http://www.mail.com/locations/12536-jackson.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/12536-jackson.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091088-naacp-board-honors-evers-memory-miss-capital.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — NAACP leaders from around the country are honoring the memory of the group's former Mississippi leader, Medgar Evers, nearly 50 years after he was assassinated outside his Jackson home. NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous and board chairwoman Roslyn Brock helped Evers' widow lay a wreath of yellow and white flowers Thursday at the ... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:52:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091088-naacp-board-honors-evers-memory-miss-capital.html 2013-05-16T18:52:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022032-miss-abortion-clinic-license-reprieve.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi from revoking the license of the state's only abortion clinic. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III extended an injunction he issued several months ago, which blocks the state from closing the clinic while it tries to fulfill a 2012 state law. The law requires all OB-GYNs ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:28:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022032-miss-abortion-clinic-license-reprieve.html 2013-04-16T02:28:22Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2019284-rock-soul-songwriter-george-jackson-dies-68.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Songwriter George Jackson, co-author of "Old Time Rock and Roll" and hundreds of other soul, rock and rhythm and blues tunes, has died. He was 68. Jackson died Sunday morning at his home in Ridgeland, a suburb of Jackson, said Thomas Couch Sr., board chairman of Malaco Records. Jackson had been sick with cancer for about a year. "It ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:04:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2019284-rock-soul-songwriter-george-jackson-dies-68.html 2013-04-15T01:04:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2015426-medgar-evers-to-remembered-50-years-death.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who was killed by a white supremacist outside his Jackson, Miss., home in 1963, laments that her husband is remembered primarily as an assassination victim. This June, to mark the 50th anniversary of his slaying, a series of events will pay tribute to Evers' work toward racial equality d... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:48:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2015426-medgar-evers-to-remembered-50-years-death.html 2013-04-12T10:48:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2011662-device-to-scare-birds-guard-base-lockdown.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After a report of gunfire, Air National Guard officials locked down a Mississippi base on Wednesday, but the noise thought to be shots turned out to be a device used to scare birds away from an airport runway, authorities said. The lockdown of the base in Flowood, a Jackson suburb, also prompted Gov. Phil Bryant to return from an eve... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:51:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2011662-device-to-scare-birds-guard-base-lockdown.html 2013-04-11T00:51:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2002518-apnewsbreak-video-miss-police-hq-deaths.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities have a video from a police interrogation room that shows a murder suspect shooting a detective to death before killing himself with the officer's gun, a person with knowledge of the investigation said Saturday. The suspect, Jeremy Powell, was not handcuffed during questioning at the Jackson Police Department on Thursday, ... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:11:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2002518-apnewsbreak-video-miss-police-hq-deaths.html 2013-04-06T16:11:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2001000-investigators-miss-suspect-used-detectives-gun.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The police detective killed while interrogating a murder suspect at department headquarters in Mississippi's capital city was shot four times before the suspect shot himself in the head, authorities said Friday Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart told The Associated Press that Jackson Police Detective Eric Smith was shot twic... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:02:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2001000-investigators-miss-suspect-used-detectives-gun.html 2013-04-06T00:02:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2000858-investigators-suspect-shot-officer-then.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A murder suspect shot a police detective who was interviewing him at police headquarters in Mississippi's capital city, then shot himself, state authorities said Friday. Police had previously not disclosed who fired the shot that killed the suspect, 23-year-old Jeremy Powell. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strai... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:38:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2000858-investigators-suspect-shot-officer-then.html 2013-04-05T16:38:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000016-miss-cop-suspect-shot-killed-inside-police-hq.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Stunned police officials in Jackson, Miss., are trying to determine how a suspect was able to shoot and kill a homicide detective inside an interrogation room at police headquarters — and how the suspect himself ended up dead. Authorities said Det. Eric Smith, a tall, fit investigator and decorated homicide detective who had been wit... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:11:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2000016-miss-cop-suspect-shot-killed-inside-police-hq.html 2013-04-05T12:11:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1963796-severe-storms-large-hail-pummel-parts-south.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Severe thunderstorms Monday raked across a wide area of the South, packing strong winds, rain and some baseball-size hail. In Mississippi, authorities reported two people were hit on the head by large hail as the enormous storm front crossed the region. Fire official Tim Shanks said baseball-sized hail smashed windows in several vehi... