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by Ward Schaefer
November 6, 2009
Barbara Taylor and Jerry Mosley are walking together this weekend. Tomorrow, Taylor will lead a team from the Community Services Department of the Mississippi State Hospital in NAMIWalks, a benefit for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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 by Amanda Kittrell
November 5, 2009
Two words for this weekend: Mistletoe Marketplace. If you haven't even begun to think about the upcoming holidays, this annual event presented by the Jackson Junior League will get you so psyched for everything Christmas that you just might…
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 by Ward Schaefer
Suniora Page bounced back from bad luck to a new career. After being laid off from her job as a manager at the Nissan plant in Canton in October 2008, Page took a job as a cashier at Miller's Grocery in the City Centre…
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 by Ward Schaefer
November 5, 2009
Jackson police are looking for a suspect who may be responsible for at least 12 auto burglaries over the last week. At a Jackson Police Department meeting this morning, Precinct 4 Commander Kenneth Goodrum told JPD command staff that his…
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by Adam Lynch
November 4, 2009
The city of Jackson announced new funds for the development of the Bon Air Subdivision on West Capitol Street last week—a project with a long trail of controversy behind it.
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 by Adam Lynch
November 4, 2009
Laborers' International Union Local 145 President James Anderson said at yesterday's graduation ceremony that he trained his students well before sending them out into the workforce. "We had 14 students. It was a three-week class. They actually built a little…
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 by Ward Schaefer
November 3, 2009
Only two board members appeared at this evening’s meeting of the Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees, not enough for a three-member quorum. Board members H. Ann Jones and Jonathan Larkin were present and listened to public comments, many of…
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by Ward Schaefer
November 3, 2009
Parents of children in a Jackson Public Schools music program are gearing up to defend it at a school board meeting today, but as of this writing the issue was not on the meeting agenda. The JPS Board of Trustees…
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 by Adam Lynch
November 3, 2009
The Jackson City Council voted 5-to-2 this morning to name the city library on Northside Drive after former Jackson Advocate Publisher Charles Tisdale, who died at age 80 in 2007. The council voted along racial lines, with black members Kenneth…
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 by Adam Lynch
November 3, 2009
Award-winning science journalist and space historian Andrew Chaikin is touching down in Jackson, Miss. today. Chaikin, who has been writing books and articles about space exploration and astronomy for a quarter of a century, will visit the city planetarium and…
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 by Ward Schaefer
November 2, 2009
At a board meeting this morning, Hinds County Supervisors appointed Sherri Flowers to replace Malcolm Harrison as county attorney. Harrison became Gov. Haley Barbour's first African American judicial appointment in October, when the governor picked him for the Hinds County…
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by Vince Falconi
November 2, 2009
Nov. 1-7, Jackson State University Homecoming 2009 at Jackson State University (1400 Lynch St.). A week of activities for students and alumni. Cost varies; visit http://www.jsums.edu/studentlife/.
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 Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. send out a statement this afternoon, announcing that Jackson has again been recognized for the city's strong business climate, as it has several times in recent months. Johnson stated, verbatim:
In recent weeks Jackson has been lauded several times for its business climate.…
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by Ward Schaefer
October 29, 2009
Major crimes in Jackson last week stayed level with numbers from the previous week, according to a report released today at a Jackson Police Department command staff meeting. Officers reported 216 total property crimes and 26 total violent crimes last…
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by Adam Lynch
October 28, 2009
Last session, the Mississippi Legislature enacted a referendum vote for a sales tax increase to fix city streets and improve public safety, but Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. says that vote may be on hold indefinitely.
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:: citycomments
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Walt: ITodd needs some help. ITodd needs some help. Go on Donna, do your thang! Help your man! He needs it. Too bad you can't help him with those Cowboys.
Look Todd I ain't gonna let you drop the ...
Nov 07, 2009
[Editorial] Johnson Fumbles
Walt: Seems to me Johnson handled the situation just right. Why should Johnson grant Ill Weill additional powers. I bet Weill voted against him. Weill can't be won over - he's a republican.
Nov 07, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Ironghost: Actually, Ronni, I'm curious where this whole Media Diversity progrom will end. After you've shamed VIP into submission, what's next? Are ya'll going to hit Supertalk for not having enough ...
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Ronni M: Bubba, like most things, it's only unimportant if it has no affect on *your* life. If you were an African American, I expect you'd feel differently about your home-town media organization that ...
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Ironghost: I think you were the one I pointed out asking about the divisiveness of the issue. I'd have to go back and make sure I attributed it right. It was before I made Chili, so...
Nov 06, 2009
JFP People of the Day: Barbara Taylor and Jerry Mosley
L.W.: That's great! Maybe I will see them at the walk tomorrow. I'm so glad that people are opening up more and more about mental health issues. It's about time!
By the way, more ...
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Queen601: No idea why I'm biting on this, but Ironghost, I'd love to know which one of those categories you've placed me in....I'd choose to think neither, since I'm not a usual player here. I can't ...
Nov 06, 2009
New Look, New Name for Downtown Restaurant
thabian: They do...
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
BubbaT: Brian- I just did a quick count, but they aren't far off. Wasn't trying to be scientific, just a rough count. Not that it matters anyway.
I think the whole discussion is ridiculous. I really don't ...
Nov 06, 2009
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Brian C Johnson: Bubba, if were to apply the same measure to this issue of the JFP that the index applied to VIP, the first black face appears on page 1, if we count the cover, page 2 if we count the ...