Author: Rickey Summers

Attorneys hired by Jay-Z and other entertainers have ended two lawsuits they filed on behalf of Mississippi inmates in 2020 over what they said were squalid living conditions at the state’s oldest prison — a facility that came under Justice Department scrutiny after outbursts of deadly violence by inmates. Even before the violence at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman in late 2019 and early 2020, state health inspectors had found repeated problems with broken toilets and moldy showers. Inmates said some cell doors did not lock, and it was common to see rats and roaches. The lawsuits were dismissed…

Jackson finished with 12 points (5-9 FG, 0-1 3Pt, 2-2 FT), seven rebounds, four blocks, one assist and one steal in 26 minutes in Saturday’s 130-112 loss to the Grizzlies. At least on the defensive end, Jackson has provided a good Myles Turner (back) impression while starting in place of the former player the past two games. Jackson has amassed 11 blocks between those contests and should be a strong streaming option in that category if Turner misses additional time, though fantasy players shouldn’t count on Jackson coming close to replicating Turner’s production as a scorer. Before Turner picked up…

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – After a year’s hiatus the Southern Oregon Flea Market has returned to Jackson County. In a post, the organization said it stopped hosting its event in Medford because of a lack of vendors, and participants, due to what it claims were pressures from the pandemic. On January 15th, that all seemed to change, the Olsrud Building at the fairgrounds was packed with vendors and shoppers throughout the day. “I’m really glad to see the flea market back, we did it when it was at the armory a couple of times, it’s different than some of the…

India has taken a step toward allowing leading foreign universities such as Yale, Oxford and Stanford to set up campuses and award degrees as part of an overhaul of the South Asian nation’s higher education. Regulator the University Grants Commission on Thursday unveiled a draft legislation for public feedback that seeks to facilitate entry and operation of overseas institutions in the country for the first time. The local campus can decide on admission criteria for domestic and foreign students, fee structure and scholarship, according to the draft. The institutions will have the autonomy to recruit faculty and staff. Prime Minister…

Jamshid Karim, 33, suggested he did not appreciate he was not entitled to claim the council-awarded cash for Thunder Pizza, Henley. The takeaway was not operational as Thunder Pizza at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.By the time the case reached Oxford Crown Court this week, Karim had already repaid the cash he had wrongly claimed from South Oxfordshire District Council under the government loan scheme. e pleaded guilty on a basis to a single count of money laundering. Syan Ventom, for the district council, offered no evidence to support a separate charge of fraud. Kellie Enever, defending, said of…

PEARL, Miss. (WLBT) – A 16-year-old from Clinton has been charged as an adult after a teen had to be airlifted following a shooting in Pearl last week. Markinan Demon Walker, 16, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of drive-by shooting. Walker was ordered held without bond and is at the Rankin County Detention Center. Walker is accused of shooting at two people that were standing on S. Sweet Home Church Road on Thursday, December 29. The shooting is believed to be drug-related. A 17-year-old from Jackson was shot twice in the abdomen and…