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Mississippi receives more than 23,000 absentee ballots ahead of 2024 election
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As of October 7, the Statewide Election Management System (SEMS) reported a total of 23,434 absentee ballots received in Mississippi for the 2024 November General Election. The system reported a total of 38,875 absentee ballots requested and 36,539 absentee ballots sent. Reminders For questions regarding absentee voting, contact the Elections Division at ElectionsAnswers@sos.ms.gov, call the Elections Hotline […]
Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service to Be Held at Mississipi State Firefighter Academy Campus
A memorial service dedicated to honoring and remembering those who lost their lives in the line of duty will be held on Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. The ceremony, which will be held on the campus of the Mississippi State Firefighter Academy, is being given by Mississippi State Firefighter Academy, in partnership with the Mississippi Firefighters Association and Mississippi Fire Chiefs Association.
On this day in 1917
Fannie Lou Hamer was born on a Mississippi Delta plantation with her sharecropping family, the youngest of 20 children. She became involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and after registering to vote, she was kicked off the plantation. A fearless civil rights leader, her singing became a source of...
Hinds CC names 2024 Homecoming Court
RAYMOND – The Hinds Community College Homecoming Court Maids have been selected for 2024-2025. They are, from left, Raymond Campus Sophomore Maid Destiny Young of Raymond; Nursing Allied Health Sophomore Maid Lynette McDonald of Carson; Vicksburg-Warren Campus Sophomore Maid Amariah Hill of Vicksburg; Utica Campus Sophomore Maid Kyra Williams of Jackson; Raymond Campus Sophomore Maid […]
Lumumba shares his plan on the future of Jackson's water system. What he said
The future of Jackson's water system is still uncertain, with the past several years seeing some state lawmakers proposing ideas that ultimately failed. Now, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is throwing his own idea out there. Lumumba, speaking during a Monday press conferences, proposes the city's water system should be made up of two boards. The first being a five-member operations board. The second a 15-member advisory committee. ...
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