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On June 18, 2018, Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith spoke to Jackson’s officer-ID …

• June 27, 2018

Cross burnings, like this one at an unidentified location in 2005, are less common than …

• April 15, 2019

"Justice for Emmett Louis Till is not a black issue. This fight for justice transcends …

• August 29, 2019

President Donald Trump's visit to Tupelo, Miss., to campaign for Tate Reeves may not have …

• November 18, 2019

The monument is one of many erected across the South more than a century ago. …

• December 9, 2019

John R. Lynch was born into slavery and served as one of the last Republican …

• January 4, 2012

A simple (but not ordinary, thanks to a swath of leather) black dress can handle …

• February 6, 2013

MDOC Commissioner Marshall Fisher, the state prisons chief, asked the Legislature for the power to …

• March 26, 2015

Darnell Turner, who is also known as Donald and "Slick," is going to prison for …

• September 21, 2017

Gov. Phil Bryant, first lady Deborah Bryant, Sen. Roger Wicker, Rep. Gregg Harper, Vicksburg Mayor …

• December 13, 2017

Auditor Stacey Pickering says in a news release Tuesday that his office issued demands to …

• April 3, 2018

Some members of the Republican-controlled Mississippi Legislature are renewing an effort to eliminate the state …

• August 26, 2021

A tragic new milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic arrived today, with 79 new deaths from …

• December 22, 2020

St. Patrick's Day Parade

One of Jackson's biggest events happened over the weekend. Didn't go to the parade? That's …

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• March 26, 2013

The Rev. Wright Controversy: More Than Meets the Eye?

"Dear Jodi: Thank you for engaging in one of the biggest misrepresentations of the truth I have ever seen in sixty-five years." This is how Rev. Jeremiah Wright begins a …

14 Great Things About Jackson

The Jackson Free Press has officially been in business for 14 years this week. Yay, us! A lot has changed for the JFP since the early days in a one-bedroom …

The Golden Easter Egg

I stopped attending church years ago. I'll pause for the collective sharp intake of breath and prayer. It really had little to do with my belief in a higher power, …

[Kamikaze] Jackson's Savior Complex

Everyone seems to be an expert on crime these days. Sit around any barbershop or bar, and you'll hear all the "pundits" explain how they would handle crime.

Luckett Touts Bio-Fuels, Education at Jackson Forum

Investments in early childhood education and alternative energy can spur Mississippi's economy, Clarksdale attorney and 2011 candidate for governor Bill Luckett said during a speech at Koinonia Coffee House in …

AP: Census Shows Many Couldn't Afford to Evacuate

An Associated Press analysis of Census data shows that the residents in the

Here's one for the dumbasses who tried to blame the victims, saying they just should have evacuated like the other folks did. The Associated Press is reporting that an analysis …