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JPS Announces Extension of Food Programs During School Closures
Jackson Public Schools will continue to serve Grab-and-Go breakfast and lunch meals during school closures through April 17, 2020.
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PEER Peering into Levee Board
The legislative Joint Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review is investigating the process by which the Rankin-Hinds Pearl Flood and Drainage Control District Levee Board settled on a recent …
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Lake Street Dive
After more than a decade performing together, the musicians of Boston soul-pop act Lake Street Dive are starting to see their hard work pay off in a big way.
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City & County
JFP's Biggest Stories
Over the years, the Jackson Free Press has dug in deep on a number of big stories and topics that produced major results for the city and state.
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Megan Prosper
During October, Belhaven University's Bitsy Irby Visual Arts and Dance Building gallery was home to Megan Prosper's artwork. Black-and-white photographs lined one wall while another had seemingly random dangling items. …
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City & County
When the JFP Launched in September 2002 ...
Quite a few things have changed since the Jackson Free Press launched in September 2002. Here's a list of some of them.
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More Women, Minorities in New Congress
The 114th Congress that convenes Tuesday will count more minorities and women than ever, although lawmakers remain overwhelmingly white and male in the Republican-controlled House and Senate.
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Bodies of 7 Women Found in Northwestern Indiana
The bodies of seven women have now been found in northwestern Indiana after a man confessed to killing one woman who was found strangled at a motel and led investigators …
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Mississippi Marine Eats
When it comes to seafood, Mississippi may not be the first state on most folks' lips, but we enjoy an abundance of seafood from both the Gulf Coast and the …
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Episcopalians OK Allowing Gay Marriage in Churches
The Episcopal Church has completed its embrace of gay rights, changing church law to allow same-sex religious marriages throughout the denomination, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay …
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Biz Roundup
The Feathered Cow, Ro'Chez and Fiber to the Home
Nathan Glenn, owner of Jackson restaurants Rooster's and Basil's, will bring a new establishment to the city in early October.
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Unyielding GOP Politicians Doing What Voters Ask
In his State of the Union address this week, Obama laid out an ambitious agenda that includes gun control, raising the minimum wage, allowing most of the 11 million illegal …
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Body-Camera Maker Has Financial Ties to Police Chiefs
Taser International, the stun-gun maker emerging as a leading supplier of body cameras for police, has cultivated financial ties to police chiefs whose departments have bought the recording devices, raising …
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Editor's Note
The Devil Is In the Questions
I really don’t get hating people because they ask vital questions.
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Cochran: Corps Adds $14M for Mississippi Projects
Mississippi is one of only four states receiving additional funds from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredging and flood control along its major tributaries, according to U.S. Sen. …
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Biz Roundup
Two Men and a Truck, Bully's, Clubstore Outlet, Sassy Classy, BancorpSouth
Michael Sham, who has been with Two Men and a Truck since May 2013, won his own location and $10,000 to get it started in the Two Men and a …
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Environment
The 'Nitty Gritty, Nuts-and-Bolts, Rubber-Hits-the-Road' Side of Climate Change
Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe delivers the message on climate change with a skill that makes it easy to believe that she is the daughter of missionaries. Her pulpit, though, is …
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Most Viral, Impactful Stories in the First 15 Years of the Jackson Free Press
The JFP has gotten hundreds of thousands of page views for our top-viewed stories since we started tracking a decade or so ago. Here are our biggest stories ever, and …
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City & County
Nabbing Carjackers, Property Crimes Up, Violent Crimes Steady
Jackson Police Officer Brandon Caston was off-duty and sitting at a red light when he saw the stolen 2003 maroon Chevy Tahoe pulling into Burger King in his rearview mirror.
