Jackson Free Press

Mississippi organizations will split more than $6 million from the federal government to respond to …

• September 18, 2020

Groups Erase Some Probation Debt in Mississippi, Florida

A nonprofit group and a debtors' union have bought and erased private probation debt for about 20,500 people in Mississippi and Florida, sending letters that told them the news and …

Ex-Penn State President Goes on Offensive

Penn State's disgraced former president is trying to convince the public he had no idea that Jerry Sandusky was a child molester.

Clinton: Fight, or Find Something Else to Do

Sen. Sally Doty, R-Brookhaven, authored the bill to make domestic violence grounds for divorce in …

• April 27, 2016

WLBT news anchor Maggie Wade and Wendy Mahoney, executive director of Mississippi Coalition of Domestic …

• October 8, 2015

Sen. Sally Doty made her mark on domestic violence in the state when she helped …

• July 16, 2014

Did County Know of Abuse at Detention Center?

Juvenile-justice advocates filed a lawsuit last week that raises questions about how much the Hinds County Board of Supervisors knew about alleged abuses at the county's Henley-Young Detention Center.

[McLaughlin] More Female Candidates, Please

Whenever I meet a smart, progressive Mississippi woman who gets her opinion across, remains firm but compassionate and has the ability to inspire others, I find myself ecstatically blurting out: …

Question o' the Week: What do you love?

What do you love?

Drunk in Love

Being a mother and wife does not equal boring.

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Jack Tips for Newbies

We asked JFP readers on social media to help out all of you new students and residents. Here's what they told us.

Wendy Mahoney, executive director of Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Donna Ladd, editor in …

• October 8, 2015

Donna Ladd, editor in chief and CEO of the Jackson Free Press, WLBT news anchor …

• October 8, 2015

New City Administration Must Be Smart on Crime

Interpersonal violence, much like the shooting spree allegedly spurred from domestic violence that left eight people dead in Lincoln County last weekend, is responsible for a huge amount of violent …

April Sade

April Sade, 28, aims to use her experience as a domestic-violence victim as fuel to generate a bigger spotlight on Mississippi and the untapped talent that it possesses.

Mother Stabbed to Death by Children's Father

A young mother of six, Tracy Collier, is the latest victim of domestic violence in Jackson. Police found Collier, 33, stabbed to death in her yard at 2408 Brookside Drive …

Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith (pictured) is back on trial for trying to …

• August 2, 2017

The Influencers

Lobbyists remain one of the most formidable forces in Congress and under capitol domes around the nation. Lobbying, which the U.S. Constitution protects as a form of free speech, has …

EU Charges Russia's Gazprom Gas Giant with Market Abuse

The European Union on Wednesday charged Russia's state-controlled Gazprom energy giant of abusing its dominant position in central and eastern EU nations in an antitrust case that will further test …