Jackson Free Press

WAPT 16: Candidates, Voters Gear Up For Tuesday Primaries

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JACKSON, Miss. -- Vernon Price voted for Harvey Johnson Jr. for Jackson mayor in the past two elections. Price gives Johnson a strong overall job rating, despite his opinion that …

Lawmakers face budget decisions

Andy Kanengiser of C-L reports: "State House and Senate negotiators will try to reach compromises on a slew of budgets for agencies, public schools, community colleges and universities as lawmakers …

State Ready To Begin Bouncing

Mississippi State finally released its men's basketball schedule this week. Good news for Dog fans: At least 18 regular-season games will be on TV. Better news for Jackson fans: The …

Checking Slate

Outside of the Amazing SportsBlog, Slate is one of the best sites on the Web to find good sports articles. Here's two of the latest: 1) Josh Levin wonders why …

Ex-lawmaker Wilkerson dies at 68

Former State Rep. Jerry E. Wilkerson, who served three terms in the Mississippi House and was a spokesman for the propane, petroleum and convenience store associations for 25 years, has …

3 Charged in Ohio with Enslaving Mother, Daughter

Three Ohioans are accused of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over two years.

Stereolab- "Interlock," "Kyberneticka Babicka," and "Plastic Mile"

Stereolab- 7" singles. The first releases from the Lab since they lost their contract with Elektra and re-joined on the Too Pure (U.K.) label. As with any Stereolab release, expect …

Iran, UN Agency Nuclear Probe Talks Positive

Iranian and U.N. officials are upbeat at the end of talks on resuming a U.N. probe to determine whether Tehran worked on atomic arms, in a sign that Iran's new …

Fire Guts Old Armory on Miss. State Fairgrounds

A fire has heavily damaged an armory on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds—an 86-year-old building that was already on a list of endangered historical structures.

DiamondJacks Creditors Approve Bankruptcy Exit

Having failed in an attempt to sell the two DiamondJacks casinos to an Oklahoma Indian tribe, creditors are bringing the Bossier City, La., and Vicksburg, Miss., gambling halls out of …

Judge Delays 2nd Phase of Trial Over BP Oil Spill

A federal judge has ordered a two-week delay of the second phase of a trial over BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Court Date Set in Kidnapping, Assault Case

A man who allegedly lured two brothers, ages 5 and 8, from their yard in south Mississippi and took them to his camper, where he sexually abused them and slashed …

Charlie Hustler

Pete Rose admits he bet on baseball in his new book. Shocking. This just in ... O.J. killed two people and got away with it. BTW, Pete's new autobiography turns …

House Approves Bill to Regulate Abortion Pills

Mississippi lawmakers are likely to approve a bill requiring a doctor to personally oversee the administration of abortion-inducing drugs and requiring the woman to return for a follow-up exam two …

Dem, GOP Senators Reach Background Check Deal

Two senators have struck a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more firearms purchases.

2 MDOC Officers Arrested for Having Contraband at Prisons

Two Mississippi Department of Corrections officers have been arrested after officials say they had contraband at the prisons where they worked.

Mississippi District: Merge Schools in Deseg Case by 2017-18

A Mississippi school district proposes combining its nearly all-black high school with a racially mixed school by the fall of 2017 to follow a federal court order in a longstanding …

Officials Tell Bryant to Withdraw $63.1M to Cover Budget Gap

Budget officials are recommending that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant withdraw $63.1 million from state savings to cover the 2016 deficit.

2 States Join Suit Against Obama Transgender Bathroom Plan

Two states have joined the 11-state coalition Texas is leading in a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Obama administration's recent directive about transgender students in public schools.

NCAA Penalizes Ole Miss Women's Basketball, Track

The NCAA has penalized Mississippi for violations in its women's basketball and track programs and placed the athletic department on probation through 2019.