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Valley Title Building Has New Owner, No Water

The long-dormant Valley Title Building, located at 315 Tombigbee St., will not have taxpayer-paid utility services—but it does have a new owner. However, officials from Hinds County, which owns the ...

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Analysis: Lumumba Won Despite White Voter Spike

This week's Democratic primary runoff saw a huge spike in white voter turnout while black turnout held steady. But the effect on the results seemed negligible: Councilman Chokwe Lumumba defeated ...

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Kids Being Creative: FIGMENT 2013

FIGMENT 2013 stretched nearly five blocks, much more spread out than it had been in past years, when it was held in the old Coke plant on Highway 80.

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Was Hinds' Circuit Courthouse Sabotaged?

The elevators in the Hinds County Circuit Court building are hanging on by a thread. For weeks, the elevators have been plagued with issues that appear to be a combination ...

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Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson

Chokwe Lumumba never trailed Jonathan Lee in the Democratic runoff.

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Hickingbottom Behind Anti-Lumumba PAC

In the final hours of the Jackson mayoral election, a group called Citizens for a Better Jackson is making a push to beat back gains made by Ward 7 Councilman ...

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Campaign Trickery: Lumumba a 'Race Traitor,' Lee a 'Rankin Republican'?

Supporters of men who are vying to be Jackson's next mayor were busy over the weekend with last-minute election trickery, some anonymous and some not, with much of it targeting ...

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PPS Hosting Mayoral Forum Sunday Night

Jonathan Lee and Chokwe Lumumba square off in another candidate forum Sunday night, this one about public education.

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10 Local Stories of the Week

There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.

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Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate

Chokwe Lumumba was a clear winner of Friday's night mayoral debate at Mississippi College School of Law.

75 Years of the MS Highway Patrol

The Mississippi Highway Patrol celebrated its 75th Anniversary at the office on Woodrow Wilson Blvd.