FRONT
1. The Life of a Police Officer
2. Spring revival
3. Stokes declines Ledger forum
4. Frank Melton unveils platform at city hall
5. New Afrikan Nation Day activities set
6. Security concerns bring host of observers to Vicksburg
7. Growing demands for budget action on education, Medicaid falling on deaf ears

NATION/WORLD
1. Record number of female soldiers die
2. NAACP Chairman Julian Bond to receive Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award
3. Left of the Dial chronicles the turbulent early days of the Air America Radio Network
4. Congress debates drug testing for welfare recipients

NEWS
1. One Stop steadily moving
2. The Jackson Medical Mall’s biggest losers
3. Music scholarships available
4. Greenville to remain site of Delta Blues Fest
5. Selfless Mississippians named MS Ageless Heroes
6. Project Safe Neighborhood’s 1st Annual Anti-Violence Youth Rally
7. Glenda Joyce (Jones) Simon completes her earthly duties
8. 18th Firefighters Limited Banquet and Ball held Saturday
9. What you Gonna Do? Conference: HIV? Know Your Status Stay Safe Protect Yourself

BOOKSHELF
1. Historical fiction tells of romance, social justice and supernatural retribution
2. 14-year-old’s second book available in bookstores
3. Mississippi libraries among 500 to receive We the People Bookshelf
4. My Prince
5. Sticker Stories

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. Favorable job market predicted for Jackson
2. Entergy MS plans purchase of Attala power plant
3. Catherine’s Plus Sizes relocates store to Dogwood Promenade Shopping Center
4. Modine buys Jackson plant
5. Apprentice contest
6. Interns for Oprah Magazine
7. Muslims protest prayer time denial
8. Senate-passed bankruptcy bill could make life harder for some

HEALTH
1. Seniors, disabled can apply for drug credits
2. Jackson Links sponsor “Spring into Spring”
3. Stork’s Nest Prenatal Program receives grant
4. MBHS uses real-time workflow management and patient location from PeriOptimum and Radianse
5. Insomnia is problem for older Americans
6. Energizing the African American community towards becoming a “people of wellness”

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
1. Officer down … officer down … a killing in the street. Black on black crime, an ugly epidemic, a tragic statistic. Some birthdays and then we Move on Down the Line!

ENTERTAINMENT
1. New Stage Theatre presents “Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.” March 30-April 3
2. MSO concludes Bravo Series with “Heaven Above: The Majesty of Space”
3. Lil’ Kim: The ladies speak up on verdict
4. Meagon Good shines in new feature D.E.B.S

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale’s Topics: The Judas Touch!
2. History repeats itself … if we permit it to do so
3. Letters to the editor from Ronald H. Johnson, Sr.
4. Dear Stanley
5. Uplifting Families: Stop Staring Fights at Home

PERSPECTIVE
1. The universal message of the resurrected Christ
2. Does the state need money?

EDUCATION
1. Robert C. Byrd honors scholarship program now accepting applications
2. Tougaloo to offer certificate program in management
3. Journalism major revived at Stillman
4. Be patient with young children
5. JSU establishes niche as emerging leader in conferring graduate degrees
6. Frank Neal gives group of special visitors a tour of the colorful Coffee Cups Mural
7. 2005 Middle School Academic Challenge Bowl

STATE/METRO
1. Smith promoted at Miss. State Hospital
2. Grants available to faith-based organizations
3. Melton responds to Convention Center appointments
4. West Jackson CDC announces new director
5. Woodlea Homeowners Association names officers and committee chairs

SPORTS
1. MS Sports Hall of Fame Banquet April 1
2. Braves “opening week” April 18-21
3. Chicago Bears doing time the right way
4. Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
5. Small conference schools unable to conquer at-large success
6. Baseball, Delta style
7. Lanier’s Billups, an inspiration for school and alumni