JSU News Now with Deirdra Harris Glover

((DEIRDRA HARRIS GLOVER)) THIS IS JACKSON STATE NEWS NOW.

SLUG: WELCOME HELLO EVERYONE…I’M DEIRDRA HARRIS GLOVER WITH YOUR JACKSON STATE NEWS NOW NEWS UPDATE.

IT’S THURSDAY, MARCH TENTH, AND THE TIME IS  10:59 A.M.

AND IT’S A RAINY 67-DEGREES.

SLUG: #OSCARSOWHITE ON MARCH FIRST, J-S-U-‘S STUDENTS OF CINEMA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE HOSTED AN OSCARS-SO-WHITE PANEL… FOCUSING ON LACK OF DIVERSITY AND EXPOSURE IN THE ACADEMY AWARDS...

THE PANEL FEATURED FOUR LOCAL FILMMAKERS WHO TALKED ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND FIELDED QUESTIONS FROM THE ASSEMBLED STUDENTS ABOUT STARTING A CAREER IN THE FILM BUSINESS.

SLUG: WATER RESTRICTION THERE’S WATER EVERYWHERE EXCEPT WHERE IT’S NEEDED…

THE CITY OF JACKSON ISSUED AN EMERGENCY WATER RESTRICTION DUE TO A POWER FAILURE AT THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY.

WHILE YOU’RE UNLIKELY TO WATER THE LAWN RIGHT NOW, MINIMIZE YOUR INDOOR WATER USE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

CALL 601-960-2723 WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

SLUG: MURDER SUSPECT A MAN’S FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE IN THE EARLY HOURS ENDS IN SHOOTING A MURDER SUSPECT.

VICKSBURG POLICE REPORT AN UNIDENTIFIED HOMEOWNER SHOT AND KILLED 34-YEAR-OLD RAFAEL MCCLOUD, WHO BROKE INTO THE MAN’S GARAGE.

MCCLOUD ESCAPED FROM JAIL A WEEK AGO.

SLUG: IMPROPER TOUCHING IMPROPER CONDUCT AT A STATE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY!

A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH IMPROPERLY TOUCHING A PATIENT.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS 21-YEAR OLD DANIEL SMITH OF MAGEE.

SLUG: TRAFFIC

ROAD CLOSURES ON INTERSTATE 20 WEST AT HIGHWAY 80.

SLUG: WEATHER

WE’RE IN FOR SOME NASTY WEATHER! 

100-PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH FLASH FLOODING, WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MILES-PER-HOUR.

WE EXPECT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL.

SLUG: GOODBYE THAT’S THE NEWS WITH JACKSON STATE NEWS NOW, AND THE TIME IS 11:02 A.M.

I’M DEIRDRA HARRIS GLOVER…STAY SAFE OUT THERE, AND STAYED TUNED… 

WE’LL BE BACK WITH MORE NEWS IN THIRTY MINUTES.