FILE - Former Democratic speaker Pro-Tem Robert Clark smiles as he in congratulated by well wishers for overcoming barriers 50 years ago to become ... at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Miss.

LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi's first Black lawmaker of the 20th century and rose to the second-highest leadership role in the state House of ...

Former Democratic speaker Pro-Tem Robert Clark smiles as he in congratulated by well wishers for overcoming barriers 50 years ago to become Mississippi’s first black legislator since Reconstruction at ...

Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said a 15-year-old male was fatally shot in the head Thursday on Shands Street off Interstate 55 Frontage Road in South Jackson. Wade said when officers arrived at ...

According to the Jackson Police Department, at approximately 11:00 p.m., an investigation was opened into the death of 68-year-old Thelma Wright. Detectives learned that Wright had been shot on Meadow ...

New Jersey developer Kumar Bhavanasi has purchased the Pinnacle Building and the Old Deposit Guaranty Building in Downtown Jackson, Mississippi ... the corner of East Capitol and North Lamar ...

There are two projects, one that will come together quickly, another will take some time, and there may be more to come.

People gather to protest the Trump Administration at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. "(Trump and Musk) are not following the Constitution," Coney said ...

The Capital Jewish Museum ... the other permanent exhibit — is a classic historical museum exhibit like one might encounter in a Smithsonian. The section is full of old-timey D.C. photographs and ...