Local News

• Native American leader of Michigan: 'Mob mentality' in students was 'scary'
  In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, Native American leader Nathan Phillips of Ypsilanti describes incident with students caught on video.         
• Hey, retailers: people don’t like chatting with machines
  Voice-response systems frustrating customers and causing disconnect with businesses, study finds. But personal experience says the same thing.         
• Attention, Miss. hunters: Flooding causes more closures, but other WMAs begin to reopen
  Gun season for hunting deer is also coming to a close.         
• Two deer in one shot: She's a 101-year-old hunter and she's still going strong
  "I waited and got a good sight on it," Bertha Vickers said. "I fired five times and it snapped five times."         
• WEATHER UPDATES: Weather service teams survey possible tornado damage
  The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for a large portion of Mississippi, and tornado warnings in multiple areas.         
• Dolly Should, Y'all
  The 4th annual Dolly Should festival in Bay St. Louis, Miss. was held on Saturday, Jan. 12. The event honors the iconic singer Dolly Parton with the sentiment Parton should visit the town.         
• JPD chief to City Council: 'The violent crime in Jackson is guns. We cannot police guns.'
  JPD Chief James Davis doubled down on Mayor Lumumba's concerns with state gun laws, specifically open carry, at a City Council meeting Friday.         
• Neighborhood wonders why their 'source of happiness' had to die and if cops are at fault
  "He was always a happy person, always positive, always smiling, laughing," said a friend of George Robinson.         
• CL NOW! MSU's Chloe Bibby out, Robert E. Lee tweet backlash, $2 million decision, Excessive force?
  Good afternoon. Today is Friday, January 18, and this is your CL NOW! newsletter. Here are some of the day's top stories at ClarionLedger.com.         
• Clinton's Track & Field coach finalist for National Coach of Year
  Coaches from around the country will be recognized during the 2019 National High School Athletic Coaches Association National Coach of the Year Awards Banquet.