Jackson Free Press

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration at the end of the year, she …

• October 9, 2018

Two people are taken into custody at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., …

• August 8, 2019

Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky are electing governors this year. Tate Reeves (left) is the second-term …

• September 10, 2019

A Mississippi man, Joshua Vallum, received a 49-year prison sentence in the 2015 killing of …

• September 28, 2017

On the ground in Puerto Rico nearly two weeks after a hurricane ravaged the island, …

• October 3, 2017

Marriage doesn't start and stop with the two people who take the vows. It's about …

• February 7, 2018

Mississippi legislative leaders now have their first veto override since 2002, forcing through an educational …

• August 11, 2020

COVID-19 has arrived in Jackson, infecting two students so far, at least one of whom …

• March 16, 2020

Americans may now claim two orders of COVID-19 test kits per residential address for a …

• March 10, 2022

City Lifts Boil Water Notice

James Ford Seale: A Trail of Documents Tells the Story

James Ford Seale was walking tall and chewing on a cigar as he appeared before a subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities on Jan. 14, 1966, at 11:35 a.m. …

Mississippi Art Funds Under Knife

State funding for the arts will likely drop next year, but grants to artists will remain largely the same, said Mississippi Arts Commission Executive Director Malcolm White today.

Moon Made of Honey

Choosing the setting for your honeymoon is a dreamy affair. If you want to go overseas, make sure you have your passport and bank account ready. Spend time early fantasizing …

Pick Up the Phone

Most days, Ben Lott runs around the perimeter of his apartment complex and into nearby neighborhoods working on getting into shape. Ever since his friend Scott Livingston encouraged him to …

Edwards to Argue for Job In March

Next month, Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Lonnie Edwards will have a chance to win his job back. Edwards has appealed the JPS Board of Trustees Dec. 7 decision not to …

‘The Nightmare Is Over'

After serving 18 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Levon Brooks walked away from the Noxubee County courthouse a free man on March 13. Arrested for …

Goodbye, Mrs. Chaney

It took 41 years, but Fannie Lee Chaney lived to see her home state mete out a degree of justice for the murder of her son, James Chaney, on Father's …

MDOT Officials Traveling Abroad On Taxpayers' Dime

An investigation in today's Sun Herald reveals a years-long trend of Mississippi Department of Transportation officials using taxpayer money for trips of dubious value. Over four years, Michael Newsom reports, …

Goodbye, Sweet Ladies

Two beautiful women are about to leave Jackson—and leave a huge void in the creative community here. One of them introduced me to the other of them; without them, the …

FBI Arrests 'Rogue Officers'

The FBI arrested four men, including two former metro police officers and one acting Hinds County Sheriff's deputy, Oct. 2 on charges of conspiracy to commit an offense against the …