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Gentleman Caller: Always About a 'Black Person, a Black Person, a Black Person'
A caller to the Jackson Free Press today complained that we cover far too many black people and now to find some white people to write about.
Editor's Note
The Impolite Free Press in the Age of Trump
Let's get this straight off the bat: There is no one reason that Hillary Clinton lost and Donald Trump won enough electoral votes last week to become president.
Man Who Shot Ex-NFL Player Charged with Manslaughter
The man who fatally shot ex-NFL player Joe McKnight during a road rage dispute has been arrested and jailed on a manslaughter charge, records show.
Music
Codetta South
Brennan White, known on stage as Codetta South, describes his debut album, "A Few Regrets," which he released independently on Nov. 11, as "a concept project meant to be enjoyed ...
Confusion, Obstacles Raise Voting Concerns in Some States
More than a dozen states have enacted tougher requirements for registering and voting since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act three years ago.
Politics
Mississippi Women: Time to ‘Personhood’ Donald Trump, Mike Pence
Mississippi women turned back Personhood in 2011. Now, we need to vote against two men likely to limit everything from the birth-control pill to in vitro fertilization, from affordable cancer ...
Music
Vinyl for Life
When Jay Ferchaud returned my call on a Friday in October, he was equal parts apologetic and ecstatic. Just before our scheduled interview, he learned that a store in Arkansas ...
Cover
Take-out for Thanksgiving
If you don’t want to cook this Thanksgiving, let local businesses help you out.
Education
Rod Paige: JSU Must Improve Image, DeVos a 'High-quality Person'
Dr. Rod Paige, the former U.S. secretary of education under President George W. Bush, believes Jackson State University can and must get past its recent financial controversies and have a ...
Trump to Nominate Retired Gen. James Mattis to Lead Pentagon
Breaking once more from presidential custom, Donald Trump is turning to a military man to steer the U.S. military, choosing retired Gen. James Mattis, who will be the first career ...
Person of the Day
Shea Patterson
When Mississippi coach Hugh Freeze saw Shea Patterson win a state championship as a high school junior he walked away with a "man crush" on the quarterback.
Biz Roundup
Free Memberships at Rainbow Co-Op, Up in Farms Farm Pack and Mantle.Suites
Rainbow Co-Op, a community-owned organic and natural food store in Fondren, announced on Oct. 10 that annual memberships in the cooperative, which used to cost $25, are now free.
Trump Taps Sessions, Flynn, Pompeo for Top Positions
President-elect Donald Trump signaled a sharp rightward shift in U.S. national security policy Friday, naming Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo to head the CIA ...
Music
Giving a Voice to ‘Throatless’
When producer Curtis Lehr first began making electronic music in 2009, it was an experiment in limitations, as they were relegated to a few sample loops on free recording software.
Education
Helping Mississippians Get Degrees Goal of New Initiative
Almost 300,000 Mississippians have received some college credit and finished courses from a public university or college without earning a degree in the last 15 years. Mississippi Public Universities is ...
Terrorism Suspected in Car-and-Knife Attack at Ohio State
A Somali-born college student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at Ohio State University and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to ...
Janet Reno, Former US Attorney General, Dies at Age 78
Shy and admittedly awkward, Janet Reno became a blunt prosecutor and the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and was also the epicenter of a relentless series of ...
City & County
Digging Up the Roots of Jackson’s ‘Numbing’ Crime with Mayor Tony Yarber
Tony Tarzel Yarber, 16, waved at his best friend, Lakenya Bolden, as he drove past him in Jackson's Subdivision 2 on Aug. 4, 1994. Bolden was driving into the "Sub" ...
Civil Rights
Win or Lose, We Must Fight the ‘Trump Effect’
The white woman's name and phone number showed up clearly on the caller ID when she called the Jackson Free Press several times, angry about a column a young black ...
State
MDOT Gifts Land to Private Group
Locals have long used the large chunk of land north of Pearl and south of the reservoir, a pie-chunk of untouched wild, for recreation. The current mayor of Flowood is ...
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