Jackson/Hinds Library System (JHLS) is the public library system of Jackson and Hinds County in Mississippi.
Jackson/Hinds Library System (JHLS) is the public library system of Jackson and Hinds County in Mississippi.
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. State of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond, Mississippi. The city of Jackson also includes around 3,000 acres (12.1 km2) comprising Jackson-Medgar Evers International Airport in Rankin County and a small portion of Madison County. The city's population was estimated to be 160,628 in 2019, a decline from 173,514 in 2010. The city sits on the Pearl River and is located in the greater Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi.
Byram is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 11,489 as of the 2010 census, up from 7,386 at the 2000 census, at which time it was an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP). It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was incorporated for a second time in its history on June 16, 2009.
Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the tenth largest city in Mississippi. The population was 25,216 at the 2010 United States Census.
Raymond is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,933. Raymond is one of two county seats of Hinds County and is the home of the main campus of Hinds Community College.
WLBT, virtual channel 3, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Jackson, Mississippi, United States. The station is owned by Gray Television, which also operates American Spirit Media-owned Fox affiliate WDBD and Vicksburg-licensed MyNetworkTV outlet WLOO under shared services agreements (SSAs). WLOO's license is owned by Tougaloo College, with American Spirit actually operating the station through a separate joint sales agreement (JSA); in turn, Gray provides WLOO with limited engineering support. The three stations share studios on South Jefferson Street in downtown Jackson; WLBT's transmitter is located on Thigpen Road southeast of Raymond, Mississippi.
The Clarion Ledger is an American daily newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi, predominantly featuring sports news. It is the second-oldest company in the state of Mississippi, and is one of the few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide. It is an operating division of Gannett River States Publishing Corporation, owned by Gannett.
WJTV, virtual and VHF digital channel 12, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Jackson, Mississippi, United States. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group. WJTV's studios are located on TV Road in southwest Jackson, and its transmitter is located in Raymond, Mississippi. On cable, the station is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 13, Cable One channel 8 and Vicksburg Video channel 12, and in high definition on Xfinity digital channel 433, Cable One digital channel 460 and Vicksburg Video digital channel 255.
Jackson Academy is a private school in Jackson, Mississippi founded by Loyal M. Bearrs in 1959. Bearss claimed he established the school to teach using an accelerated phonics program he developed, but the school remained completely racially segregated until 1986, including foregoing tax exemption in 1970 to avoid accepting Black students.
The 2008 United States Senate special election in Mississippi was held on November 4, 2008. This election was held on the same day of Thad Cochran's re-election bid in the 2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi. The winner of this special election served the rest of the Senate term, which ended in January 2013. Unlike most Senate elections, this was a non-partisan election in which the candidate who got a majority of the vote won, and if the first-place candidate did not get 50%, a runoff election with the top two candidates would have been held. In the election, no run-off was necessary as Republican nominee and incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker won election to finish the term.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
The Mississippi Center for Public Policy (MCPP) is a free-market, conservative think tank located in Jackson, Mississippi. The organization's stated mission is "To advance the constitutional ideals of liberty and justice for all Mississippians by employing an evidenced-based approach to public policy whereby we advocate for and advance real conservative ideas with policy makers, members of the media, business leaders, the academic community, and private citizens."
The 2019 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2019, to choose the next Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Governor Phil Bryant was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. The Democratic Party nominated incumbent Attorney General Jim Hood, the only Democrat holding statewide office in Mississippi; the Republican Party nominated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves. In the general election, Reeves defeated Hood by a margin of 5.08%, the closest gubernatorial election in Mississippi since 1999.
Chokwe Antar Lumumba is an American attorney, activist, politician serving as the 53rd mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss Teen USA, see Miss Mississippi Teen USA
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Mississippi in March 2020.
Douglas William Shanks is an American college baseball coach, who is the current head baseball coach of the Central Hinds Academy. He is also the former City Commissioner of Jackson, Mississippi and was on their city council. He served as the head coach of the Mississippi Valley State Devils (2001–2014).
On January 13, 2019, George Robinson, a 62-year-old Black man, died two days after a violent arrest by three Black police officers in Jackson, Mississippi. According to a grand jury indictment, the officers pulled Robinson out of a car, threw him headfirst into the pavement, and struck and kicked him multiple times in the head and chest. Robinson was treated at the scene but within hours lost consciousness and later died at a hospital. The state coroner ruled the death a homicide.
Alney Dale Danks Jr. was an American attorney who served as the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1977 to 1989.
Russell Carlos Davis was an American politician and the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, from 1969 to 1977. He was a Democrat.
The 2021 mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi took place on June 8, 2021, alongside other Jackson municipal races. Incumbent mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba was re-elected to a second term in office. Primary elections took place on April 6. The deadline to register to vote in the party primaries was March 8.
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