Jackson Free Press

This map shows property ownership along the footprint of the "Two Lakes" project in 2010. …

• July 24, 2018

Most Intriguing Jacksonians of 2009

Every December, the Jackson Free Press staff dips into our archives for the past year to select a handful of the year's most intriguing Jacksonians.

The levee board today approved a resolution backing a smaller lake plan proposed by Waggoner …

• May 10, 2010

Tropical Storm Isaac has damaged the dam at Percy Quin State Park just south of …

• August 30, 2012

Judge Strikes Down Utah's Same-Sex Marriage Ban

A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church …

Ward 6 Candidates Reveal Plans for City Council Seat

The Swan Lake Homeowners Association sponsored a forum for the nine candidates running in the Ward 6 City Council election, which took place at Emmanuel Baptist Church.

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EDITORIAL: Free Press Is Not Here to Comfort the Powerful; We're Here for Truth

The Jackson Free Press, and its editors and journalists, have come under fire many times since we launched 16 years ago in Mississippi's capital city.

The controversial Two Lakes has the backing of powerful landowners along the development's footprints who …

• January 20, 2020

Allen Blackwell

Allen Blackwell has an unusual dream: to become the first person to represent Mississippi in the Olympics in the winter sport of skeleton.

Players of the Day: Best College Baseball Player Finalists

The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is honoring Mississippi's best college baseball player Monday, May 15 with a luncheon. Three finalists will be at the luncheon, but only …

In September, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told Levee Board officials from Hinds and …

• October 21, 2009

Eggs of Ring-billed Gulls collected from northern Alberta's Mamawi Lake in 2012 had 139 percent …

• October 11, 2013

Engineers are comparing the scenic Trinity River project in Fort Worth, depicted here, to the …

• November 3, 2010

In 2018, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland told mayors of the Mississippi cities of Southaven and …

• December 31, 2019

[City Buzz] Best Gov, Gandhi in Jackson, Two Lakes Doom, more

BEST GOVERNOR: Haley Barbour may have ridden the GOP machine into town, but he's got a long way to go before he can take over the throne of Governor Emeritus …

Senior Russian dancer Olga Marchenkova performs a variation from the "Grand Pas de Deux" in …

• June 18, 2014

Jimmie Edwards is the pastor at Rosemont Missionary Baptist Church, which is part of a …

• November 22, 2017

Levee Board President Gary Rhoads wants to know if there is any U.S. Corps of …

• October 17, 2012

Rep. Hester Jackson-McCray, D-Horn Lake, now two for two in her legislative battles, says that …

• June 29, 2020

A Goodie Is A Goodie

Over the almost eight-year-long span that my family spent on the road, we never had a chimney for Santa. Being well-loved, wide-eyed and innocent of grown-up concerns like how late …