For the fifth session in a row, legislators passed over funding requests to build Jackson State a new football stadium or ...

Sixty years ago, a tornado tore through South Jackson, leaving one of the state's deadliest disasters. It was one only two F5 ...

Civil rights leader John Perkins, 95, died March 13, surrounded by family. He was known for racial reconciliation and justice ...

A bright red British phone booth stands in Downtown Jackson. Curious Mississippi traces how it ended up on Congress Street.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rev. Jesse Jackson made plenty of appearances in Miami through the years. He showed up for political events and religious ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson's life was tied tightly to the city of Chicago and its people going back to when he first arrived in the city as a theological student in 1964. Jackson was born in Greenville, ...

Jesse Jackson, a civil rights activist and two-time presidential candidate, has died at the age of 84. Sen. Hillman Frazier, D-Jackson, remembered Jackson as a friend who often visited Mississippi's ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. touched many lives, including many in Mississippi. For years, he was a leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and was a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. "He ...

In 1972 in Miami Beach, the Rev. Jesse Jackson announces plans to register eight million black voters during a spirited speech at a meat cutters union conference. At the end of Jackson's speech, the ...

A proposed state bill would create a nine-member regional authority to manage Jackson's water and sewer system. The bill gives Jackson appointees majority control of the new authority's board, a key ...

Have a chocolate craving? A great brownie can scratch the itch, but everyone seems to have a favorite kind. Whether you love crisp edge pieces, barely-baked options with a gooey center, frosting or ...

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson has died. He was 84.Here’s a look at the life of the civil rights activist and clergyman:Birth date: October 8, 1941Birth place: Greenville, South CarolinaBirth name: ...