Michelle Obama urges JSU grads to vote to protect civil rights
First lady Michelle Obama told graduates of a historically black university in Mississippi on Saturday that “the power of voting is real and lasting” and they need to cast ballots to protect civil-rights advances made by previous generations.
JSU raises nonblack enrollment, gains control of endowment
Jackson State University will become the second of Mississippi’s three historically black universities to gain control of an endowment set aside in a desegregation lawsuit.
Man arrested in JSU professor’s slaying
Madison Police Chief Gene Waldrop says a 20-year-old man has been charged with murder in the May 21 slaying Jackson State University professor Garrick Shelton.
SHS Principal Fennell leaving for JSU job
Starkville High School Principal Keith Fennell will leave his position for a job as Jackson State University’s director of student academic services, school officials announced Thursday
Fennell’s last day as SHS leader is Feb. 28.