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A public health crisis in and around the city of Jackson, Mississippi, began in late August 2022 after the Pearl River flooded due to severe storms in the state. The flooding caused the O. B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, the city's largest water treatment facility, which was already running on backup pumps due to failures the month prior, to stop the treatment of drinking water indefinitely.
Jackson Women's Health Organization (abbreviated JWHO and commonly known as the Pink House [1] [2]) was an abortion clinic located in a bright pink building in Jackson, Mississippi 's Fondren neighborhood. [3] It was the only abortion clinic in Mississippi since the other one closed in 2006. [4] The JWHO closed its doors on July 6, 2022 ...
The Battle of Jackson was fought on May 14, 1863, in Jackson, Mississippi, as part of the Vicksburg campaign during the American Civil War. After entering the state of Mississippi in late April 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army moved his force inland to strike at the strategic Mississippi River town of Vicksburg ...
Biography. Alney Dale Danks Jr. was born on August 27, 1939, in Miami, Florida, to Alney Dale Danks Sr. and Elizabeth Ross. [2] When Danks was 3, his family moved to Alabama. [2] In 1954, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi. [2] He graduated from Murrah High School and enrolled in Millsaps College in 1957. [5]
Integris Southwest Medical Center opened in 1965 as South Community Hospital. The name was changed to Southwest Medical Center of Oklahoma in March 1992, and then became Integris Southwest Medical Center in February 1995. Integris Southwest Medical Center has grown from a 73-bed community hospital to a medical center with more than 400 beds.
Jackson, MS: City of Jackson, 1977. LCCN 77-081145. External links. Jackson, MS Mayor's Office - official website This page was last edited on 4 December 2022, at 10: ...
Jackson State University. / 32.29611°N 90.20778°W / 32.29611; -90.20778. Jackson State University ( Jackson State or JSU) is a public historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is one of the largest HBCUs in the United States and the fourth largest university in Mississippi in terms of student enrollment.
Pix Capri Theatre. The Pix/Capri Theatre is a historic movie theater in Jackson, Mississippi. It was built in 1939 as the Pix Theatre, on the historic US Highway 51, known as North State Street, in Jackson. In 1957, the Pix ceased its operations. In 1965, it was sold to Cinema Guild Inc. which reopened it as The Capri Theatre.