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☆ Fires set on and near historically Black Jackson State University; arson suspected
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
— Authorities in Mississippi’s capital city are on the hunt for a suspected arsonist who set several fires early Tuesday morning on and near the campus of Jackson State University, a historically Black public college. News outlets reported at least seven overnight fires were confirmed by officials. Another one of the fires broke out on Jackson State University’s baseball field. This is a major occurrence,” Patrick Armon, assistant fire chief for the Jackson Fire Department, told WAPT-TV. We have about a third of our department on sites.”Firefighters respond to a fire near Jackson State University on Nov. 7, 2022.
☆ JSU head coach Deion Sanders to prohibit players from leaving hotel after Takeoff shot and killed
  + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Matt Foster | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —Jackson State University head football coach Deion Sanders has told his players they can’t leave their hotel in Houston, Texas, this upcoming weekend in the wake of rapper Takeoff’s fatal shooting in the city. “Sooner or later we gotta start changing our addresses guys,” Sanders said. Now you guys are Jackson State royalty. You’re 8-0 now. You’re gonna have to disconnect, sooner or later you’re gonna have to.”
☆ Deion Sanders says HBCUs can be a path to the NFL for top players
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
Jackson State coach Deion Sanders says historically Black college football programs can be a path to the NFL for top recruits, but it is difficult to compete with the wealthier, traditional power schools. Sanders, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who starred with the Falcons, 49ers and Cowboys, is in his third season with Jackson State. I can still make it through there (an HBCU) and they can navigate me to the NFL,” Sanders said Tuesday during an interview on the AP Top 25 College Football Podcast. HBCUs, such as Jackson State and its SWAC rivals, were a goldmine of top talent for decades, in large part because of segregation. “So now it’s becoming an option,” Sanders said.
☆ Jackson’s water system may need billions in repairs. Federal infrastructure funds aren’t a quick fix.
  + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Bracey Harris | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +11 min
One of two state agencies responsible for pushing out millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funds said it could be at least mid-to-late 2023 before any allocations roll out. Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, a Democrat, has said the price tag to overhaul the city’s water infrastructure could balloon into the billions. This year, the Mississippi Legislature created a $450 million water infrastructure funding program with money the state received through the Congressional Covid relief package that passed in 2021. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is administering the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. Sam Mozee, director of the Mississippi Urban Research Center at Jackson State University, says his team is tracking what happens with funding going forward.
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