Barbara Gauntt

Students were welcomed with warm hugs as parents tried to console some wary kindergarteners on the first day of school at Mannsdale Elementary.

Metro-area marching bands head back to school and prepare for a bigger, better and louder 2024 marching season.

Carly Gregg,15, appears in Rankin County Circuit Court concerning her competency to stand trial and her mental health regarding her mother's murder.

Quitman running back Akylin Dear, photographed in Ridgeland, Miss., Aug. 10, 2024, is a member of the 2024 Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen.

JTRAN employees and other members of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) protest working conditions as they rally outside JTRAN headquarters in Jackson.

Clarion Ledger photographers captured moments of victory, defeat and everything in between during the PGA tournament.

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba gives the State of the City address at the Icehouse in Jackson.

Voters cast ballots to replace former Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee who resigned and pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy to commit bribery charges.

Candidates Tina Clay and Marcus Cheatham wait as Jackson election commissioners tally votes in the runoff for the Ward 2 seat in the city council.

The Jackson City Council meets with Councilman Aaron Banks and Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba present. Both have pleaded not guilty to federal bribery charges.