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Melton At Home; McLemore Still Acting Mayor
[Verbatim from city] Mayor Frank E. Melton will hold a 10:00 a.m. press conference at City Hall on Monday, January 14, 2008 to discuss his recent surgical procedure. In the …
The Game That Cost a Coach His Job
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WJTV is providing video of the post-game press conferences plus the firing announcement of the Ole Miss coach:
The Agony of Appropriations
As the 2008 session of Mississippi Legislature session draws to an end, some bills will likely wither and die.
Dr. Alan Bean
By using narrative and story telling, Dr. Alan Bean hopes that others will start to evaluate the criminal-justice system and seek the truth.
Details Still Scant on Convention Center Deal
Read TCI-MS's PowerPoint presentation (PDF, 146 KB)
The Young & the Faithful
As diverse as Jackson is, you can also find a plethora of levels of spirituality. Here are a few of some of the well-known.
Saving Lives: One Month of Torture At A Time
I saw the title of this article and just laughed and laughed...
Bring-Your-Bomb-To-Work Day
As you may have seen on the local news a couple of days ago, a Utica woman finds what appears to be a pipe bomb in her mailbox. Her solution? …
Judge Orders White House to Release Spying Info
What a week. First, Cheney shoots somebody; now this. AP is reporting:
A federal judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to release documents about its warrantless surveillance program or spell out what it is withholding, a setback to efforts to keep …
Will it be affirmative?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide the extent to which public schools can use race in deciding school assignments, setting the stage for a landmark …
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.
GOP Hinds Honcho on Coast Examining Democratic Ballots?
We just got a tip that Hinds County Republican Chairman Pete Perry is in Hancock County conducting the ballot box examination for Scottie Cuevas in the Democratic Senate race down …
The Y Spirit
Church attendance in the U.S. has remained static for 15 years. Many young people feel disconnected from religion, feeling that traditional churches don't address their real-world concerns.
Building A Canvas
As dark clouds unleash a torrent of rain outside Cups Espresso Cafe in Flowood, Christy Henderson, 37, rubs at the bright green paint caked on her fingers before launching into …
Dueling for the NRA Vote
Evan Derkacz writes for Alternet that the pro-gun vote doesn't necessarily belong to George Bush. He writes: "Although Kerry seems to have learned from Gore's mistakes and Bush has lost …
Burning Bush: A Review of "Fahrenheit 9/11"
Perhaps the most controversial (and deservedly so) film so far this year is "Fahrenheit 9/11," a new release from Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore. Winner of last May's Golden Palm, …
Dawgs Call On Jackson
Jackson fans will get a chance to see the man behind the mask Wednesday, Dec. 22—or the man who was behind the mask. The Mississippi State men's basketball team plays …
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Put to the Test
Where the Candidates Stand on Education
Along the roads that yellow school buses are just beginning to frequent, red-and-blue campaign signs are reminders that this is also a political season. Many of the signs are for …
All God's Children
One image won't leave my head since I finished my part of the cover story I wrote this issue with freelance writer Valerie Wells (starts here): A deputy with his …
ACLU Worker Arrested For Observing Police
Police arrested ACLU Field Coordinator Brent Cox for surveying a police interdiction last month, though Cox said he was fulfilling his constitutional duty in observing the activity.
