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. City eyesores on chopping block
2. Women’s Fund
3. Short trial may have long effect for mayor
4. Copycats emerge in wake of Imus firing
5. Top honor for Washington
6. Fleming seeks re-election
7. Portis-Perkins remembered
8. State in top three in worker deaths
9. Black males in crisis

NATION/WORLD

1. American Red Cross appoints Mark Everson as president
2. Tracie Stafford first black to win Mrs. California title
3. 50 million pound challenge comes to city of Baltimore

STATE/METRO

1. 20-member delegation from the Kwa-Zulu Natal State of South Africa visits Jackson 
2. McCool, area senior citizens to receive free smoke detectors
3. Bruce Hamilton speaks at JSU’s Mass Communications Day
4. April is Month of the Child
5. From the Advocate files: State Rep. Alyce Clarke
6. Sr. Thea Bowman School sings at library
7. Sean and Chetonya Perkins proud parents of Matthew Gregory Antoine Perkins

EDITORIALS

1. Tisdale’s Topics: ‘A’ for effort
2. Ask the twins
3. Making democracy work here and now for African Americans and working class
4. Uplifting Families: Examining same-sex partners

PERSPECTIVE

1. Ex-felon disenfranchisement and the struggle for voting rights
2. Ice on Immigration

EDUCATION

1. Jonathan Priester wins Arnold Z. Rosoff $10,000 scholarship
2. Free Career/College Expo
3. Mississippi Teacher of the Year named
4. Several Jim Hill JROTC seniors qualified for full, four-year Army ROTC scholarships from Alcorn

BOOKSHELF

1. In Daddy’s Arms, I am Tall
2. Nzingha
3. Words with Wings
4. Paula Wall returns with a tale of love, family and revenge
5. Without a Map: A Memoir

CONSUMER/BUSINESS

1. Dotson nets senior staff post with 100 Black Men
2. Strong corn prices double number of acres planted
3. Prudential Financial announces winners of Hampton University 2007 Business Case Competition

ENTERTAINMENT

1. Robert Johnson Blues Festival May 5
2. Celebration of Gospel: Taking You Higher comes to DVD May 8
3. MSO concludes 2006-07 Intimate Classics Chamber Series April 28
4. Scholarship auditions for New Stage Summer Day Camp
5. Spring concert
6. Music scholarship
7. Celebrity Profiles by Sandra Varner: ‘Dreamgirls’ two-disc edition available 5/1/07

SPORTS

1. JSU’s Burns invited to Houston Comets camp
2. JSU earns uncharacteristic split in SWAC golf tournament
3. Andrea Kremer to join Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
4. Successful softball qualifier sets the stage for upcoming world tournament
5. Karate class at Capitol Street Church of Christ

HEALTH

1. Cover the Uninsured Week 2007 at the Jackson Medical Mall
2. Deadly heart attacks occur mostly on the weekends
3. Salt: Your best friend in the beauty department
4. Nutritious meals for seniors
5. The Lion Speaks: African American Men and success, real or imagined?
6. Protect your feet from the heat
7. Bed-wetting: ‘Just a phase’ or a cause for concern

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET

CITY FOCUS

1. Allen Crawford of Low Price Sak cultivating the house that mom built

NEWS

1. American Public Works Association scholarship applications available
2. Black fraternities, sororities ‘step’ to help end stroke
3. Allstate announces homeowners insurance initiatives for Mississippi
4. HCC paralegal students visit Hinds County Chancery Clerk’s office
5. Mary Church Terrell Literary Club welcomes Lawrence Otis Graham
6. JSU host foreign journalists