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Business
Mississippi Alleges Fraud by Entergy, Utility Says No Proof
Mississippi's attorney general alleges the state's largest private utility defrauded customers by not buying cheaper power from outside companies.
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Education
JSU MADDRAMA Wins Art Awards, Pan-Hellenic Council Gala at USM and UMMC Doctor Honored
Members of Jackson State University's MADDRAMA performance group received top honors during the 2019 National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts Conference in Baltimore from April 2-6.
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Fly
Run and Give Back
One of the best ways to show progress in running is to do some kind of race, whether that's a 5K or a full marathon, and everything in between.
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Personhood
US Judge to Consider Blocking New Mississippi Abortion Law
Inside Mississippi's only abortion clinic, administrator Shannon Brewer has been fielding phone calls from women who want to know whether they can still terminate a pregnancy if they think they …
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Person of the Day
Former US Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi Dies at 81
Former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, who served seven terms and used seniority to steer billions of dollars to his home state of Mississippi, has died. He was 81.
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Abortion
Defending 6-Week Ban, Mississippi Says Anti-Abortion Laws Have Not Reduced Access
Reproductive rights lawyers cite Gov. Phil Bryant's statements promising to end abortion in Mississippi in their recent court filing as they ask a federal judge to permanently block a law …
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Trump Picks His Interior Chief, a Supporter of More Drilling
Edging closer to completing his Cabinet, President-elect Donald Trump announced his choice of Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke as Interior secretary Thursday, picking a man who should fit smoothly into an …
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Music
The Advocate, Reunited
If hearing that The Advocate is back together brings a tinge of nostalgia, you're probably a reformed Jackson metal head.
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National
A Cold War Mentality
Back in the summer of 1992, just months after the failed coup that led to the fall of communism and Boris Yeltsin's rise to leadership in a new post-Soviet Russia, …
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New Year's Attack on Packed Istanbul Club Leaves 39 Dead
An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a crowded nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations, killing at least 39 people and …
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US States, Leery of Russia Malware, Re-Examine Cybersecurity
Several states around the country on Saturday asked cybersecurity experts to re-examine state and utility networks after a Vermont utility's laptop was found to contain malware U.S. officials say is …
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Person of the Day
Sen. John Horhn
Mississippi Sen. John Horhn, who has served in the state Senate since 1993, has spent the past 25 years promoting blues music in Mississippi on top of his duties as …
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National
The Children Who Died for Their Country
The aggressive militaristic posture Trump and those he surrounds himself with suggests the prospect of sending American troops into harm's way again, and they are discussing it as if it …
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State
Mississippi Must Help Neediest Families Now, Advocates Demand
The neediest families families in Mississippi must have access to assistance when they need it, a group of community advocates, nonprofit organizations and lawmakers gathered at the Capitol Thursday argued.
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Syria's Assad Ready to 'Negotiate Everything' with Rebels
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks published Monday that he was prepared "to negotiate everything" at planned talks later this month in Kazakhstan, seeking to cast himself as a …
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Best of Jackson
Your Guide to Jackson
Every once in a while, you may get this nagging feeling in the back of your mind, this little voice that says: "Can't we do something different this weekend?" The …
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Development
Mississippi Lawmakers Seek to End Road Money Stalemate
Mississippi lawmakers deadlocked in 2017 over efforts to increase spending on roads and bridges, and with the 2018 Legislature opening Tuesday, it's not clear that anything has changed.
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City & County
OPINION: Project EJECT: A War On Jackson
Project EJECT is not original, and it is not a novel way to combat violence. It is the failed "war on drugs"; it is New York's unconstitutional "Stop and Frisk" …
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City & County
An ‘Open Container’ Blueprint
Mississippi's liquor rules are enough to make your head spin before you take a single sip of alcohol—if it's available for purchase where you live.
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National
Troopers to Patrol at Florida School Where Massacre Happened
Already heightened security was being bolstered Thursday at the Florida high school that became the scene of a massacre last month, with Gov. Rick Scott ordering eight highway patrol troopers …