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:09:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1963796-severe-storms-large-hail-pummel-parts-south.html 2013-03-19T03:09:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934622-correction-mississippi-candidate-killed-story.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In multiple stories about the killing of Mississippi mayoral candidate Marco McMillian, The Associated Press incorrectly reported his age, based on information from sheriff's officials. Records show McMillian was 33 at the time of his death. In a story March 5, the AP incorrectly attributed a quote about McMillian's manner of death. The statement was ma... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:07:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934622-correction-mississippi-candidate-killed-story.html 2013-03-06T18:07:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1921112-man-charged-slaying-miss-mayoral-candidate.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week. The Coahoma County Sheriff's Department said in a news release that Lawrence Reed of Shelby was charged in the death of Marco McMillian, 34, a candidate for mayor of Clark... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:09:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1921112-man-charged-slaying-miss-mayoral-candidate.html 2013-03-01T02:09:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1885794-people-search-sentimental-items-twister.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Brian Bernard has spent hours since Sunday's tornado sifting through the wreckage of his family's house in search of his daughter's flute. It's not worth a lot of money, but it's important to her and that makes it invaluable to him. Like dozens of families across Mississippi, the 51-year-old Bernard devoted hours Tuesday to rummaging... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:23:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1885794-people-search-sentimental-items-twister.html 2013-02-13T02:23:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1847088-miss-abortion-clinic-license-warning.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's only abortion clinic said it received notice Friday that the state Health Department intends to revoke its operating license. However, the clinic, Jackson Women's Health Organization, is not expected to close anytime soon. Under a state administrative procedures law, the clinic can remain open while it awaits a hearing ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1847088-miss-abortion-clinic-license-warning.html 2013-01-26T02:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1837750-40-years-roe-v-wade-abortion-foes-march.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights established by the Supreme Court in the landmark ruling that still defines one of the nation's most intractable debates. Many in the anti-abortion movement looked to Kansas, where Republican... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1837750-40-years-roe-v-wade-abortion-foes-march.html 2013-01-22T22:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827444-report-miss-school-discipline-too-hard-kids.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights advocates say harsh disciplinary practices at many Mississippi schools lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions, policies that disproportionally affect minorities. A joint report by groups including the ACLU and NAACP says the problems are more widespread than just the city of Meridian,... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827444-report-miss-school-discipline-too-hard-kids.html 2013-01-17T22:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1811338-faulkner-estate-settles-lawsuit-newspaper-ad.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The estate of William Faulkner has settled a copyright lawsuit against Northrop Grumman Corp. and The Washington Post Co. for using a Faulkner quote in a newspaper ad by the defense contractor. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate in Jackson dismissed the lawsuit Dec. 12. Terms of the settlement are sealed. The Faulkner estate sued i... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1811338-faulkner-estate-settles-lawsuit-newspaper-ad.html 2013-01-10T14:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791478-5-children-1-adult-die-mississippi-wreck.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Five young siblings and one adult died early Saturday when a sport utility vehicle went off an eastern Mississippi road and plunged into a rain-swollen creek, authorities said. Neshoba County Sheriff Tommy Waddell said the victims appear to have drowned after their Dodge Durango left a county road 20 miles southeast of Philadelphia j... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 01:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791478-5-children-1-adult-die-mississippi-wreck.html 2012-12-30T01:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1772016-electoral-college-vote-affirms-obama-re-election.html ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in the 2012 presidential election, a constitutional formality on President Barack Obama's march to a second term. The rite playing in state capitols involved party luminaries and tireless activists carrying out the will of each state... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1772016-electoral-college-vote-affirms-obama-re-election.html 2012-12-17T21:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1771870-miss-high-court-building-evacuated.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals have been briefly evacuated after a bomb threat but no explosives were found. Courts spokeswoman Beverly Pettigrew Kraft says the clerk's office received a threatening call about 9:12 a.m. Monday, and the Gartin Justice Building was evacuated. People were allowed back in about 10:50 ... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1771870-miss-high-court-building-evacuated.html 2012-12-17T16:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1743524-1-guilty-hate-crime-miss-rundown-case.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A fourth man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the death of a black man who was run over by a pickup truck in Mississippi, and another man admitted he was part of a group of young whites involved in racially motivated attacks against African-Americans. The death of James Craig Anderson, who was beaten and run ov... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1743524-1-guilty-hate-crime-miss-rundown-case.html 2012-12-05T01:45:00Z