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Business
‘All About the Food’
‘To want to open a restaurant can be a strange and terrible affliction.’
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Candidate
McCoy: Tearing Down 'Walls'
At age 47, youth pastor and insurance agent Gus McCoy is one of the youngest candidates vying for the Hinds County District 2 supervisor's seat.
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Jacksonian
Elisa Acey
When setting up her shop, Elisa Acey kept the dying business of old-school barbershops in mind.
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Editor's Note
Jackson Market Hall, Anyone?
In Jackson, enthusiasm for a downtown arena resulted in an initial phase of feasibility studies and an attempt at fundraising spearheaded by Downtown Jackson Partners.
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France Waits on U.S. Vote Over Syria Strikes
France will not carry out punitive missile strikes against Syria on its own and is awaiting a decision from the U.S. Congress on possible military action against Bashar Assad's regime, …
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Egypt's Sinai Emerges as New Theater for Jihad
An Egyptian doctor once close to Osama bin Laden is bringing together multiple al-Qaida-inspired militant groups in Egypt's Sinai to fight the country's military, as the lawless peninsula emerges as …
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City & County
10 Local Stories of the Week
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
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2013 Games of the Week
If money and time was no object, here are the games I would go see each week of the season.
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Girl About Town
Sixth (Social) Sense
You may not know this, dear readers, but I have a sixth sense. I can sit down at a bar and almost immediately pick out someone who just moved to …
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Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Survive'
No schools should have to make the choices that Cochran and other superintendents in Mississippi are making due to the state's continual funding shortfall for public schools.
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Calif. Fire Prompts Unhealthy Air Warnings in Nev.
The giant wildfire burning at the edge of Yosemite National Park has not only destroyed buildings and threatened water supplies, electricity and sequoias, it has also unleashed a smoky haze …
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City Sets Town Hall Meeting To Discuss Rate Hikes
By Tyler ClevelandThe City of Jackson will host a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28. at Anderson United Methodist Church South at 1315 West McDowell Road to give residents a chance to discuss and ask questions about the mayor's proposed rate hikes on water and sewer services.
A press release from the city yesterday said the meeting was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday night, but it was incorrect, according to the mayor's interim-media liason Latrice Westbrooks.
Westbrooks said Mayor Chokwe Lumumba will be on hand, as well as the city's Director of Public Works Dan Gaillet.
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Midwest Heat Wave Prompts Early School Dismissals
An unusual, late-summer heat wave has enveloped much of the Midwest, putting schools and sports events on hold.
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Miss. Officers Learn to Fight Human Trafficking
Mississippi law officers are learning how to more thoroughly investigate cases of human trafficking.
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Egyptian Islamist Groups Seek Truce with Army
Two former militant groups in Egypt offered to call off street protests if the government agrees to ease its pressure on Islamists.
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Business
Lucky Town Brewery Expanding
The boys at Lucky Town Brewing Co. are expanding, and they want to put their first industrial-sized brewery right in the heart of midtown Jackson.
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City & County
10 Local Stories of the Week
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
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Health Care
States Use Out-of-the-Box Approaches to Raise Awareness of Health Exchanges
Catchy jingles? Splashy videos? Multi-million-dollar public education campaigns? For the 16 states and the District of Columbia that have opted to run their own online health insurance marketplaces, these are …
