🌱 $700K For Violence Prevention? + JAN's TSA PreCheck Initiative

Jackson MS

18 March, 2022

1:50 PM

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Rise and shine, Jackson! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right. First, today's weather: Partly sunny and not as warm. High: 66 Low: 40. Here are the top three stories today in Jackson: A $700,000 chunk of Jackson's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds could go toward violence prevention in the city. The People's Advocacy Institute recently proposed the creation of a new office: the Office of Public Safety/Violence Prevention. In this proposal, the money would fund the office for two years, as well as provide grants to community partners in prevention. (WLBT) A new TSA PreCheck enrollment initiative is taking place at the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport. Through Mar. 28, passengers can enroll for TSA PreCheck directly in the airport in five minutes or less. The initiative was designed by the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority to make enrollment more accessible and increase efficiencies in security. (Press Release Desk)Today, over 400 vehicles recovered by the Jackson Police Department will be sold at a public auction. The City of Jackson regularly auctions off vehicles at the city's impound lot at 4225 Michael Avalon Street. Anyone who wishes to attend must pay a $10 registration and entry fee; city employees are not allowed to bid. (WAPT Jackson) Today in Jackson: March Volunteer Saturday - The Good Samaritan Center (8:00 AM) Movie Matinee - R.G. Bolden / Anna Bell-Moore Library (10:30 AM) Showtime Movie Matinee - Medgar Evers Boulevard Library (1:00 PM) From my notebook: Early Friday morning, multiple police units were called to a shooting at a Jackson motel off Highway 80. According to Jackson Police Department spokesman Sam Brown, someone was shot in the incident; he did not provide further details. (WLBT)Three West Jackson entrepreneurs are getting a major boost in jump-starting their businesses, thanks to the I-Village Legacy Project. (WLBT)Jackson's sixth annual Juneteenth on Farish festival will be held on Saturday, Jun. 18 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (WJTV) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Featured businesses: Giddens Law Firm P.A. — (Visit website) Add your business here Events: American Diabetes Association Diabetes Alert Day: Understand Your Risk (March 22) Add your event Loving the Jackson Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers That's it for today! I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow with your next update. — 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.