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Large crowd gathers for âStop The Violence Marchâ in Jackson Large Crowd Gathers For A âStop The Violence Marchâ Hoping To Find Solutions To Combat Crime In The Capital City By Quentin Smith | April 25, 2021 at 11:26 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 1:33 AM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A large crowd gathered for a âStop the Violence Marchâ in Jackson on April 25. State leaders and dozens of concerned residents gathered, hoping to find solutions to combat crime. The march started at the State Capitol and ended on the steps at Jackson City Hall. Family members of homicide victims took to the microphone expressing how theyâve been impacted by gun violence and making a plea for it to come to an end. ....
Associated Press A Jackson city councilman is hosting a march on Sunday in an effort to combat violence in Mississippi s capital city. Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes told WAPT-TV that Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain, Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance and Jackson Police Chief James Davis are among the speakers planned for Sunday s “Stop the Violence” march. The march is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Mississippi and Congress Streets and will end at Jackson City Hall. ....
Jackson councilor plans march to combat violence in city April 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail JACKSON, Miss. (AP) A Jackson city councilor is hosting a march on Sunday in an effort to combat violence in Mississippi s capital city. Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes told WAPT-TV that Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain, Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance and Jackson Police Chief James Davis are among the speakers planned for Sunday s “Stop the Violence” march. The march is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Mississippi and Congress Streets and will end at Jackson City Hall. “We are trying everything, everything in our power to try and let young people, old people, all people know to stop the violence,” Stokes told the television station. ....
Apr 21, 2021 The city of Jackson is exploring the option to pay its employees in cryptocurrency and may begin mining Bitcoin. Mayor Scott Conger of Jackson Tennessee has plans to begin using cryptocurrency within the city. The Mayor also said that the city is exploring giving its employees the option to be paid in crypto as well as mining Bitcoin and keeping it on the city s balance sheet. What does the future of cryptocurrency look like for the city of Jackson? We re exploring payroll conversions for our employees. Even more exciting - we re seriously exploring mining Bitcoin to add to our Balance sheet, said the Mayor in a tweet. ....
WBBJ TV April 20, 2021 JACKSON, Tenn. A man charged in connection with a March robbery and shooting of an elderly man in his north Jackson home, along with two other robberies, has been arraigned in Jackson City Court. Marvin Holloway Jr. is charged with especially aggravated kidnapping, especially aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and attempted first-degree murder. Court documents say Jackson police responded to a report of a shooting at a home on Ivy Hill Drive on March 22, and found a 79-year-old man with a gunshot wound. A witness to the shooting had called 911 after hearing screaming and a gunshot inside the garage of the home, court documents say. ....