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Jackson Named One of 100 Best Communities for Young People
Jackson, a second-time 100 Best winner, was again recognized for programs that support youth education, healthy living and community involvement.
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Rite of Passage
By Kathleen M. MitchellWell, I just received my first piece of journalism hate mail, and it is certainly one for the record books. Filled with personal attacks against my intelligence and appearance (among other things) and a condescending tone to boot, it alleges that I am "confused" and filled with "self-hatred."
As a reminder, here is the editor's note that the author is responding to. To read the letter, click on the image or see the uploaded PDF here.
On the advice of such a notable clinical psychologist as M. Jane Williams, I have re-examined the argument in my editor's note. And I don't take back a word.
http://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2012/sep/10/8222/
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Community Events and Public Meetings
The Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting is tonight at 6 p.m. at River Hills Club (3600 Ridgewood Road).
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Business
10 Local Stories This Week
Things seemed to return to normal after Hurricane Isaac and the three-day Labor Day weekend slowed down the capital city last week.
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Mississippi Revenues Exceed Estimates
For the first two months of the fiscal year collections are $13.4 million above estimate.
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Politics
Barbour Folds After 'Poker' Remark
This week, former governor Haley Barbour touched off more tumult, providing one more distraction for his party, by running his mouth.
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JPD SWAT Member Accused of Taking a Bribe
A Jackson police sergeant and SWAT member was arrested and charged with accepting a bribe.
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Theater
'Gatsby' Roars into New Stage
In a stage play adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's acclaimed American novel, "The Great Gatsby" New Stage Theatre is bringing Long Island of the roaring '20s to the South.
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Body+Soul
Walking Your Problems Away
About a quarter of the deaths in Mississippi are due to heart disease, according to the 2009 National Vital Statistics Report.
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Art
Sharing her Gift
Artist Pat Walker has had a desire to paint since she was in elementary school.
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Natalie's Notes
Too Much VIP
About three weeks ago, my friends Erica, Sam and Jonathan and I ventured up to Clarksdale to the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival to see Robert Plant.
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Home & Garden
Urban Homesteading Planning For Winter
Those who practice "homesteading"-or self-sufficiency-are busy preserving or "putting up" the produce they have grown this summer.
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Food
Chef St. John Pulls Up an Extra Table
When the Edwards Street Fellowship Center, an outreach ministry of the United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, didn't have enough food to feed their clients, they called Robert St. John.
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Fashion
Spot On
The predicted trends for fall are of no concern when it comes to leopard. Whether it's "in" or "out" this particular season, I love it, and I'm going to wear …
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Raising Filmmakers
It is raining in downtown Jackson. The humidity is stifling and uncomfortably sticky even under a rain jacket, yet a film crew is hard at work in the middle of …
