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Jacksonian
Leslie Puckett
When Leslie Puckett began her business, BearCreek Herbals, in 2000, she was at a crossroads in her life.
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Body+Soul
Try This at Home
While it's nice to get a facial or a blow-out sometimes, taking care of your skin or hair or nails doesn't always have to be a big deal.
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Music
Vinyl for Life
When Jay Ferchaud returned my call on a Friday in October, he was equal parts apologetic and ecstatic. Just before our scheduled interview, he learned that a store in Arkansas …
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City & County
JPS Students Avoid Conflict with Peer Mediation
Early in the morning of Oct. 21 at Whitten Preparatory Middle School, students yawned and fidgeted in their stiff, wooden seats, clutching their hoodies and jackets. It was National Day …
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LGBT
What’s Up with House Bill 1523?
In the language of people who refuse to fight in wars like Vietnam, Mississippians should have "conscientious objector" status if they do not want to recognize LGBT citizens' right to …
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More Severe Weather Could Hit Mississippi After Monday Storm
Thunderstorms produced large hail and tornado warnings across parts of Mississippi Tuesday, as officials warned that severe weather could threaten the state through the night.
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Education
Third-grade Reading Campaign Expanding with Low-income Outreach
For Mississippi's third graders, the stakes for good performance on the reading test that can knock them out of timely promotion to fourth grade are now higher than ever.
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Biz Roundup
Kolb's Grand Cleaners Reopening, Janie Pillow Antiques and Hope Enterprise
A few months ago, Brandon resident Janie Pillow relocated her antique store to a new location inside an old two-story house in Madison called Dorothy House.
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Person of the Day
Vicki Moorehead
Madison resident Vicki Moorehead, a fifth- and sixth-grade science teacher with St. Anthony Catholic School in Madison, received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching on Sept. …
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AP Interview: Iraqi Leader Predicts IS Collapse in Mosul
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Islamic State group fighters lack the courage to put up long-term resistance in Mosul, despite unleashing hundreds of car bombs that have killed and …
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Orders Could Have Little Effect on Pipeline Protest Camp
Government orders for protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline to leave federal land could have little immediate effect on the encampment where scores of people have been gathered for months …
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Fitch Warns of 'Populist Surge' on Global Growth
A leading credit ratings agency is warning that a surge in populism and anti-establishment sentiment is pushing the world into an era of economic nationalism to the detriment of long-term …
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Young Immigrants Who Came Forward Now Worried About Future
Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants living in the country illegally willingly came out of the shadows and identified themselves to the Obama administration on the promise that they'd be …
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Trump Taps Price to Lead HHS, Plans 2nd Meeting with Romney
President-elect Donald Trump moved to fill out his Cabinet Tuesday, tapping Georgia Rep. Tom Price to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Aides signaled that at least one …
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Mississippi Runoffs Set for 2 Judicial and 2 House Seats
Runoffs will decide one seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court, one on the state Court of Appeals and two in the state House of Representatives.
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Film
AT&T DirecTV Now Service—A Cord-Cutter's Solution?
NEW YORK (AP) — There are already a few online services that aim to replace cable, but they haven't attracted many users yet. AT&T's DirecTV hopes to change that with …
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Terrorism Suspected in Car-and-Knife Attack at Ohio State
A Somali-born college student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at Ohio State University and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to …
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Crime
Mississippi's Child Human Trafficking Laws Receive "B" Grade
A Shared Hope International study of states' child human-trafficking laws gives Mississippi a "B" grade for its state laws.
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National
Stamps: Transition to Trump a Time of Opportunity for Jackson
Jackson City Councilman De'Keither Stamps met with members of President-elect Donald Trump's transitional team earlier this month in Washington as a part of a group of leaders of color from …
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Person of the Day
Nick Fitzgerald
Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald ran for a school-record 258 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for three touchdowns to bring the Golden Egg trophy back to Starkville after …
