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Sheila O'Flaherty is not a pervert, but she says the computers provided by the Jackson-Hinds library system block many of the sites she tries to access.
Jackson Free Press  |  Brian Johnson  |  11-03-2005  |  Science

Pass/Fail: Student Drug Testing for Jackson Public Schools?new

Jackson, Mississippi's new mayor, Frank Melton, wants every public school student drug tested. Such a plan is unconstitutional and would be expensive, too.
Jackson Free Press  |  Brian Johnson  |  10-13-2005  |  Children & Families

Driving While Young: Why a City's Curfew Isn't All Thatnew

When she got up the morning of July 10, 2003, Leslie Berryhill did not know she was going to face the "scariest thing" of her short life. But the Jackson, Miss., youth curfew had landed the 17-year-old in jail -- and no one called to tell her frightened parents anything about it.
Jackson Free Press  |  Brian Johnson  |  10-13-2005  |  Children & Families

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