Jackson Free Press

Mississippi ranked 50th in the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2017 Kids Count Report but made …

• June 13, 2017

Soul Spa, Launch Trampoline Park and Innovate Mississippi

Wischermann Partners, Inc., the parent company of the Westin Hotel in Jackson which is scheduled to open in early August, recently unveiled plans for the hotel's Soul Spa.

Wischermann Partners, Inc., the parent company of the Westin Hotel in Jackson which is scheduled …

• June 13, 2017

Nick White

For author Nick White, leaving Mississippi was necessary. It allowed him, as a writer, to see the state through different lenses, and the distance provided him with the perspective he …

Photo courtesy Nick White

• June 13, 2017

A Jumping Point for Jazz

Jackson musician Raphael Semmes and the management at Hal & Mal's launched their weekly jazz offering, "Dinner, Drinks & Jazz with Raphael Semmes," in May and planned to keep it …

(Left to right) Bill Perry, Raphael Semmes, Quinous Johnson and Tiger Rogers perform for "Dinner, …

• June 13, 2017

Health Department Closing Two-Thirds of Regional Offices

The Mississippi State Department of Health is going from nine regional offices to three because of budget cuts.

Dr. Mary Currier, the state health officer, said Monday that changes begin July 1 with …

• June 12, 2017

UPDATED: JPD Calls On FBI, DEA and ATF to Help in Decapitation Murder Case

The Jackson Police Department called on the FBI, DEA, and ATF in hope of a speedy discovery regarding the decapitated head and burned torso of an unidentified black male over …

Jackson Police Department Chief Lee Vance said at the press conference Monday morning that this …

• June 12, 2017

Analysis: Rep's Silence After Lynch Remark Strains Relations

In 2015, a white Mississippi lawmaker went to the front of the state House chamber and apologized for saying in an interview that black people in his town were getting …

Rep. Karl Oliver sat poker-faced as black lawmakers talked about more than 600 lynchings that …

• June 12, 2017

Craig Young

Mississippi Wind Symphony conductor Craig Young graduated from Bowling Green State University with a bachelor's degree in music education in 1988.

Craig Young Photo courtesy Cam Bonelli

• June 12, 2017

Puerto Rico Upholds Statehood Demand in Contentious Vote

Puerto Rico's governor is vowing to make the U.S. territory the 51st state after statehood won in a non-binding referendum hit by a boycott and low turnout that raised questions …

Street art in Puerto Rico Photo courtesy Flickr/Juan Cristobal Zulueta

• June 12, 2017