis_courtesy_MDHS-web_r335x200.jpg?de8fe54e51d39a51b0570b4d66297fdc85fe1146" alt="" style="float:left;margin-right:5px;"></a> 391 <p>John Davis, a former Mississippi Department of Human Services director, has been indicted on 20 additional felony charges tied to allegations that he participated in misusing money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the nation, including some spent to send a former pro wrestler to â¦</p>
392 <span class="byline">By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press</span> 393 394 395<span class="date"> 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 April 21, 2022 403 404 405 406 407 408 409</span> 410 411 </div> 412<div style="clear:both;margin-top:10px;"><hr /></div> 413 414 <div style="clear:both; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 <span class="category highlight-type"> 423 <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://jacksonfreepress.com/categories/news/crime/ 424 "> 425 Crime 426 </a> 427 </span> 428 429 430 431 432 433 <h4 style="font-size:18pt;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="/news/2022/apr/21/education-company-leaders-plead-guilty-federal-cha/">Education Company Leaders Plead Guilty to Federal Charges</a></h4><a href="/news/2022/apr/21/education-company-leaders-plead-guilty-federal-cha/"><img src="https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2022/04/21/judge-gavel_Photo-by-Bill-Oxford-on-Unsplash_web_r335x200.jpg?de8fe54e51d39a51b0570b4d66297fdc85fe1146" alt="" style="float:left;margin-right:5px;"></a> 434 <p>Nancy New and Zachary New, a mother and son who ran a for-profit education company, have pleaded guilty to improperly obtaining millions of dollars from the Mississippi Department of Education by submitting false documents about schools they operated.</p> 435 <span class="byline">By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press</span> 436 437 438<span class="date"> 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 April 21, 2022 446 447 448 449 450 451 452</span> 453 454 </div> 455<div style="clear:both;margin-top:10px;"><hr /></div> 456 457 <div style="clear:both; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 <span class="category highlight-type"> 467 <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://jacksonfreepress.com/categories/news/city-county/ 468 "> 469 City & County 470 </a> 471 </span> 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 <h4 style="font-size:18pt;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="/news/2022/apr/19/jackson-police-are-short-staffed-assistant-chief-s/">Jackson Police Are Short-Staffed, Assistant Chief Says</a></h4><a href="/news/2022/apr/19/jackson-police-are-short-staffed-assistant-chief-s/"><img src="https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2022/04/19/Asst.ChiefWade-courtesy_city_of_jackson-web_r335x200.jpg?de8fe54e51d39a51b0570b4d66297fdc85fe1146" alt="" style="float:left;margin-right:5px;"></a> 480 <p>An assistant chief says the police department in Mississippi's largest city is short-staffed, and recruitment and retention are big challenges.</p> 481 <span class="byline">By JFP Staff</span> 482 483 484<span class="date"> 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 April 19, 2022 492 493 494 495 496 497 498</span> 499 500 </div> 501<div style="clear:both;margin-top:10px;"><hr /></div> 502 503 <div style="clear:both; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> 504 505 506 507 508 509 510
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623ould boost lagging rural areas.</p> 624 <span class="byline">By JFP Staff</span> 625 626 627<span class="date"> 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 April 14, 2022 635 636 637 638 639 640 641</span> 642 643 </div> 644<div style="clear:both;margin-top:10px;"><hr /></div> 645 646 <div style="clear:both; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 <span class="category highlight-type"> 655 <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://jacksonfreepress.com/categories/news/education/ 656 "> 657 Education 658 </a> 659 </span> 660 661 662 663 664 665 <h4 style="font-size:18pt;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="/news/2022/apr/13/jsu-commencement-speakers-national-academy-invento/">JSU Commencement Speakers, National Academy of Inventors Chapter and Marc E. Bassy at MSU</a></h4><a href="/news/2022/apr/13/jsu-commencement-speakers-national-academy-invento/"><img src="https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2022/04/13/Thasunda_Brown_Duckett_-_Hoilkes_courtesy_JSU_-_web_r335x200.jpg?de8fe54e51d39a51b0570b4d66297fdc85fe1146" alt="" style="float:left;margin-right:5px;"></a> 666 <p>Jackson State University recently announced that Thasunda Brown Duckett and Homer Wilkes will hold presentations during the university's 2022 commencement exercises.</p> 667 <span class="byline">By <a href="/staff/dustin-cardon/">Dustin Cardon</a></span> 668 669 670<span class="date"> 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 April 13, 2022 678 679 680 681 682 683 684</span> 685 686 </div> 687<div style="clear:both;margin-top:10px;"><hr /></div> 688 689 <div style="clear:both; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 <span class="category highlight-type"> 701 <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://jacksonfreepress.com/categories/news/state/ 702 "> 703 State 704 </a> 705 </span> 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 <h4 style="font-size:18pt;padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="/news/2022/apr/13/eudora-welty-letters-released-2-decades-after-auth/">Eudora Welty Letters Released 2 Decades After Author's Death</a></h4><a href="/news/2022/apr/13/eudora-welty-letters-released-2-decades-after-auth/"><img src="https://jacksonfreepress.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2022/04/13/Eudora_Welty_courtesy_Missis_Archives_and_History-web_r335x200.jpg?de8fe54e51d39a51b0570b4d66297fdc85fe1146" alt="" style="float:left;margin-right:5px;"></a> 716 <p>The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is allowing the public to have access to additional papers from the late author Eudora Welty, including letters written by members of her family.</p> 717 <span class="byline">By JFP Staff</span> 718 719 720<span class="date"> 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 April 13, 2022 728 729 730 731 732 733 734</span> 735 736 </div> 737<div style="clear:both;margin-top:10px;"><hr /></div> 738 739 <div style="clear:both; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;"> 740 741 742 743 744 745 746
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