Jackson Free Press

Super Bowl champion Fletcher Cox says he credits his Mississippi upbringing and schooling for his …

• February 23, 2018

Hood Joins Net Neutrality Fight

Attorney General Jim Hood will challenge the Federal Communications Commission's decision earlier this year to repeal net neutrality regulations.

Attorney General Jim Hood announced he will join 22 attorneys general to sue the Federal …

• February 23, 2018

Ex-Trump Campaign Aide Agrees to Guilty Plea in Russia Probe

A former top adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign is scheduled to plead guilty on Friday in the special counsel's Russia investigation to federal conspiracy and false statements charges.

Gates' scheduled guilty plea comes a day after a federal grand jury in Virginia returned …

• February 23, 2018

MUW Cystic Fibrosis Grant, UMMC HIV Testing Center and Millsaps International Perspectives Program

On Feb. 16 and 17, Millsaps College hosted a campus-wide climate change conference as part of its new International Perspectives Program.

On Feb. 16 and 17, Millsaps College hosted a campus-wide climate change conference as part …

• February 23, 2018

Malaika Quarterman

Jackson Public Schools named Malaika Quarterman, a performing arts teacher at Power Academic & Performing Arts Complex in Belhaven, as Teacher of the Year on Jan. 29.

Photo courtesy Malaika Quarterman

• February 23, 2018

Activist John Lewis Honored Decades After Civil Rights Arrest

The first time John Lewis traveled to Mississippi in 1961, he was arrested and jailed with other Freedom Riders, black and white, who challenged segregation in a bus station.

John Lewis, 78, returns to Mississippi on Friday, one of five people being honored for …

• February 23, 2018

Mississippi Gives Tax Break to Hotel Tied to Trump Company

Mississippi has granted a tax break worth just over $6 million to a hotel developer affiliated with the Trump Organization.

Republican Gov. Phil Bryant is a supporter of President Trump, and appeared with him at …

• February 22, 2018

Cassandra Welchlin, director of the Mississippi Women's Economic Security Initiative, (pictured here at a child …

• February 22, 2018

Equal Pay Amendment 'Harmful' to Mississippi Workers, Advocates Say

Equal-pay advocates say that an amendment the Mississippi House of Representatives passed to guarantee that women are paid as much as men is actually harmful because it exempts many employees …

Luke Reynolds

The start of the 2018 college baseball season was a long wait for Luke Reynolds. The current University of Southern Mississippi third-baseman hadn't played in a college game in two …

Photo courtesy Luke Reynolds

• February 22, 2018

JPD Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting

Two unnamed male officers with the Jackson Police Department came into contact with two men at the 1300 block of Deer Park Street at about 3 p.m. Wednesday. A narcotics …

The Jackson Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting on Deer Park Street.

• February 22, 2018