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Co-Lin president appointed to Commission on Colleges board
Dr. Dewayne Middleton, President of Copiah-Lincoln Community College, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). Middleton will serve as a member of the Mississippi Delegation of the Board of Trustees. The 77-member Board represents approximately 800 SACSCOC-accredited institutions and is responsible for […] The post Co-Lin president appointed to Commission on Colleges board appeared first on Daily Leader.
Mississippi’s Black students more likely to repeat grades: report
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – More than 70 years after the end of school segregation nationwide, data reveals that racialized differences are still present in Mississippi’s public education system. Mississippi has historically had growing pains related to racial issues. School desegregation was not enforced in the state until 1970, 16 years after the landmark Brown v. […]
Evers Home could be nominated for World Heritage List
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that she has authorized the National Park Service (NPS) to prepare a potential nomination for 11 U.S. Civil Rights Movement sites in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Virginia and Washington, DC to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The site in Mississippi […]
MSCS educator's post goes viral amid concerns for teacher pay cuts, job reassignments
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis Shelby County Schools educator's social media post went viral after laying out concerns about the district's major reassignments or job cuts in their new budget approved last month. Ranasha Chapman said she didn't have any ill intentions expressing the harsh reality for teachers being...
Memphis nonprofit gives seniors free access to legal services
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Area Legal Services Inc. hosted its 14th Annual “Give a Little, Help a Lot” clinic to provide senior citizens with free legal services in Memphis. The event took place Wednesday morning at the Orange Mound Community Center. MALS is a nonprofit law firm...
Mom whose 2-year-old died after alleged discipline involving braided dog toy booked on $1M bond
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Shelby County Jail records show Sharday Bakare, 26, was booked Tuesday on a $1,000,000 bond after extradition from Texas. U.S. Marshals in Texas captured Bakare in mid-June. She is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated child neglect, and aggravated child abuse following the death of her two-year-old...
Argument inside gas station leads to shots fired, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Memphis Police Department is searching for a man accused of firing shots after a verbal disagreement in a gas station. On Saturday, July 13, around 1:32 a.m., officers responded to an aggravated assault call at the Valero Gas Station on Airways Boulevard. Officers were informed that...
Couple attacked, robbed, raped at gunpoint: MPD
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A couple is now recovering after police say they were allegedly attacked and robbed before the girlfriend was raped at gunpoint Monday night in Oakhaven. A woman told officers it started when she was sitting in a car with her boyfriend around 11:30 p.m. and there was a knock on the window. […]
Church’s Chicken shooting suspect wants case thrown out
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The woman accused of shooting a Church’s Chicken employee to death appeared back in front of a judge Wednesday morning. Monica Williams, 45, is charged with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting that claimed the life of Anitra West. Although Williams was captured on video, the defense says that may not be […]
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