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Jacksonian
Anne Welch
Anne Welch believes Jackson has the potential to be one of the country's great biking cities.
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Editor's Note
The Future of Jackson Depends on You
The signs showed up overnight around Ward 1 and parts of Ward 7: "Vote Today: The Future of Jackson Depends On It."
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W.Va.'s Local-Food Movement a Model for Appalachia
With eight in 10 farmers making less than $10,000 a year, West Virginia will never rival big Midwestern factory farms in producing food. But creative collaborations with food entrepreneurs are …
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Senate Panel Approves Immigration Bill
Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night …
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Japan Approves Joining Int'l Child Abduction Pact
Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign pressure for Tokyo to address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without …
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Official: Treasury Played No Role in IRS Targeting
The Treasury Department's No. 2 official told Congress on Wednesday that his agency played no role in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups.
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City & County
Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson
Chokwe Lumumba never trailed Jonathan Lee in the Democratic runoff.
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Judge Denies Death Row Inmate Manning New Trial
A judge has denied death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning's request for a new trial in the 1993 slayings of a 90-year-old woman and her 60-year-old daughter in Starkville.
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Syria Opposition Signals Tough Line on Peace Talks
Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime.
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FBI ID's Benghazi Suspects, But No Arrests Yet
The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them …
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Fire Chief Says Search Almost Complete in Oklahoma
The search for survivors and the dead is nearly complete in the Oklahoma City suburb that was smashed by a mammoth tornado, the fire chief said Tuesday.
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Dr. Arnold Smith Trial Postponed Indefinitely
A trial in the murder-for-hire case against a Greenwood oncologist has been postponed indefinitely.
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Destination City Hall: Who Will Occupy The New Center?
By Dominic-DeleoWhatever the result of the election, and I think we will all be up late tonight, my observation is that regardless of who wins, Jackson will be setting a new course, much different from the one Mayor Johnson had charted during his terms. The old center has not held, and the voters have already expressed their eagerness to forge a new one. The tectonic plates, having ground against each other for these many years, are shifting, and by tomorrow morning we shall read in the results which one is ascendant and which is descendant.
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Court Won't Get Involved in Miss. Redistricting
The U.S. Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi, despite a lawsuit that said current lawmakers were chosen in outdated districts that diluted black voting strength.
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City & County
Campaign Trickery: Lumumba a 'Race Traitor,' Lee a 'Rankin Republican'?
Supporters of men who are vying to be Jackson's next mayor were busy over the weekend with last-minute election trickery, some anonymous and some not, with much of it targeting …
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This flyer, supposedly produced by the Chokwe Lumumba campaign, showed up on cars outside churches …
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This flyer, supposedly produced by the Chokwe Lumumba campaign, showed up on cars outside churches …
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Events
Community Events and Public Meetings
The Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers is from July 20-21 at Millsaps College.
