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Come Out Against Violence

This Saturday, the Jackson Free Press will sponsor the 8th annual Chick Ball in its ongoing effort to stop domestic violence and sexual abuse.

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JFP Chick Ball Auction Guide

Where can buy cool art, jewelry and furniture and help keep women and children safe all at the same time? The 8th Annual JFP Chick Ball, of course.

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Scars Run Deep

Most people hear about victims of domestic violence. It's always a friend or a relative of a co-worker or that woman you passed in a crowded bar whose name is …

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Putting Down the Baggage

It would be awesome if we got the chance to wipe away every bad relationship before starting a new one. My life, though, tells a different story. The person I …

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The Real Roots of Evil

"When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak." —Audre …

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Sexual Assault on Campus

Toward the end of her freshman year at the University of Wisconsin in 2004, Laura Dunn attended a frat party where she drank way too many raspberry vodkas. Two guys …

City & County

JPD: Arrest in Death of Robert McCoy

JFP has arrested a teen for the murder of Robert Earl McCoy, but is not yet disclosing the motive.

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Grads Sue Virginia College

A group of women are not happy with the education they received at Virginia College in Jackson.

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12 Dead in Colo. Shooting

James Holmes, 24, opened fire in an Aurora, Colo. movie theatre overnight, killing 12 people and injuring 39 others.

Crime

JPD Weekly Crime Report

Homicides in the city of Jackson are up 84 percent over last year. Through the week ending July 12, there were 35 homicides in Jackson compared to 19 last year.

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Sturgis Challenges Ag Museum

Ceara Sturgis says she is "excited" to see whether the Ag Museum will let her and her partner have their commitment ceremony there.

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Louis Freeh

Former FBI director Louis Freeh released the much-awaited Freeh Report today after an eight-month investigation into the Jerry Sandusky child-abuse scandal.

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Civil Rights Museum Underway

Downtown Jackson will gets its civil-rights museum by 2017. Meantime, it needs your artifacts.

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JPD Releases Results of 'Operation Firecracker' (PDF)

The Jackson Police Department arrested 234 during its "Operation Firecracker" special operation last week, including 25 for prostitution.

Crime

Parents Charged with Capital Murder of Baby

The parents of a deceased baby are both now charged with capital murder.