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Upcoming Sugar Hill Releases
Sept. – Dolly Parton's "Live & Well" CD and DVD are getting a great response. Her great, big tour (dates available here: www.sugarhillrecords.com) is kicking off on October 14 in …
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Art
Space to Contemplate
The Mississippi Library Commission is a catalyst for contemplation nestled in a wooded quadrant off the southern end of Ridgewood Road on Eastwood Drive in northeast Jackson.
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Bryan's Rant
Preseason Thoughts
The first week of the NFL preseason is in the books and, man, it is good to have football back—even if the games don't count and many of the names …
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Opponents of Finger Scanners Attack Rule-Making
Opponents of a plan to require parents to use a finger scanner to sign children in and out of federally subsidized child care say the state hasn't proceeded properly.
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Jacqueline Dace
In July, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History selected Jackson resident Jacqueline Dace as the project manager of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, set to open in 2017.
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Environment
Airborne Carbon, Silicon Increase Risk of Death in U.S. Cities
Certain ingredients of airborne particulates—especially carbon—apparently increase the risk of death in U.S. cities, according to a new nationwide study.
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Events
It's the Weekend!
On Sunday, the Mississippi Craft Show is from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Mississippi Trade Mart.
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Midwest Heat Wave Prompts Early School Dismissals
An unusual, late-summer heat wave has enveloped much of the Midwest, putting schools and sports events on hold.
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Report: Ohio Kidnapper Called Mother of 1 Victim
Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro said he called the mother of one of his captives and told the woman her daughter was alive and had become his wife, according to interrogation …
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Events
It's the Weekend!
On Sunday, the All 4 Children Consignment Jackson Fall/Winter Sale is from 8 a.m.-noon at Mississippi Trade Mart.
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Candidate
Jones: Looking for Bargains
Leon Jones, a 48-year-old former Jackson police officer and day-care center owner, knows the importance of having an advocate on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.
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Music
Lion Around ‘A Quiet Town’
Zach Lovett and Spencer Thomas of Dandy & the Lions always dress to impress and are all around dapper, humble fellows.
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Person of the Day
Chuck Galey
Award-winning author, writer and illustrator Chuck Galey says he's a child of the Golden Books era.
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Miss. Regulators Approve Energy Efficiency Rules
Mississippi electric and natural gas utilities will soon be paying for their customers to cut energy use.
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Unsealed Documents Offer Details of School Threat
The man who pleaded guilty to making online threats to attack a north Mississippi high school had researched how to make bombs, the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and serial …
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Person of the Day
Jakob Clark
Before he even moved back to Jackson in December 2012, Jakob Clark, one of Jackson's music-scene veterans, already had the concept for Whitespike in his head.
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Obama to Talk up Health Care Law's Rebates
Eager to counter Republicans intent on repealing his health care law, President Barack Obama will argue that it's working and hold up as proof half a billion dollars in rebates …
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Education
Ready ... Set ... Scan
Nine months after state officials holstered a plan to require all parents receiving federal child-care assistance to scan their kids in and out of day care every day, Mississippi is …
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City & County
HUD Approves City Grants
The city once again saw cuts to the grants it receives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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GOP Must Help Us Pay for Bush's Promises
Regardless of your opinion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the undeniable truth is that these wars have cost us a great deal of money.
