Urban streets named for MLK still struggle
A walk down the 6-mile city street named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. yields plenty of images that would surely unsettle the civil rights leader: shuttered storefronts, open-air drug markets and a glut of pawn shops, quickie check-cashing providers and liquor stores.
Report: Highways will face decay
State transportation officials say half of Mississippi’s highways will be in poor condition by 2035 if current funding levels continue.