Jackson Free Press

Forest Hill Band Skit Causes Stir; School Has Old History of Offensive Displays

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba is rebuking Forest Hill High School after social media exploded this morning over a Friday-night half-time skit depicting students supposedly shooting police officers on the field …

Forest Hill High School band students staged an offensive skit on the field against Brookhaven …

• October 6, 2018

Jury Convicts Chicago Officer of 2nd-Degree Murder

A jury on Friday convicted white Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.

A jury on Friday convicted white Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke (pictured) of second-degree …

• October 5, 2018

Hyde-Smith Accuses Dems of 'Disservice to Victims of Sexual Violence'

Accusing Democrats of a "disservice to victims of sexual violence," U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., voted to advance the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court Friday …

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (left), R-MS, voted to advance the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh …

• October 5, 2018

USM Ceramics National, JSU Professor Named as Fulbright Scholar and Tougaloo Athletic Director Named to NAIA Hall of Fame

The University of Southern Mississippi Gallery of Art and Design will host the 2018 Southern Miss Ceramics National from Oct. 12 through Nov. 2.

The 2018 Southern Miss Ceramics National includes an exhibition of 65 pieces of ceramic sculpture …

• October 5, 2018

Wilbert Montgomery

Football talent runs deep in the Montgomery family of Greenville, Miss. While some football fans would not consider Wilbert Montgomery to be the most talented brother, he is without a …

Photo courtesy Julio Cortez/AP

• October 5, 2018

Four Louisiana Men Indicted for Prison Bribery in Mississippi

Four Louisiana men have been indicted on charges that they tried to bribe a Mississippi sheriff to give them jail-related contracts.

The indictments, unsealed Thursday in Jackson, are a long-delayed continuation of the corruption investigation surrounding …

• October 4, 2018

Hood Announces Run: 'Jesus Taught Us to Fight for the Poor'

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced his run for governor on Oct. 3 in Houston, Miss.

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced his run for governor on Oct. 3 in Houston, …

• October 4, 2018

Photo courtesy Cindy Wilson

• October 4, 2018

Cindy Wilson

Cindy Wilson never planned on being an author, but she had always planned on telling her story. A Jackson couple adopted her as a baby from her birthplace of Seoul, …

Mississippi Election Information

On. Nov. 6, the same day as the national midterms, voters choose between Democrat Mike Espy, Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and Republican Chris McDaniel in a U.S. Senate special election; there …

On. Nov. 6, the same day as the national midterms, voters choose between Democrat Mike …

• October 4, 2018

Governor Gives Medal as Mississippi City Mourns Dead Officer

Mississippi's governor awarded a state medal to a slain police officer, as relatives and law enforcement personnel mourned his death.

Gov. Phil Bryant (pictured) awarded the Mississippi Medal of Valor posthumously to Brookhaven police officer …

• October 3, 2018