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Mistrust lingers in Black communities amid 988 launch
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,07/21/22-7:33AM , 1,382 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — On a few occasions, Sitaniel Wimbley’s mother grew manic in her front yard. When neighbors were met with screaming and cursing on their street in Natchez, Mississippi, they would dial 911.
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Incarcerated at 15, Jackson, Miss., resident Antonio McGowan, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, says he had limited prospects coming out of prison after being released in 2014. However, McGowan later enrolled in the Hinds County Reentry Program, which provides workforce training for formerly incarcerated people, which led to a work-based learning program at Hinds Community College, which placed him in a job that is giving him maintenance training in heating and air conditioning, while employed. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Dire US labor shortage provides opportunity for ex-prisoners
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Sun,07/10/22-6:43AM , 1,175 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — When Antonio McGowan left the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman after serving 17 years, he was free for the first time since he was 15. But as an adult finally out from behind bars, he immediately found himself confined to menial labor.
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CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO CORION INSTEAD OF ORION - During a Zoom call, Friday, July 8, 2022, Corion Evans poses with candy gifted to him from the motorists he saved after their car drove off the Interstate 10 boat launch and into the Pascagoula River, in Mississippi, early Sunday, July 3. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)

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Mississippi teen recounts rescuing 4 people from drowning
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,07/08/22-7:21PM , 1,256 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — When Corion Evans saw three people at a party, the 16-year-old never imagined he would save their lives a few hours later. But that's what happened in the early hours of Sunday when a car drove off a boat launch into a south Mississippi river.
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Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, center, speaks about the Mississippi Public Service Commission securing a $300 million settlement with Entergy Mississippi, a integrated energy company, Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi regulators reach $300M settlement with Entergy
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,06/23/22-6:40PM , 175 Reads
JACKSON, Miss (AP) — The Mississippi Public Service Commission has reached a $300 million settlement with Entergy Mississippi, the state's largest electric utility.
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