FRONT
1. Frank Melton maintains he lives in city
2. Peace/Justice March
3. 100 Black Men funding being eyed by Feds
4. Mayor Johnson speaks at MAP meeting
5. Lumumba regains right to practice in state
6. Hazlehurst mother pleas for son in Great Falls jail
7. Black lawmakers angry over budget
8. JSU students tackling STDS
9. Jackson Medical Mall celebrates National Health Week

NATION/WORLD
1. Pediatric Neurosurgeon Ben Carson to receive William E. Simon Prize in philanthropic leadership
2. Beating death of mentally ill inmate adds to Ala. Prison ‘hellhole’ image

NEWS
1. Thanks from the Mangum family
2. Tougaloo held induction ceremonies for its 2005 Alpha Lambda Delta National Honorary Society
3. MS’s top school-community partners to be honored
4. ASU SIFE team will compete for cash prizes and a place at national Free Enterprise Competition
5. 7th grade students in the International Baccalaureate program at Siwell honored
6. 2005 Multiple Sclerosis Walk, Apr. 9
7. Mattie Mae Jones succumbs at 81
8. Highlights of SCLC Awards Banquet

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale’s Topics: The James Lynch plan
2. Regaining our spiritual insight
3. Silent issues (that should not be silent) in the Jackson municipal campaigns
4. I guess I’m different
5. Uplifting Families: Drawing on the Power of God for YOUR FAMILY

PERSPECTIVE
1. Eddie Logan responds to conviction, Part II

STATE/METRO
1. Seat belt surveys held in Jackson
2. Melton’s response to Farish Street hype
3. Jackson CVB accepting applications for grant development program
4. JROTC pass and review ceremony
5. Two state highways named acknowledging and memorializing two of the most well known events in MS’s civil rights history

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Jackson embraces CompozitionZ
2. Will Smith: Lost and Found
3. Missippi to release new album “The Book of Life”
4. “Scoop” Dimples

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. Alltel expands Touch2Talk walkie-talkie service nationwide
2. MDHS and the Home Builders Institute honor first graduates of Project CRAFT
3. Retail job loss pushes unemployment rate up for January
4. JSU announces employee home ownership program

HEALTH
1. Study: Blacks dying at faster rate than whites
2. Respite providers training scheduled Apr. 16-17th
3. April is Alcohol Awareness Month
4. The Lions Speak: African American men, valuing our culture
5. MSH receives grant from Society for the Arts in Healthcare and Johnson & Johnson
6. Tobacco, genetics, diet major factors in head and neck cancer

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
There is little, if any doubt, that the primary topic of discussion this week among African Americans on Farish Street and across the nation was centered on the death of Pope John Paul II, the man whose guiding light and strength of purpose drove communism from Europe, and who, in 26 years of love for all God’s children, endeared him, with some spotty controversy.

BOOKSHELF
1. The Broke Man’s Survival Guide
2. New book highlights achievements of black women scientists
3. Keeping Black Boys Out of Special Education
4. Excuse Me!
5. Sweetheart Fairies

SPORTS
1. Frith and Murrah – the best in ’05
2. Area adult softball teams focused on new season
3. Delta Devils crushed by Fighting Okra