Legal Notices, Classifieds, and Up and Down Farish Street (chronicles the history of Jackson, MS) are published in each issue of the Jackson Advocate

FRONT
1. ‘There is no Grey Haired Gang’ says family of accused 2. Black residents rally to increase spending power 3. King gets a presidential sendoff 4. Racist motives behind immigrant legislative bills 5. Artists to lend voices for benefit of evacuees: Rhonda Richmond, Ora Reed 6. Winter concert 7. Speeders beware!

NATION/WORLD
1. NAACP mourns the loss of federal judge Jack Tanner 2. Houston destroys largest black historic district in U.S.

STATE/METRO
1. Constance Slaughter-Harvey to speak about Reauthorization of the Voting Right Act 2. Matthew Holden, Jr. to visit Tougaloo College 3. Girl Scot cookies are here! 4. Yazoo Black History Month events 5. Hosanna minister declares ‘No One Left Behind’

EDITORIALS
1. Who in the next Congress will represent black and working class Mississippians? 2. Tisdale’s Topics: If we must die… 3. Stop unfair treatment of Judge Tomie Green

PERSPECTIVE
1. Watching our leaders’ choices

EDUCATION
1. Words of Wisdom Scholarship Program 2. S.A.T. vocab contest 3. MDE submits numbers of displaced student to U.S. Dept of Education 4. Chastain Science Fair winners 5. Art Workshop (Acrylics) 6. Piney Woods Students Learn to Manage Money

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. TVA ranks top of economic ladder 2. PBS names Paula Kegger new president and CEO 3. Advice for choosing a tax return newspaper

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET

BOOKSHELF
1. Parents share beliefs and insights about children and child-rearing 2. Music icon Yusef Lateef publishes autobiography 3. Book Signing: J. Moffett Walker 4. Fly Eagle Fly

NEWS
1. Eden Brent to perform at Trinity Lutheran 2. Pearl Street AME Black History Month activities 3. Senior citizens get a hand up 4. Record number attend 14th Trumpet Awards 5. MS Opera presents ‘Love in the Afternoon’ 6. ‘The Music Man Junior’ showing February 10-12 7. Eddie Ruth Bradford: The Delta Breeze returns Feb. 21 8. Williams Brothers speaks out 9. Ward 5 community of Washington Addition voicing concerns about the flood problems 10. Mother of Benjamin Brown passes 11. Tribute to Ollie Mae Brown 12. Opening the early childhood education door and closing the preparation gap 13. Forward Lookers Federated Club holds 20th Annual Heritage Luncheon

SPORTS
1. Simpson County church use basketball to promote Christianity 2. JSU names Braddy as athletic director 3. JSU basketball wrap up 4. Rahman ready to show skills in bout with Toney 5. All Star Basketball Camp

HEALTH
1. Overweight Americans try to cope with obesity tolerance 2. The Lion Speaks: African American men in antiquity 3. Governor Haley Barbour proclaims February as American Heart Month 4. Medical Mall going smoke free in March 5. Soothing essentials for mom and baby 6. Kidney disease risk factors go unaddressed 7. Preserving your baby’s dental health