🌱 UMMC Gets $3M Grant + Double Homicide At Rainbow Hotel In Jxn

Kayla Harrison
Updated ·3 min read

Up and at 'em, Jackson! Let's get you started this Wednesday with everything you need to know going on today in Jackson.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and chilly. High: 50 Low: 27.

Here are the top 3 stories in Jackson today:

  1. The University Of Mississippi Medical Center was awarded a $3M grant to address employee stress and burnout from Coronavirus. The grant will provide them with tools to support health care workers and their well-being. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration. (Press Release Desk)

  2. There was a double homicide at the Rainbow Motel in Jackson. A 21-year-old woman and a 20-year-old woman were killed inside their hotel room on Sunday. Jermaine White was arrested and charged with two counts of murder. (WAPT Jackson)

  3. The city of Jackson is giving out bottled water to residents amid a water shortage. Officials are working to restore the city's water system, but until then they will distribute water until they run out. The distribution is located in the parking lot of the Food Depot at the intersection of Raymond and McDowell roads in south Jackson. (Press Release Desk)

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Today in Jackson:

  • Pearl: Preschool Story Time - Pearl Public Library (10:00 AM)

  • Flowood: Preschool Story Time - G. Chastaine Flynt Memorial Library (10:30 AM)

  • Pearl: Book Club - Pearl Public Library (11:00 AM)

  • Pearl: K-4 Story Time - Pearl Public Library (4:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • Mississippi Department of Transportation Executive Director Brad White spoke at the John C. Stennis Institute of Government Capitol Press Forum on Tuesday in Jackson. He spoke on MDOT’s urgent need to recruit and retain employees and provided updates on what the agency is doing to move transportation infrastructure forward in Mississippi. (Facebook)

  • Mississippi Museum of Art is pleased to announce the acquisition of 80 photographs of the Civil Rights Movement taken by renowned photojournalist Matt Herron. The photographs are mostly of events that occurred in Mississippi between 1963 and 1965. Herron passed away in 2020 and left a large legacy of historic photos behind. (Instagram)

  • What's happening this week at Mississippi Children's Museum? The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Join MCM this Saturday for Visiting Artist: Niketa Pechan as she leads a Kukuwa African Dance Fitness class! (Facebook)

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That's it for today. I'll see you around!

— Kayla Harrison

About me: Kayla Harrison is a Writing Arts professor, as well as a freelance writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners. In her free time, you can find her listening to podcasts, writing poetry, and visiting local coffee shops.

This article originally appeared on the Jackson Patch