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Taking up a sport, such as fencing, can help you get over a breakup.

• February 11, 2015

Bars and restaurants such as Hal & Mal’s have many great things to eat (including …

• February 11, 2015

If you've found yourself part of a breakup, don't fret. Jackson can keep you occupied.

• February 11, 2015

The Swon Brothers: Life After ‘The Voice'

Television might have taken the wind out of radio's sails, but these days, it's giving it back. There's perhaps no clearer evidence of that than Muskogee, Okla., musicians Colton and …

After a successful stint on “The Voice” and several radio hits, Zach and Colton Swon …

• February 11, 2015

Love on a Fat Tuesday

If you don't want to cook for Valentine's Day or fight the crowds in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, local restaurants and food shops have you covered.

This Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras, celebrate with local restaurants. Photo courtesy Mangia Bene/Liz Lancaster

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Don’t Prematurely Nix Prison Reform

It really doesn't come as a big surprise that an effort is now under way to scale back last year's package of sweeping criminal-justice reform bills.

Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Statistical'

As Mississippi's prison system, which has been plagued by scandal, remains under a microscope for the alleged misdeeds of its former commissioner, it would be nice if the agency could …

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The Greatest of These Is Love

I'm thinking a lot about love these days. As of Feb. 9, in my hometown of Birmingham, Ala., same-sex couples can go to the same courthouse office that my husband …

Julia Weems Photo courtesy Roy Adkins

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Revving Up for the Big Fights

The Mississippi Legislature is preparing for the big fights that come later in the session, now that the Senate and House cleared most routine, non-controversial items off their calendars in …

House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, supports a bill to ban texting and …

• February 11, 2015

Prison Reform Target of Rollback

In March 2014, in an uncommon show of unity, the state's three top Republican leaders celebrated the passage of game-changing legislation.

Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, who chairs a key judiciary committee, is helping move a legislative …

• February 11, 2015

Development Catches Fondren Residents Off Guard

Fondren residents started noticing several rundown houses in January with siding missing and a big, red "X" painted across their doors. Each day, more homes became vacant and began to …

A project to bring affordable apartments to Fondren has been in the works since 2013, …

• February 11, 2015