Community Night in Claiborne Park Every Thursday in July
Community Night is an annual summer event hosted by Common Ground Covenant Church featuring live music, free food, and family fun! This year it is being hosted at Claiborne [...]
Neighborhoods
Grand Opening for the Center For Social Entrepreneurship
This past Friday, the Center for Social Entrepreneurship held its grand opening event, inviting the community to see all the transformations of the International House on [...]
West Jackson Resident Preserves her Home and Encourages Others To Do the Same
A West Jackson resident, who did not want to go on record, has lived in West Jackson her entire life. As she moved into adulthood, she decided she wanted to buy a home in the [...]
Patty Patterson Transforms Vacant Lot into Community Garden
Patty Patterson is a longtime resident and advocate for West Jackson. She is a community organizer and owner of Repurposed Projects, where she builds products out of recycled [...]
City of Jackson Completes Walking Trail in Battlefield Park
Battlefield Park is the oldest and largest park in the City of Jackson. The park is 54 acres and was a battle ground during the Civil War in 1863. Although this park has many [...]
Pecan Park Has Successful Clean-Up Day, Pictures
Pecan Park Neighborhood Association is a highly visible neighborhood, located at the NW entrance to Jackson State University. On Saturday, June 11, 2016 dozens of volunteers [...]
6th Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Battlefield Park, Saturday
Juneteenth, which is a state holiday in over 40 states, is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth Jackson has been [...]
Provine High School Adds Scientific Innovation Academy to Curriculum
This past year Provine High School added the Scientific Innovation Academy to its curriculum. The Scientific Innovation Academy is responsible for constructing, cultivating [...]
Retired Jackson Teacher Opens Fourth Little Free Library in WJ
Upon retirement from 36 years of teaching elementary school, Rachell Stepney was looking for a fun project and a way to contribute to her community when she read an article [...]
Teens Can Attend the Boys & Girls Club for the Summer for only $25 Dollars
Thousands of boys and girls, at-risk and in need, are taking advantage of the programs, activities, and services provided by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi [...]