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Inside Game: Previewing Local Favorites and Women's Teams

The Blazers are off to a 7-3 start, led by senior guard Bobby Johnson (25.7 points and 7.0 rebounds per game). He's one of seven Belhaven players with a double-figures …

Popeye and Pesto

You always hear great words of wisdom from your parents: "Look both ways before crossing the street;" "Don't run with scissors;" "Eat your spinach."

Oleta's Gifts, Greeks and Baskets

In a gray two-story building off Highway 51 in Ridgeland just below a comic book store sits a shop that celebrates the history of African American fraternities and sororities.

The JFP Interview with Joey Lauren Adams

Filmmaker Joey Lauren Adams, 39, is a fan of drinking Budweiser and driving along flat Arkansas highways looking at cypress trees, not necessarily at the same time. The first time …

Best of Jackson 2005: Food & Drink (cont.)

Best Mexican: La Cazuela Mexican Grill (1401 E. Fortification St., 353-3014)

2005: Food & Drink (cont.)

Best Mexican: La Cazuela Mexican Grill (1401 E. Fortification St., 353-3014)

USM Women's History Month Events, JSU EnRICH Program and MSU Virtual Workshop

The Committee on Services and Resources for Women at the University of Southern Mississippi is sponsoring a series of activities throughout March in recognition of Women’s History Month.

Transcript: JFP Interview with DA Candidate Michele Purvis

Interview by Adam Lynch

Mt. Olive, and I'm not a Jackson resident. I live in Clinton. I've lived in Clinton about three years.

General Gourmet

You would never guess that the man standing at attention—waiting for me on the sidewalk, dressed in a crisp linen short-sleeved shirt and cuffed khakis, cordovan wingtips softly gleaming—is 90 …

Jam Sessions

Foodie, gastronome, epicure bon vivant?! No matter how you choose to slice it, one thing is certain: I am a self-confessed food geek. I can spend an entire evening pouring …

2003: Who's Who

<b>WHO'S WHO</b>

It's not the way she looks, but her looks most men will tell you, don't hurt. Not in a she's-pretty-but-can-she-type kind of way. More like a she-can-sing-like-nobody's-business, oh, and she's-easy-on-the-eyes …

The JFP Interview With Tyrone Lewis

Tyrone Lewis, former Jackson Police officer (1983-2010), police chief and Democratic candidate for Hinds County Sheriff, is not a small man. He stands about 6 feet, but his barrel chest …

It Just Is: Nurturing A Child's Spirituality

When children are born, human parents experience something spiritual just by being in the child's presence—their fingers and toes and eyelashes, the smell of their skin, and the way their …

Rick Whitlow Announces Mayoral Platform

Today, Rick Whitlow released a detailed 2009 mayoral campaign platform. "This is the platform from which I will work should I decide to run for the Office of Mayor in …

PSC Approves Coal Plant, Mississippi Power Rejects It

Read the Public Service Commission's Order (PDF)

A Food Revolution

In an effort to build local-based food economies and support local farmers, the local food movement has recently sprouted in cities throughout the country.

Casino-Mogul Trump Going Against the Odds With 'Muslim Ban'

Sharpton Defends the 'Jena 6'

Photos by Chelsi West & Maggie Burks

In the small, pastoral town of Jena, La., police arrested six black students 15 to 17 years old and charged them with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy after a string …

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Did you wake up early Sunday and watch the English Premier League's final day? If not, you missed Manchester City win by scoring two goals in stoppage time against the …

Chase Meets Otis

Author and illustrator Loren Long created a book with a farm setting and a tractor as a super hero in "Otis and the Tornado" (Philomel, 2011, $17.99), the follow-up to …