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The 2021-22 Mayor's Youth Council meets once a month to come up with ideas, put together projects, and ultimately better the City of Jackson.

The Great American Cleanup kicks off in Jackson Events are planned throughout the month to give the Capital City a spring cleanup The Great American Cleanup kicks off in Jackson By Maggie Wade | April 8, 2021 at 10:01 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 10:01 PM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Volunteers come to Jackson for a spring spruce up. Thursday was the kickoff of the Great American Cleanup. Keep Mississippi Beautiful is teaming up with Keep Jackson Beautiful to fan out to areas around the Capital City. Almost 200 volunteers came to Jackson to pick up litter and plant flowers around the Capital ...

JACKSON, Mississippi – Less than 2 miles from the Mississippi's Capitol building, an elderly Black man hoards water. James Brooks, 78, keeps rows of plastic containers of water at his Jackson home filled with varying shades of gray, yellow and brown water. On the porch. In the kitchen. In the bathroom. Water from the tap, water from Walmart, water from the melting snow on the roof of his car, boiled water, distilled water, most of it collected drip by drip and stored. There are so many gallon containers it is hard to walk among them, especially for his wife, Jean, who uses a cane.