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- 'Budtenders,' edibles chefs among fastest-growing jobs in legal marijuana industry
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 11:29 AMHelp wanted: budtenders, cannabis chefs, flavor scientists, extraction technicians. Those are just a few of the new job categories opening up in the budding legal cannabis industry in more than two dozen states where the drug is legal for medical or recreational use or both.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gov. Rick Scott declares state of emergency for red tide outbreak in southwest Florida
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 08:52 AMThe massive fish kill is from a particularly strong red tide algae bloom that's been in parts of seven southwest Florida counties since October.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jackson Weather Forecast, Wednesday, August, 15
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 08:36 AMJackson Weather Forecast, Wednesday, August, 15, 2018
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - These are the country's best-paying jobs, with salaries over $100,000
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 11:59 PMGlassdoor, a jobs and recruiting website, found that 13 of the 25 highest paying jobs in America are in tech, up from 11 in last year's report. Tech has the most jobs of any field in the top 25.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Here's why powerful women don't use the 'Mike Pence rule.' Spoiler alert: They can't.
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 04:00 AM'Pence Rule' supporters see it as a shield of honor for powerful men. But if high-ranking women tried to deploy the rule? They'd get ridiculed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tallahatchie County sheriff steps down, given $25,000 bond and house arrest
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 03:26 PMThe former top law enforcement officer in his home county is accused on drug and extortion charges dating back 15 years.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Humans less likely to turn off robot when it begs to stop, study finds
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 10:51 AMHumans were less likely to turn off a robot when it begged them to stop an experiment, according to a study from researchers in Germany.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mississippi community college settles discrimination lawsuit for $75,000
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 08:37 AMThe federal government both sued and settled with Mississippi Delta Community College on Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - City seeking analysis of Jackson Zoo mismanagement
Monday - 08/13/2018 - 06:17 PMThe mayor said calls for the Jackson Zoo to move have been "exhaustive" and don't consider the full story.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mississippi man accused in crime spree pleads guilty in girlfriend's death
Monday - 08/13/2018 - 05:15 PMA man accused in a crime spree has pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend in 2017 in Rankin County.
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- A high school graduate with experience could be hired as head of the state dental board
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 12:03 PMThe state dental board is in the process of hiring a new executive director and a person with as little as a high education may be considered for the job.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State board could reset A-F grading scale for high schools
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 10:28 AMThe number of F-rated high schools would spike and the number of A-rated schools would drop without the change.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woman sues drug store over alleged assault and robbery in parking lot
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 07:00 AMA woman is suing a Jackson drug store over an alleged parking lot assault in 2015.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jackson City Council approves 59 road repaving agreements in one broad stroke
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 05:34 PMThe approval gives the county authorization to begin work on 59 roads in residential, commercial and industrial areas across the city.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Banks on alert from FBI about potential 'unlimited' ATM heist worth millions
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 03:14 PMThe FBI has warned banks in the U.S. of an impending heist, called an ATM cash-out, targeting a haul of millions of dollars from banks by thieves using cloned cards for fraudulent withdrawals.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jackson schools open with need for 175 teachers
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 03:13 PMSeven percent of teachers in the district also lack the proper credentials for the classroom. Leaders are working to reduce that.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Petal police officer saves 5-year-old boy from drowning, says 'I'm not a hero'
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 11:08 AMPetal Police Officer LaDean Byrd was able to administer CPR to a drowning boy, saving his life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former congressional candidate arrested in Georgia, accused of murdering campaign treasurer
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 08:16 AMKellie Collins, who hoped to take on gun laws in Congress, was arrested Monday on murder and grand larceny charges. She had filed to run in Georgia.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Decomposing body found in pillar outside grocery store linked to fugitive in California
Monday - 08/13/2018 - 03:46 PMAn odor coming from the pillar outside a Lancaster, California supermarket led to a disturbing discovery: a decomposing body linked to a lost suspect.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mother gets apology from pastor after rebuke for breastfeeding inside her own church
Monday - 08/13/2018 - 12:51 PM'Of all the places, it is most hurtful when it comes from your own church, that you are going to cause guys to lust after you,' the Michigan woman said.
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- Does that nursing home have enough nurses?
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 12:30 PMNew data shows the wide variation in staffing not just among different nursing homes, but day-to-day in the same facility.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Burned car with body belonged to missing woman, sheriff says
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 09:12 AMA burned vehicle with a body inside found a week ago is owned by a woman who went missing a day before the discovery.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sister lunch ladies arrested for stealing about $500K in children's lunch money, police say
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 01:34 PMTwo sisters allegedly stole nearly half a million dollars while working as lunch ladies in New Canaan, Connecticut.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UMMC reaches deal with Blue Cross to remain in-network
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 08:07 PMAfter a month-and-a-half long stalemate, the hospital and insurer have reached an agreement.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mississippi man charged with launching objects at drivers
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 04:07 PMOfficials are adding charges against a Mississippi Delta man they say was launching objects at people along a highway.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Inmate's cries for help went ignored by officials, prisoners say
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 03:04 PMRicky Martin laid on the floor, foaming at the mouth while guard pulled a hat down over his eyes and went to sleep, fellow inmates say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Top officer replaced at troubled south Mississippi prison
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 10:48 AMThe top officer of a Mississippi prison has been replaced, weeks after a convicted murderer escaped and days after an inmate was set on fire.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nebraska’s first execution by lethal injection to use opioid fentanyl to kill Carey Dean Moore
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 06:48 AMCarey Dean Moore, 60, will be executed by a new drug cocktail in Nebraska's first lethal injection. The state's last execution was by electric chair.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Alex Bridges Deaton sentenced to life in prison
Monday - 08/13/2018 - 06:28 PMDeaton pleaded guilty to the strangling death of his girlfriend.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CL NOW! Racial slur video, UFO encounter, Pedestrian killed
Monday - 08/13/2018 - 04:03 PMGood afternoon. Today is Monday, August 13, and this is your CL NOW! newsletter. Here are some of the day's top stories at ClarionLedger.com.
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