Starkville to reevaluate special event permit process in light of racial justice protest
Unlike many racial justice protests across the nation over the past week, Saturday’s march and rally in Starkville came and went without any violence or arrests.
Starkville considers granting permit for Saturday’s racial justice march
Starkville city leaders will likely hold a special-call meeting Friday to consider granting a permit for local activists to hold a march for racial justice on Saturday, but activists say the march will happen regardless, in light of protests nationwide calling for an end to systemic racism and the deaths of black Americans at the hands of police.
Planning Commission delays discussion on North Haven Woods assisted living facility
Columbus Planning Commission tabled discussion Monday on whether to permit an assistant living facility to operate in the North Haven Woods subdivision.
Mississippi AG office tries to clarify new gun law
Certain gun owners can carry concealed weapons even in areas where a local government has posted signs banning them, the attorney general’s office said Thursday in an opinion aimed at clarifying Mississippi’s gun laws.
Lesbian sues town for denying gay bar permit
JACKSON — A woman is suing the leaders of a north Mississippi town, accusing them of conspiring to prevent her from opening a gay bar