2015/05/08 – Robert Henry Rice, the last of 10 young white defendants in a hate crime conspiracy case that resulted in the death of James Craig Anderson, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars in federal court on Friday. Rice was …..
2015/05/07 – The state Supreme Court on Thursday approved “the Legislature’s” motion to expedite an appeal of a lower court’s actions on a school funding initiative on November’s statewide ballots. The court agreed to a request from Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves …..
2015/05/07 – Weapons at school. Assaults on teachers. Thefts. Lack of response and support from administrators. These are a few accounts from Jackson Public Schools teachers and employees who anonymously shared their stories about working in the district in a report …..
2015/05/07 – Some 5,700 Mississippi elementary school students risk repeating the third grade next year after scoring minimal on last month’s statewide reading assessment. The Mississippi Department of Education released statewide test results at a Board of Education meeting Thursday morning. …..
2015/05/05 – PASCAGOULA – On a rain-drenched day in April, students at Pascagoula’s Cherokee Elementary sweated out a computerized 50-question multiple choice test. Third-grader Lacey Peeler admitted she was a little nervous about the high stakes attached to the test. “Kind of, …..
