On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers, his widow Myrlie Evers-Williams talks with the Associated Press about her memories of his death, her missed opportunity to speak at the famous Martin Luther King Jr. March On Washington and her invitation in January to offer the invocation at President Barack [...]
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Rick Cleveland takes reins at Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
April 4, 2012
Long-time, award winning sports journalist Rick Cleveland was named today as the new executive director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Cleveland, 59, succeeds the late Michael Rubenstein, the museum’s only previous director. “We think Rick is the perfect fit,” said Oscar Miskelly, chairman of the museum’s board of directors. “Nobody has [...]
(UPDATED) PSC requests proposals for Kemper County coal plant
March 28, 2012
>> SEE UPDATE AS OF THURSDAY MORNING …. JACKSON — State utility regulators have asked Mississippi Power Co. and the Sierra Club to submit proposals on how to proceed with the Kemper County coal-fired power plant. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled on March 15 that the Public Service Commission failed to lay out its reasoning [...]
June 11, 2013
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