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Biz Roundup
New Restaurants Coming to Metrocenter, Baker Donelson LGBT Equality and TrustCare
Metrocenter Mall will soon be the home for a new Big Apple Inn, Stamps Superburger and several other local restaurants.
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Education
NAMI MS Conference at Belhaven, USM Marine Education Center and MSU 2018 Alumni Association Award
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Mississippi will host its annual spring conference on Thursday, May 17, and Friday, May 18, at the Dr. Billy Kim International Center at Belhaven …
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Film
The Ins and Outs of ‘Mitt’
After premiering the film at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Netflix released its original documentary, "Mitt," via online streaming Jan. 24.
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Mormon Leaders Call for Measures Protecting Gay Rights
Mormon church leaders are making a national appeal for a "balanced approach" in the clash between gay rights and religious freedom.
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Home Cookin’ Capsule
The NFL Draft begins Thursday, April 30, and runs through Saturday, May 2. Mississippi natives Senquez Golson (Ole Miss) and Bernardrick McKinney (Mississippi State) are slated to go in the …
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City & County
The JFP a Finalist for 4 National Altweekly Awards
The Jackson Free Press is a finalist for four awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for the paper's coverage of Michelle Byrom death-penalty case, LGBT issues across Mississippi, government …
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Israel Church Set Ablaze in Possible Jewish Extremist Attack
A fire ripped through one of the most famous Catholic churches in the Holy Land on Thursday, damaging the roof and burning prayer books in what authorities believe is an …
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Biz Roundup
Lost Pizza Co. and The Meridian at Fondren In, Nick's Restaurant Out
Brothers Will and Jones McPherson, owners of JJ Brothers LLC, are bringing the Lost Pizza Co. restaurant to Jackson's Maywood Mart, to the space that housed Bon Ami before it …
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[Johnson] An Imperfect Storm
I'm sitting in my modest but comfortable Fondren home on a Saturday night, nursing a summer cold. My power is finally back on; my AC, television and Internet are working, …
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Personhood Polls Surprisingly Close
In this typically anti-abortion state, a recent poll suggests that the fate of the "Personhood Amendment" might be too close to call. Public Policy Polling found that 45 percent of …
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Candidate
McQuirter: Planting the Seeds
Darrel McQuirter, a Hinds County department head who took a leave of absence to run for the District 2 supervisor's seat, is putting his job on the line because he …
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Bob Mould News
Anti- is pleased to announce the signing of living legend and alternative rock trailblazer Bob Mould. Mould's vital new studio album, District Line – the latest in his esteemed, twenty …
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Food
Forging a New Path: Foot Print Farms
On a frigid day in December, the slightly warm air inside one of the high tunnels, also known as natural greenhouses, at Foot Print Farms in Jackson contrasts the chilly …
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Biz Roundup
Skybox Daiquiri Bar and Bistro, Cakes by Crystal, My Kid's Cabby and Bumps and Beyond
Raymond T. Kersh, owner of Skybox Daiquiri Bar and Bistro (6392 Ridgewood Court Drive), said he hopes that his restaurant will serve as "a great place to take a break, …
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Art
Beth Ann Fennelly: Why Poetry is Important
Mary Anna Malich, who lives in Chicago, and her daughter, Beth Ann Fennelly, a resident of Oxford, Miss., had recently driven into Jackson from Memphis. Then Malich sat on a …
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Biz Roundup
4 the Record, RimTyme, J. McLaughlin, Emerging Leader Series and State Trade and Export Program
Jackson's premier vinyl convention, 4 the Record, looks to be skipping next year after a number of larger vendors cancelled to attend the Alabama Record Collector's Association CD & Record …
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Best of Jackson
Best of Jackson 2019: Food and Drink
We here at the Jackson Free Press like to keep our focus on local: local people, local business, local food—you get the idea. There’s nothing to us more local than …
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Cookin', Schmookin': Help Is On the Way
On Thanksgiving you have two options: Do the cooking, or let someone else cook for you. Luckily, local restaurants and food distributors can fill in and make Thanksgiving easier.
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Sweetheart Specials
Local restaurants such as 1908 Provisions will have decadent specials this Valentine’s Day.
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Cold Case Arrest Prompts Cross-Country Probe
When Los Angeles cold case detectives caught up with Samuel Little this past fall, he was living in a Christian shelter in Kentucky, his latest arrest a few months earlier …
