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Previously Secret Children's Mental Health Report: State Institutionalizes Too Many Kids

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• July 27, 2017

Jim Hood, the state's attorney general, and Tate Reeves (pictured), the lieutenant governor, voiced their …

• July 26, 2017

The Green Market and Craft Fair sets up each Saturday through the month of August …

• July 26, 2017

Going to the Market

On each Saturday through August, an attraction called the Green Market and Crafts Fair sits at Dogwood Festival Market in Flowood.

The Slate

Things escalated rather quickly at the University of Mississippi. Head football coach Hugh Freeze went from nearly untouchable to fired seemingly overnight.

On the Road Again

Road trips can be fun, but they can also be a hassle. After traveling a bunch over the last few months, I've picked up on some tips that make road …

The Attic Gallery is a good place to go when you’re in Vicksburg.

• July 26, 2017

Running Jackson: New CAO Robert Blaine Shares His Vision

After a vibrant career as a traveling trombonist and conductor, Robert Blaine put down roots in Jackson, where he hopes to direct a comeback story.

CAO Robert Blaine works in the Warren Hood Building near City Hall.

• July 26, 2017

The new CAO says Mayor Lumumba’s recent pothole demonstration is a good example of transparent …

• July 26, 2017

A former traveling trombonist is now heading up Jackson’s makeover. Photo courtesy JSU

• July 26, 2017

Jackson’s new chief administrative officer, Robert Blaine, plans to tackle the basic organizational habits of …

• July 26, 2017

Laurie Bertram Roberts

• July 26, 2017

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• July 26, 2017

Dear Pam: Stay in Your Lane

If a so-called activist organization doesn't have the analysis to look at how their suggestions play out for people across income, race, disability and regional lines, then I suggest they …

Ice Cream Truckers

Chunky Dunks Sweets Truck is an ice-cream food truck, and the only one of its kind in the state of Mississippi.

Chunky Dunks has dishes such as its number-one seller, ice-cream nachos, which come with cinnamon-sugar …

• July 26, 2017

Chunky Dunks Sweets Truck owner Will Lamkin (right) says he likes to keep his business …

• July 26, 2017

Marcel P. Black: Building Bridges

Bryan Marcel Williams, known to fans as hip-hop artist Marcel P. Black, says that he always had music on his mind growing up in the small town of Ardmore, Okla.

Baton Rouge, La., hip-hop artist Marcel P. Black performs Friday, July 28, at Land Vs. …

• July 26, 2017