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Hanging with Artists

"How did you spend your Spring Break?" "I don't know, I slept late, went to the mall, watched TV. How 'bout you?" "In a room with 11 other artists creating …

Common Struggle

The first time Lewis Zuchman saw Freedom Rider Hank Thomas was in 1961. Thomas was giving a television interview about the violence he had encountered in Anniston, Ala., while challenging …

Michael Barranco

Michael Barranco visited with his friend Sergio Fernandez at River Hills Club last Sunday after a weekend camping trip with his family. Fernandez says Barranco enthusiastically described his recent musical …

Saving Lives: One Month of Torture At A Time

I saw the title of this article and just laughed and laughed...

Large Breasted Chickens

Okay, here's another article in a series to be named "Another Thing Wrong With This Country"

Would you like the chance to listen to an acclaimed saxophonist play live? FOR FREE?

Internationally acclamed gospel saxophonist and three-time Stellar Award nominee Angella Christie will be performing at The Church Triumphant during our Pastor's 25th Pulpit Ministry Anniversary celebration on Sunday, June 8, …

ARTICLE: Who You Callin' a Maverick?

We've heard the word "maverick" quite a bit during this election cycle. The question is this: Do we really know what we're talking about when we use that word? Check …

Soul, Front and Center

I am not a soul-music guy, generally speaking; I grew up on punk rock for the most part. Outside the luminaries of soul my knowledge of the genre drops off …

David ‘Honeyboy' Edwards

One of the "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen" has passed. David "Honeyboy" Edwards, 96, died yesterday at his home in Chicago, Ill.

Mississippi Madness

After four years of effort, local musician and public school teacher Mary Ann Henry, better known by her stage name, Emma Wynters, released "Mississippi Madness." Wynters and a hodgepodge of …

Obama to Address Nation Tonight

President Barack Obama is expected to release details about a $300 billion jobs package during a televised speech at 6 p.m. tonight.

[Rob In Stereo] Inching Toward the Present

I rolled my eyes upon first hearing Dr. Dog's flagrant aping of The Beatles and The Band. Critics' main disparagement continues to be over its derivative sound, and I was …

untitled

Attorney General Jim Hood has warned that Mississippians may be the target of a email scam claiming to come from the Ford Foundation.

Painfully Pretty

Beauty can be dangerous for a clumsy girl who is willing to sacrifice a few moments of comfort for beauty.

Politics Not as Usual

As my second pro-Jackson piece was published this week in the JFP, more of my "friends" called me out for not staying true to who I am. Huh? I believe …

Did Thompson Protect Barbour, GOP in 1990s?

The official entry of Fred Thompson into the presidential fray is causing some old GOP problems to be pulled from the memory hole and given a fresh light in a …

Hit-and-run driver injures child in Presidential Hills

This happened on Lyndon B. Johnson Dr. It will probably be on WAPT or WJTV at 10:00 tonight.

According to a neighbor, a truck hit a small boy and continued to go down the street with the boy being dragged under the truck. The driver lost control, hit …

[Breaking] ‘Tort Reform' Hits Brick Wall

UPDATE, 4 p.m.: After an apparent lunch meeting between Gov. Barbour, Speaker Billy McCoy and Senate President Pro Tem Travis Little, Sen. Charlie Ross, R-Brandon, announced on the floor that …

Asleep at the Budget Wheel?

According to an AP poll, President Bush's economic policies are playing better with the country this week—the stock market is up, consumer confidence is rolling along and Bush's economy approval …

Nibbles after the Nuptials

Wedding guests arrive and take their seats. They chatter quietly as the flower girl and ring bearer come down the isle. They "ooh" and "aah" about the bride's dress. They …