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Adofo Minka

• January 10, 2018

Keeping China’s Traditions Alive

Theater-goers who attend a Shen Yun performance will experience the marriage of classical Chinese dance and original orchestra works, but what people may not anticipate is a deeply embedded and …

Shen Yun performs at Thalia Mara Hall in downtown Jackson on Thursday, Jan. 11, at …

• January 10, 2018

Belhaven Pasta Company owner Chaz Lindsay says his company was a key to his success …

• January 10, 2018

The Pasta Stepping Stone

In February 2017, Chaz Lindsay began a business he thought was much needed in his hometown: the Belhaven Pasta Company.

EDITORIAL: Water Successes, Public Information Losses

The new year ushered in a freezing cold front that put our pipes and infrastructure to the test. Seeing that we're in the second week of the year and also …

Every day since the City declared a state of emergency on Jan. 2, it has …

• January 10, 2018

Crises in the Capitol: Infrastructure, Crime Lab, Not Enough Money to Cover Needs

It's hard to prosecute someone for a violent crime if you do not know how the victim died. The Mississippi Legislature is grappling over that question in the new session; …

House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, pushed a package of transportation funding bills through committees and …

• January 10, 2018

EDITOR'S NOTE: #TIMESUP for Sexual Harassment

The women who wore black at the Golden Globes and called men out are right. It's time we stopped being OK with gender inequality and sexual harassment, and those micro-aggressions …

Fashion is powerful; people can use it for evil, such as in cases of rape …

• January 10, 2018

Dismantling the Last Debtors’ Prisons

Corinth police officers arrested Sammy Brown on Dec. 1, 2017, and charged him with public drunkenness. Brown sat in jail for several days because he could not afford the $600 …

The Corinth Municipal Court and attorneys with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the MacArthur …

• January 10, 2018

Fixing Jackson's $7 Million HUD Debt

A $7-million debt to the Department of Housing and Urban Development caused contention at the first Jackson City Council meeting of the new year, bringing recurring HUD headaches back to …

After almost an hour of deliberation, the Jackson City Council voted to conduct a market …

• January 10, 2018

Hannah Bryan

• January 10, 2018

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• January 10, 2018

Chris Myers

Architect Chris Myers, who is a principal at the Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons architectural firm, has worked on a number of major projects in Jackson. But one of the most …

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• January 10, 2018

Democratic Report Warns of Russian Meddling Across Europe

A new report by Senate Democrats warns of deepening Russian interference throughout Europe and concludes that even as some Western democracies have responded with aggressive countermeasures, President Donald Trump has …