Fun-loving Sam Pollard Jr. won friends in his Jackson community but he had serious dreams of owning his own home.
Those dreams ended abruptly Feb. 25, 2021, when a close friend shot the 32-year-old dead on North Prentiss Street in west Jackson, leaving Pollard’s three children – two girls and a boy – to bear the trauma of violence that has scarred so many youth in Mississippi’s capital city.
Read MoreWhen you see the World Health Organization reporting that as of April 24, 2021, “there have been 145,216,414 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 3,079,390 deaths, reported to WHO,” it’s easy to think that the world has never seen anything like this. However, that assessment would be wrong.
Read MoreCOVID-19 may be the fuel propelling an explosion in drug overdose deaths in Mississippi and nationally.
Read MoreWash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after you have been in a public place, or after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.
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