http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/jfp.php/news/ en demonsblaze@gmail.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-23T22:21:25+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/8.6_million_pipeline_to_link_treatment_plants_052312/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/8.6_million_pipeline_to_link_treatment_plants_052312/#When:22:21:25Z Jackson officials say a new $8.6 million, 54-inch water main will help keep water pressure up during freezing weather and will move the city one step closer to closing the 98-year-old J.H. Fewell Water Treatment Plant.by Jacob Fuller May 23, 2012 Jackson officials say a new $8.6 million, 54-inch water main will help keep water pressure up during freezing weather and will move the city one step closer to closing the 98-year-old J.H. Fewell Water Treatment Plant. City/County, development 2012-05-23T22:21:25+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/jps_to_keep_accreditation_for_now_052312/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/jps_to_keep_accreditation_for_now_052312/#When:22:15:52Z Jackson Public Schools officially hired a new superintendent May 21 and got some good news on its accreditation status.by Elizabeth Waibel May 23, 2012 Jackson Public Schools officially hired a new superintendent May 21 and got some good news on its accreditation status. City/County, education, State 2012-05-23T22:15:52+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/dish_cobby_williams_young_gun/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/dish_cobby_williams_young_gun/#When:22:14:18Z Cobby Mondale Williams has a classic Washington, D.C., resume. A Jackson resident since age 2, Williams graduated from Murrah High School and Jackson State University. He went to graduate school at Howard University in Washington, D.C., spent a year as an emissary to Ethiopia and worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as public-affairs specialist.by R.L. Nave May 23, 2012 Cobby Mondale Williams has a classic Washington, D.C., resume. A Jackson resident since age 2, Williams graduated from Murrah High School and Jackson State University. He went to graduate school at Howard University in Washington, D.C., spent a year as an emissary to Ethiopia and worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as public-affairs specialist. Whether that experience makes him qualified to represent the 2nd Congressional District will be up to voters this fall. City/County, interview, Politics, State 2012-05-23T22:14:18+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/three_days_in_june_051812/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/three_days_in_june_051812/#When:18:08:24Z One spring afternoon in 2001, Jan Michael Brawner slipped into the home of his ex-in-laws, Jane and Carl Craft, in rural Tate County, and stole a .22-caliber rifle.by R.L. Nave May 18, 2012 One spring afternoon in 2001, Jan Michael Brawner slipped into the home of his ex-in-laws, Jane and Carl Craft, in rural Tate County, and stole a .22-caliber rifle. City/County, Crime 2012-05-16T18:08:24+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/mayor_refutes_business_challenges_051812/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/mayor_refutes_business_challenges_051812/#When:17:45:08Z In announcing their candidacies for mayor of Jackson, Ward 2 Councilman Chokwe Lumumba and Ward 4 Councilman Frank Bluntson made changing the city’s business practices front and center in their campaigns.by Ronni Mott May 18, 2012 In announcing their candidacies for mayor of Jackson, Ward 2 Councilman Chokwe Lumumba and Ward 4 Councilman Frank Bluntson made changing the city’s business practices front and center in their campaigns. City/County, Politics, Ward 2, Ward 4 2012-05-16T17:45:08+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/2012_legislative_session_ends_050912/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/2012_legislative_session_ends_050912/#When:21:02:07Z The mood in the Mississippi House chamber after Rep. Mark Formby made the motion to adjourn sine die was similar to the last day of school before summer vacation.by R.L. Nave May 9, 2012 The mood in the Mississippi House chamber after Rep. Mark Formby made the motion to adjourn sine die was similar to the last day of school before summer vacation. Despite a few schoolyard scuffles and the sometime cliquish nature of a bitterly divided Legislature, members of opposite parties bear-hugged each another, posed for class photos and even signed each other's yearbooks. Politics, State 2012-05-09T21:02:07+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/one_night_at_fenians/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/one_night_at_fenians/#When:16:36:02Z By Virginia Schreiber JFP Staff Photographer On Wednesday, May 2, a friend asked me to go to Fenian's. I agreed and prior to leaving my house I asked who else would be there. She told me House members would probably be there as it might be the last night of session. Media Eye, State 2012-05-07T16:36:02+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/few_fireworks_over_budget_050212/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/few_fireworks_over_budget_050212/#When:20:53:57Z Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. Spent Monday, April 30, lobbying lawmakers to pass a bill to let the city to levy a small sales tax increase for infrastructure improvements. At first, the mayor's charm seemed to work on lawmakers. In less than 24 hours, everything had changed.by R.L. Nave May 2, 2012 Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. Spent Monday, April 30, lobbying lawmakers to pass a bill to let the city to levy a small sales tax increase for infrastructure improvements. At first, the mayor's charm seemed to work on lawmakers. In less than 24 hours, everything had changed. Tuesday morning, the bill died on a procedural move. City/County, Politics, State 2012-05-02T20:53:57+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/women_unite_for_rights_050212/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/women_unite_for_rights_050212/#When:20:48:58Z Mississippi's Unite Women march last Saturday felt more like a community picnic than a politically charged demonstration, as participants spread blankets under shade trees in front of the state Capitol's south steps and interspersed motivational speeches with musical interludes.by Elizabeth Waibel May 2, 2012 Mississippi's Unite Women march last Saturday felt more like a community picnic than a politically charged demonstration, as participants spread blankets under shade trees in front of the state Capitol's south steps and interspersed motivational speeches with musical interludes. No matter how much fun they must have had coming up with the slogans on their signs, however, the protesters were serious about their message. Justice, Politics 2012-05-02T20:48:58+00:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/a_second_chance_042512/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/a_second_chance_042512/#When:22:46:53Z While the Jackson Police Department's tools for reducing crime include more officers patrolling the streets, restructuring beats and adding new technology, the city of Jackson is in the planning stages of a more complex weapon for fighting crime.by Jacob Fuller April 25, 2012 While the Jackson Police Department's tools for reducing crime include more officers patrolling the streets, restructuring beats and adding new technology, the city of Jackson is in the planning stages of a more complex weapon for fighting crime. City/County 2012-04-25T22:46:53+00:00