Jackson Free Press

Lake Hico: Closed by Racism?

Jim Crow-era segregation laws and customs prevented Lake Hico from interracial use until the late 1960s after the Civil Rights Movement and federal legislation officially ended segregation. The lake then …

Ashlee Kelly uses her new podcast, “JXN Transplants,” to highlight good things in the city, …

• March 6, 2019

Jackson ‘Transplants’ Unite

When New Orleans native Ashlee Kelly first arrived in Jackson in 2003 to attend Jackson State University, she struggled to find people to connect with.

UPDATED: 2019 Power Couples

It's the time of year when many of us are thinking about those we love and what we love. This time of year also means that we look around for …

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• March 6, 2019

Shaun and Kimberly Conerly Photo by Alden Kirkland

• March 6, 2019

On the tourism front, no, we're not New Orleans, yet, but there's a steady drumbeat …

• March 6, 2019

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: On Tourism, the Food Business and ‘Let’s Talk Jackson’

This issue of BOOM Jackson serves two major purposes. One, it's a three-month look ahead at arts and cultural events in the Jackson metro. Two, we do the BOOM edition …

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• March 6, 2019

Sue Hernandez

Sue Hernandez says she did not use social media for a long time until one of her Hinds Community College professors told her that she needed to use it if …

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• March 6, 2019

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• March 6, 2019

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith holds a baby at a campaign event in Clinton, Miss., on …

• March 5, 2019

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Plans 2020 Kickoff With High-Dollar Donors

Just months after winning the most closely contested U.S. Senate race in Mississippi since the 1980s, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith plans to kick off her 2020 re-election bid next month …

Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood (left) and Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves (right) will be …

• March 5, 2019

Hood and Reeves Headline 2019 Mississippi Election Field

The top of the ticket for Mississippi's 2019 statewide election could feature the most competitive governor's race since 2003.

'Take This Country Back': State Legislators Want Constitutional Convention

On Feb. 21, 2019, retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Allen West asked state legislators to do something Americans have not done since the time when muskets and bayonets were commonplace—call …

Citizens for Self-Governance President Mark Meckler, a former Tea Party leader, speaks at the Mississippi …

• March 4, 2019

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Allen West speaks in the Mississippi Capitol rotunda to support …

• March 4, 2019