Small business owner makes her dream a reality in the capital city
JANS – Keisha Marie Alexander is the style visionary behind Posh Boutique. As the proprietor and ...

Snap Man’s Designs
Snap Man’s Designs held a reopening celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony on January 26, 2012, ...

Flagship restaurant reopens
Phillip M’s Returns JANS – Pearl River Resort is pleased to announce the reopening of the well ...

Governor’s Job Fair Network to connect veterans with jobs
JANS – The Governor’s Job Fair Network announced today that a Veterans Job and Education Fair ...

MS Careers of Tomorrow Project awarded $5 million H-1B technical skills grant
JANS – The Greater Jackson Alliance, the Economic Development Division of the Greater Jackson ...

Children learn bicycle safety, importance of physical activity
JANS – About thirty children from the Jackson Medical Mall area pedaled their way to a healthier ...

Dr. Dionne Richardson appointed director of Dental  Services at MSDH
JANS – The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has announced the appointment of Dr. ...

Fighting the Flu……..One Community at a Time(update)
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Tour for Diversity in Medicine meets goal to attract minorities
Doctors, dentists to visit five Historically Black Colleges in South to advise, mentor future ...

Breast cancer conference planned for March 10
By Carolyn Stephens Maxwell Jackson Advocate Contributing Writer You2?!-Me2!-Her2!� will ...

Usher to play Sugar Ray Leonard in upcoming film
Crooner Usher Raymond is all set to play boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard in a forthcoming biopic ...

‘Hunger Games’ fans upset because of Rue’s race
It wasn't all good news for Team "Hunger Games" over the weekend. Despite fawning reviews and ...

NeNe Leakes lands role on new NBC sitcom
NeNe Leakes has made no bones about the fact that she wants to be a Hollywood star. ... ...

Tami Roman suffers mild heart attack
“Basketball Wives” cast member Tami Roman is recovering after suffering a mild heart attack. ...

Gladys Knight to star in new TV series
R&B legend Gladys Knight, in between her grueling ‘Dancing With the Stars’ (DWTS) routines, is ...

NBA fines baller $25k for innappropriate tweet
The NBA has fined New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith $25,000 for posting a photo of a scantily ... ...

Pres. picks North Carolina to win NCAA Championship
President Barack Obama likes North Carolina’s chances of winning the NCAA title. Obama picked the ...

NBA Shocker: Lakers trade Derek Fisher to Houston
Whoa Laker/NBA fans, here’s a shocker … sort of. We didn’t see this one coming. Here’s the deal. ...

Miami Heat players don hoodies for Trayvon Martin
Dwyane Wade and LeBron James were only a few miles away from Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, ... ...

Tiger Woods regains his winning streak
Two weeks after another injury scare, Tiger Woods looked dominant as ever in that bright red shirt ...