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Frank Melton
John Reeves to Represent Melton in Federal Trial
Weeks after Mayor Frank Melton tapped him to serve on the Jackson Development Authority, local attorney John Reeves told the Jackson Free Press that he has decided to represent Jackson …
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The Out-of-Towners
The month of September has started out as a barnburner for Jackson musicheads like me.
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Shteyger and Films - Festival Begins
Jackson is set to receive a fresh dose of Jewish culture this weekend, as the 5th annual Jackson Jewish Film Festival kicks off this Saturday. Thanks to the efforts of …
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Bills Target Jackson Development, Infrastructure
In the sixth week of its session, the Mississippi Legislature passed a number of bills relevant to the city of Jackson.
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Keeping The Gloves Off
In their first and only debate, Senate candidates Roger Wicker and Ronnie Musgrove maintained in person the negative tone that has characterized much of the advertising for both of their …
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Talk
A Public Nuisance Again?
Tension between the city and one of its more popular nightclubs has returned after three Monday morning shootings near the club.
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Dani Mitchell Turk
Even though she never went to culinary school, Dani Mitchell Turk has enough skill in the kitchen to earn herself a spot on national television. Turk will appear on the …
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Johnson To Appoint New School Board Members
Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. is expected to appoint two new members to the Jackson Public School Board of Trustees at Tomorrow's city council meeting. The April 6 council agenda …
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State Wrongly Fired Whistleblower
Read Johnson's Ruling (PDF, 224 KB)
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Paige Still Discourages School Unionization
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige said this morning that he has not changed his mind on what he considers the negative impact of teacher's unions like the National …
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'No Ill Will, But We're Suing'
Mississippi's sole abortion provider is taking its fight against a new state law that endangers its existence to court.
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Political Knick-Knacks
Just about everyone at this point has heard of the Governator's off-color remarks concerning Sacramento Democratic legislators—but just in case you want to be a billboard, you can endorse either …
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Sushi, Tattoos and Redevelopment
The Fondren neighborhood will get a long-awaited sushi restaurant in April, developer Mike Peters says. Peters told the Jackson Free Press that Fatsumo Sushi, an American-style sushi restaurant in Gulfport, …
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Legislative Update: It's About Money, Stupid!
The Mississippi House of Representatives deeply involved itself in appropriation bills last week. The House is up against a March 12 deadline to weigh in on "money bills" originating in …
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The Art of Forgiveness
A lot of people forgave the late former governor George Wallace for his segregationist stance, which he changed a couple of decades before his death. Now, the man who attempted …
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N. Korea Puts Artillery Forces at Top Combat Posture
North Korea's military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats aimed at South Korea …
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A Day Pulsing with History Follows Old Script
Hours before Monday's pageantry, people on foot spilled out of Metro stations near the White House.
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Voter ID Dispute Snags Miss. Sec of State Budget
Mississippi senators rejected the secretary of state's budget Thursday over an argument about paying lawyers to defend a proposed voter identification law.
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Hello from Chi-town
So I'm up in Chicago right now teaching at the Academy for Alternative Journalism done at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern. It's been fun and inspiring—10 students are …
