FRONT
1. Human rights activists stand their ground in defense of Tomie Green
2. Recusals mean business as usual
3. One youth killed by gunfire every three hours
4. Bennie Thompson speaks at homeland security confab
5. Crenshaw voted most influential in Mississippi
6. Rape victim’s mother has lawyer woes
7. Rape rampant in South Africa
8. Right to vote not in danger
9. Jackson Links

NATION/WORLD
1. Overdue arrest made in former publisher’s death
2. REHAB follows five suburban youths as they struggle to recover from drug and alcohol
3. Sharpton rebukes rappers
4. Oldest black bank sold to white group

NEWS
1. Ward 2 City Council candidate Vallena Greer enjoys performance of Miss Saigon
2. Mentors Breakfast
3. A salute to Women’s History Month
4. Concert to benefit Greenville Weston High School Choir to travel to Carnegie Hall
5. Summer Super Start Program
6. Nationwide division president gives message of personal responsibility to PWS students
7. Bennie Thompson treated to a special preview of the anticipated 2006 Timbuktu exhibit
8. Callaway grad nets top non-commission post
9. Ward 5 City Council candidate Chris Gray participated in the Claiborne Park fundraiser
10. Tara Dowdell ‘Apprentice’ star fires off
11. Criminal justice system neglects children of imprisoned mothers

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale’s Topics: Revenge is sweet
2. Everybody talkin’ about democracy ain’t for it
3. Letter to the editor from Rev. Dr. Edward Hightower
4. Uplifting Families: MY WAT Gets in God’s Way

PERSPECTIVE
1. Eddie Logan responds to conviction

EDUCATION
1. Sharon Hurley and Dr. Hongtau Yu congratulated by JSU president
2. Nissan presents $1,5000 to fund APAC Visual Arts program
3. MLK contest award winners
4. Press conference at Power APAC promoting the Jazz Workshop and Concert
5. Camryn and Micaiah Tillman performs at Black History program
6. Van Winkle Food Service staff celebrates National Breakfast Week
7. Miss HCC Pageant winners

STATE/METRO
1. Progress continues on at the U.S. 82 Greenville bridge
2. JFD to promote 50 candidates
3. Jubilee!Jam named a top 20 event
4. MDEQ marks Ground Water Awareness Week
5. Local printing company offers exciting funeral programs

BOOKSHELF
1. The African American’s Role in America’s Spiritual Destiny: A Metaphysical Perspective
2. Sonny Brewer to visit Jackson Mar. 23
3. Memories of Yesterday republished under new title
4. Boss for a Day
5. Over in the Meadow

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. Marble Slab Creamery offers more than homemade ice cream and “mixins”
2. Garfield’s Restaurant opens in Jackson
3. SBA-backed loans to small businesses in MS up sharply

HEALTH
1. The Lions Speak: African American men and self-knowledge
2. Methodist Rehabilitation Center warns parents about the importance of poison control
3. Miss. State Hospital opens new Geriatric Psychiatry Unit
4. Energizing the African American community towards becoming a “people of wellness”
5. Medical Mall Foundation chairman joins national health care group
6. Stork’s Nest Prenatal Program receives grant

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
Separation of church and state … a Mississippi farce or blatant ignorance? Questions … questions … questions! Answers … answers … answers! Eliza Pillars Nurses who started the flame of organization. Next, a return trip by the Marines … birthdays and then we Move on Down the Line!

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Miss. Arts Commission to host day at the Capitol
2. Lil’ Kim takes stand: Rap star faces federal perjury, conspiracy charges
3. LaShun Pace: It’s my time
4. Jadakiss responds to 50 Cent diss
5. West explains Playgirl and magazine fiasco
6. Rena Scott visits Jackson to promote new cd “Let Me Love You”
7. Karen Powell’s new website

SPORTS
1. Stingers move into semi-final round of playoffs
2. JSU track and field program alive and well
3. WBA Foundation to host its 2nd Black College All-Star Showcase
4. Fernando Vargas vs. Raymond Joval on HBO March 26
5. Lanier wins Class 4A State Championship