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Scott Rallies State Workers
Brenda Scott, president of the Mississippi Alliance of State Employees CWA/AFL-CIO, is spreading the word about Gov. Haley Barbour's proposed cuts to the state budget. Those cuts could affect not …
The Race Conversation
Race in Mississippi usually comes with many tons of baggage and several degrees of heat. Certainly, it's unusual to have the words "race" and "dialogue" on the same page, let …
Obama Energizes Students
For several hours the students at Brinkley Middle School waited anxiously inside their school's auditorium for First Lady Michelle Obama to enter the building this afternoon. When Obama arrived, along …
JPD Probing Irby Crash Investigation
The Jackson Police Department is conducting an internal investigation of one of its own officers' work in reconstructing a Feb. 11, 2009, car crash that took the lives of two …
[Rob In Stereo] A Question of Raditude
I have never been so thoroughly confused by a generic mainstream rock album as I am by Weezer's "Raditude." My initial instinct was to hate it, to pronounce that Weezer …
[Rob In Stereo] Avoiding the Stadium
Summer tour season is here at last. The chance has finally arrived for dedicated fans to see our favorite over-the-hill acts supporting their most recent failed comeback albums.
A Mostly Nice List of Offbeat Holiday Films
The holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving is past, and Christmas is coming up faster than a speeding sleigh. When you need a moment away from the maddening traffic and endless …
Makin' a List
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the '02 Mal's St. Paddy's Parade. I went against my better judgment and wore the two-inch platform flip-flops I had ordered …
Brian Cartenuto
Char Restaurant Executive Chef Brian Cartenuto was calm and focused as he emerged from a sweltering kitchen during a recent chef's table tasting, which the Jackson Free Press attended at …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Doctor S sez: College bowl season is like Thanksgiving. There are lots of turkeys and lots of leftovers.
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Doctor S sez: John Cohen's second disastrous season as Mississippi State baseball coach is over. Next year, you really need to win some games, coach.
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
College basketball, William Carey at Belhaven (women, 5:30 p.m., and men, 7:30 p.m., Jackson): The Baptists battle the Presbyterians, GCAC-style. Women's college basketball, Mississippi State at Ole Miss (8 p.m., …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
High school basketball: MHSAA Boys and Girls State Tournament (Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson): It's JPS day at the Big House in the boys (Callaway vs. Wayne County, 2:30 p.m., and Jim …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Men's college basketball, NIT championship (6 p.m., ESPN): Will Mississippi State get the chance to become the third straight SEC team to become the nation's best also-ran?
Secretary of State: Heavy Turnout Expected Tuesday
[Verbatim/Aug. 6, 2007] Secretary of State Eric Clark today predicted that voter turnout in Tuesday's party primaries will be up slightly from the last statewide primary election and anticipates 710,000 …
Slim-Down Challenge
The sugary-sweet scent of morning pastries pervades the air among the boisterous morning patrons in the tiny, single room of Scurlock's Donut Shop and Eatery near the corner of South …
Take Mom Out to Eat
Make it a day to remember for mom. Treat her to a meal at one of the metro area's eateries.
My Big, Fat, Cheap Family
I come from a frugal family. Jan, my stepmother, saves everything that can be re-used—seriously, everything. When Jan and my father moved a few years ago, my father put his …
Lawyers File New Appeal for Condemned Man, Citing ‘Sham'
Phelps Dunbar attorney James Craig released the following statement about the appeal of death-row inmate Dale Bishop:
