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Earlier inspections of the tower and steeple revealed dry rot, leaks, termite damage and other structural problems which were made worse by damage sustained during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. [5] The Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle is the seat of the Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, and holds daily and weekly masses in English and Spanish.
St. Dominic Catholic Hospital (SDCH) is a not-for-profit Catholic medical facility located in Akwatia in the Denkyembour District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. On 10 January 2024, the hospital received a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to be the first in the Eastern Region to receive the device.
Reverend Deacon Josie Williams. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church and cemetery located in Bovina, Mississippi. It was formed by cotton farmers along the Big Black River in 1857. The church was requisitioned as a hospital by Union forces during the American Civil War in May 1863. It was left in ruin by the Union forces, but ...
1 April 1900. (1900-04-01) (aged 72) London, England. St. George Jackson Mivart FRS (30 November 1827 – 1 April 1900) was an English biologist. He is famous for starting as an ardent believer in natural selection and later becoming one of its fiercest critics. Mivart attempted to reconcile the theory of evolution as propounded by Charles ...
The university began as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi (or Mississippi A&M ), one of the national land-grant colleges established after Congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862. It was created by the Mississippi Legislature on February 28, 1878, to fulfill the mission of offering training in "agriculture ...
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 Public Schools is the second-largest school district in Mississippi, serving nearly 21,000 scholars, representing more than 80 percent of school-aged children in the state's capital and only urban municipality. Jackson, Mississippi has about 170,000 residents in an area of 104 square miles. There are 7 high schools, 10 middle schools ...
Chokwe Lumumba. Chokwe Lumumba ( / ˈʃoʊ.kweɪ.lʌˈmuːm.bɑː /; August 2, 1947 – February 25, 2014) was an American attorney, activist, and politician, who was affiliated with the black separatist organization Republic of New Afrika and served as its second vice president. He served as a human rights lawyer in Michigan and Mississippi.