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Scott Ford housesThese homes in Jackson’s Farish Street district tell a history we don’t often hear.Alferdteen Harrison/Special to Clarion LedgerIt might sound like deja vu, but a recent development has city officials hopeful about the the once vibrant Farish Street Historic District, and with it, a gradual return of the area’s prominence. The Jackson City Council on Tuesday approved a masterplan for the possible redevelopment of a 40,000-square-foot building on the south end of the district. The building may be turned into a mixed-use facility for retail and office space featuring a culinary hub with multiple restaurant vendors. City officials hope the project will spur further…

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order cutting U.S. aid to South Africa, following claims he has made about the country discriminating against white farmers.“South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY,” the president said in an initial post on his social media platform Truth Social earlier this month. “Massive Human Rights VIOLATION, at a minimum, is happening for all to see.”The president’s executive order on Friday included an offer to resettle white South Africans whom he called “victims of unjust racial discrimination.” A White House summary of the order said that “as long…

Courtesy/Admiral Cable EDD News: SANTA FE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) kicked off 2025 with approximately $5.4 million in job training awards for January and February, Cabinet Secretary-Designate Rob Black announced today.  The approved amounts for EDD’s signature Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) can assist up to 170 new trainees and interns and 51 current employees. Companies that applied during these two months are located in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Los Ranchos, Milan, Roswell, Santa Fe, Santa Teresa, and Taos.  JTIP is a training-cost reimbursement program. Companies apply for funding to train new employees and are reimbursed after…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations.Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts, including forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect.The couple, who are white, were accused of mistreating their children — all of whom are Black — by locking them in a shed, forcing them to sleep on the floor and using buckets as toilets, and more.The Kanawha County Circuit Court…

A hopeful project to start in an HBCU wins RAVE reviews for performance in the NFL combination. Bhayshul TutenBeginners of his college career in North Carolina A & T fled Fastest 40 yard dashes Time to run back in 4.32 seconds. 2025 See 40 times the fastest working 10 times from NFL combination Rs 14 Bishesh Kishesh please#Gohokies #Vt #Gocfb #ColleGefootball #Nflombine #Nfl @bhayshul pic.twitter.com/mxlssxvqqni – CFB nation 🏈 (@thecfbnation) 3 March 2025 Tuten, in the last year in 7-4 in the last year of the Great South (4-1 at the conference), 13 tuten and 13 touchdowns for Aggies, who…

Russian by McQuaid When Leon Bates’ Grandfather Would Travel Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois And Kentucky Of The International Representative Of The Fties, Fifties And Sixties, He Always Look Fresh Fresh Coming Off The Road and Fresh A Satchel With A Pair Of Important Books His Reach. “He had a huge walking horse and a green book,” he said. “When he came to a city, he had not previously known, he probably knew he could know if he needed … to eat or rest in a place. “He never went without himself because he didn’t know where none went to the…

Social media continues to be a powerful platform for celebrities, athletes, and public figures across Africa. Instagram, in particular, has become a key space where African stars connect with their fans, share their achievements, and showcase their lifestyles.According to Afrika.World, here are the top 20 most-followed Africans on Instagram as of 2024, featuring renowned musicians, athletes, actors, and influencers.The Most-Followed Africans on InstagramRankCelebrityFollowers (Millions)Country20Sadio Mané16.4Senegal19Dorra Zarrouk17.2Tunisia18Yemi Alade17.4Nigeria17Burna Boy17.6Nigeria16Diamond Platnumz18.1Tanzania15Wizkid18.2Nigeria14Tiwa Savage18.7Nigeria13Yasmin Abdelaziz19.4Egypt12Candice Swanepoel20.2South Africa11ACHRAF HAKIMI20.2 MILLIONMorocco10Hannah El-Zahed20.9Egypt9Ahmed Helmy21.0Egypt8Yasmine Sabri22.7Egypt7Mustafa Hosny23.6Egypt6AB de Villiers26.2South Africa5Davido29.4Nigeria4Amr Diab32.3Egypt3Mohamed Ramadan33.0Egypt2Tamer Hosny40.8Egypt1Mohamed Salah64.0EgyptKey Takeaways1. Egyptian Celebrities Dominate the ListEgyptian figures dominate the ranking, with Mohamed Salah (64M…

National/World A former member of the National Economic Council under Biden asked if anyone can “think of another way to save over $38 billion that doesn’t involve vandalizing agencies.”… By Eloise Goldsmith | Common Dreams on Feb 28, 2025Comments Off on As Musk Attacks Public Workers, Analysis Details $38 Billion in Taxpayer Gifts to World’s Richest Man “This is nothing more than a backdoor benefit cut and an insult to Americans who have paid into the system and earned their Social Security—all to pay for… By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Feb 28, 2025Comments Off on Official Installed by…

ABC News(SPARTA, Ga.) — History tells us that the railroad helped put America on the right track, when trains started moving people and goods across the country in the 1800s. They were yesterday’s highways, making it possible to traverse the nation in four days instead of 30.This travel revolution is one of the reasons that it made sense to give railroads, which are still privately owned in most cases, some of the same powers to claim someone else’s land as a power company, an airport or a public school system.It’s also why 72-year-old Blaine Smith, his wife Diane, his brother…

ANN ARBOR, MI — For 82-year-old Shirley Beckley, the term “urban renewal” still conjures up bad memories.It’s what took away her family home — the house at 115 W. Kingsley St. on the edge of downtown Ann Arbor, where she grew up in the 1950s and where she was raising her own children in the 1960s when the city came knocking, she said.“The whole thing was disturbing,” she said.The city wanted to demolish her home and others to make way for a controversial Packard-Beakes bypass, a traffic route proposed to cut through the Black neighborhood.A Black Lives Matter flag hangs…