FRONT
1. Beauty Pageant
2. Hinds citizens fighting back!
3. “Barbour irresponsible on Medicaid,” House leadership charges
4. Workers need $7.05 per hour to make ends meet
5. Ross Clay: A life filled with music
6. Crisler has opposition in Ward 6
7. 2005 Student Leadership Conference held in Jackson

NATION/WORLD
1. NAACP opposes William G. Myers, III to Court of Appeals
2. Court ruling encourages death row opponents
3. Health disparities called a “national embarrassment’
4. USDA to end injunctive relief for black farmers

NEWS
1. Memphis native D.J. Oliver shines in ‘Miss Saigon’
2. Pam Davis-Harris demonstrates hair product in Jackson
3. NCNW hosted 4th Annual Student Recognition Program
4. Big “A” has high hopes for stardom
5. Third Annual MS Child Welfare Institute Conference
6. Highlights of Jackson 2000’s Friendship Ball
7. MS state senate votes to set hairbraiders free
8. Gene Parks remembered
9. Support Xavia McGriff
10. Highlights of the Eliza Pillars Scholarship Ball

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. New area code makes ten digit dialing necessary
2. Minorities, women see greater opportunities on corporate boards
3. Largest television production studio in the state in Jackson
4. Blacknews.com partners with The Associated Press

SPORTS
1. JSU Sports: A modern day “blended family” story
2. Stokes asks for fair treatment
3. MS Stings may fill void as Rage decides to sit out ’05 season
4. Harlem Globetrotters coming to Jackson!
5. Ross and Burns named All-SWAC
6. Shirley Walker named Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale’s Topics: No way out
2. Leave Social Security alone
3. Preparation for Reparations: Building a ship on moving currents
4. Uplifting Families: Case Study of Selfishness in Children
5. Letter to the editor from John M. Wages, Jr.

HEALTH
1. Ecstasy use drops in U.S.
2. The Lions Speak: African American men and self-knowledge
3. UMC forms partnership with HEAT
4. Jesse Jackson urges high-profile blacks to lead HIV testing campaign
5. U.N. reports says AIDS may kill 80 million Africans by 2025
6. Limit sodium for good health

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
In a slight reversal of form, we start off with birthdays and civil rights that include movie stars, singers and star athletes and other entertainers … all of whom made contributions. Then we Move on Down the Line!

ENTERTAINMENT
1. 50 cancels NY appearance amid shooting inquiry
2. Watching “God’ is a pleasure
3. Martha Stewart isn’t your average ex-con
4. Ciara drops her 1, 2 Step
5. Millsaps Bell Concert presents Constance Carroll in season finale

PERSPECTIVE
1. The U.N. Millennium Goals: A promise to change the world

EDUCATION
1. JPS celebrates School Board Appreciation Week
2. Nissan donates $7,500 to JPS
3. Congressman Thompson makes five military academy nominations
4. Faith-based and non-profit summit to be held Mar. 15

STATE/METRO
1. Eudora Welty House named National Historic Landmark
2. Tougaloo and Brown University to discuss student exchange program
3. Three MDOC inmates receive GED certification
4. Medical Mall present positive role models for teenage boys

BOOKSHELF
1. Two women’s lives changed by reunion
2. A nutshell view of Carter G. Woodson
3. Corduroy Writes a Letter
4. Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!
5. Terryce Walker presents Capturing a Vision to Denise Wright