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Tom Beck

Tom Beck has a passion for storytelling. It's one of the factors that drives his work at Spot On Productions, LLC, which he founded with business partner Philip Scarborough in 2011.

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Uncertainty About 3rd Grade Gate Standards Frustrates School Officials

With testing for the so-called 3rd grade reading gate—which requires students to pass a literacy test before moving to the next grade—now under way around the state, some public school leaders say they're frustrated because they haven't been told what a passing grade is for the test.

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Santore Bracey

Santore Bracey, Democratic challenger for Hinds County Tax Collector

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Yarber Budget Proposes Tax Hike, Furloughs to Balance Budget

The City of Jackson is going into austerity mode with Mayor Tony Yarber's budget proposal, unveiled this morning at the first of a month's worth of budget talks.

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JPD, Zoo and Parks Face Tough Budget Climate

Beth Poff, the executive director of the Jackson Zoo, said the park is in a good financial position and debt-free.

Events Mark Emmett Till Slaying 60 Years Later

Sixty years after a black Chicago teenager was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, relatives and civil rights activists are holding church services and a movie screening to remember Emmett Till.

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Saints Look to Rebound

Last season's New Orleans Saints broke a five-season streak of finishing .500 or better and had their first losing season since 2007.

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Jordan Bryan

Jordan Bryan of Ross & Yerger Insurance in Jackson is one of 42 young professionals named in Insurance Business America's 2015 Young Guns report.

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Council Votes No on $15 Million Waste Hauling Contract

The Jackson City Council overwhelmingly said no to a proposal for hauling biosolids from a city wastewater treatment plant.

We Need to Learn From Charter Schools Before Expanding Them

It is too early to deem charter schools a success or failure in Mississippi. We are witnessing the beginning of a limited experiment in privatized "public" education starting this year in Jackson.

Planned Parenthood to Forgo Payment in Fetal Tissue Programs

Responding to a furor over undercover videos, Planned Parenthood says it will maintain programs at some of its clinics that make fetal tissue available for research, but will no longer accept any sort of payment to cover the costs of those programs.

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Life After the Death of USM Football

For fans of University of Southern Mississippi football, 2012 felt like the death of the program, and 2013 and 2014 felt like the mourning period. But 2015 feels like something else.

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Not Just Milling Around

The Mill, a new incubator space for local artists and small businesses, grew out of one man's quest to find a parking spot in midtown.

Supreme Court To Hear Texas Abortion Case, No Separate Action on Mississippi Appeal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on its first abortion case in eight years, a dispute over state regulation of abortion clinics.

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Hinds County OKs Landfill, Requests Byram-Clinton Funds

A rubbish dump near Clinton will nearly double in size after action from the Hinds County Board of Supervisors today.

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Andre Carter

Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Andre Carter always had a fascination with comic books and superheroes, but he often found himself wondering why none of the heroes he read about ever looked like him or the people he knew.

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Johnathan Perkins

Thanks to the Lady Arrows' dominance, head coach Johnathan Perkins won the 2014 National Federation of State High School Associations' award for girls' track and field, and it made him eligible for the NFSH regional award.

US Official: Auto Safety Agency Under Review

Transportation officials are reviewing the "safety culture" of the federal agency that oversees auto recalls, a senior Obama administration official said Friday.

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Ann Turner Williams

Drake’s Designs Florist & Gifts owner Ann Turner Williams and her business-neighbor, Chris McCoy of The Book Rack, are teaming up for Books & Boos, Wednesday, Oct. 29.

Russia Backs Ukrainians Separatists' Election

Russia gave its backing Monday to a contentious election held by separatists in eastern Ukraine, setting the stage for renewed diplomatic tensions with the West.