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Patrick Scott says he is one of very few local residents to have worked at …

• October 2, 2013

On Oct. 5, in honor of "Gilmoreversary”—the anniversary of the first day that the television …

• October 4, 2016

Yvette Mason created this memorial to her son Charles McDonald in the small dining area …

• November 9, 2016

Activists rallied outside the Rankin County Courthouse in Brandon, Miss., on July 29, behind a …

• July 30, 2019

Lee Vance, candidate for Hinds County Sheriff, discusses his platform before community members at the …

• September 9, 2019

Second-term Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and fourth-term Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood say they …

• September 16, 2019

Local activist Sharon Brown started the One Flag for All campaign to change the Mississippi …

• September 6, 2017

Saturday, Dec. 9, was supposed to be a glorious day for the opening of the …

• December 6, 2017

The Mississippi auditor said Tuesday that he is demanding repayment of $77 million in misspent …

• October 13, 2021

“Mama Rose Kitchen,” a painting by Mississippi artist Adrienne Dominick, is one of several public …

• February 26, 2020

The Jackson COVID-19 Community Food and Aid Coalition is assembling care packages containing hygiene items …

• April 1, 2020

Republican Rep. Nick Bain of Corinth said Tuesday that the new proposal would allow up …

• February 9, 2022

LD's BeerRun

LD's BeerRun serves the Jackson area as both a store to pick up national and …

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• March 18, 2020

Real Woman, Real Plan

I can no longer climb stairs without my knees aching. My body has morphed from a lean 20-something to a comfortable and rounded-out 30-something. Children and age have etched lines …

[Tucker] You Have a Choice

My daughter attends a historically black university, the school from which I graduated, as a matter of which I graduated, as a matter of fact. But she could go anywhere, …

Be the Actors

I was running late and felt lost in the hallways of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C, last week, as I attempted to find Sen. Roger Wicker's office. …

Keeping Faith

In 1969, P.W. Underwood, then head football coach at the University of Southern Mississippi, convinced a 6-foot-3-inch lanky kid from Swainsboro, Ga., to come to the University of Southern Mississippi …

[Strachan] In Praise of Public Servants

Glendora businessman Mike Sturdivant passed away at age 84 on May 1, at his home on his Due West Plantation. It brought to mind many things about one of the …

Road to Revelation

When Shelby Lynne gives a concert these days, she no longer plays any songs from the early part of her career for one simple reason: She didn't write them.

Let It Fly

On a humid spring day, my wife, Lacey, and I walked into a metal building at LeFleur's Bluff State Park, just off Lakeland Drive. A casually dressed, middle-aged man greeted …