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City & County
Alleged Domestic Attack Prompts Police Chase, Crash
A suspected domestic-violence situation prompted a high-speed police chased that ended with a six-car collision in downtown Jackson today.
Indictment: Rankin County Businessman Bribed MDOC's Epps for Prison Contracts
Christopher Epps, the long-tenured commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, and former Rankin County School Board President Cecil McCrory will be arraigned this later today on a 49-count indictment …
State
Finger Scanners Spark Concerns
Parents and child-care providers have concerns about a new state program that requires a finger scan when picking up or dropping off kids at day care.
Education
Charter Schools: Runaway Train?
A few times during last night's debate over the Mississippi House of Representatives' charter-school law, HB 369, Democrats were resigned that charter schools were a runaway train they couldn't stop.
Biz Roundup
Lil's, UMMC and Wall Street
Lillie Naylor's friends have a running joke about her jewelry business she started out of her home in 2006.
Business
The Odd Way UMMC Buys Stuff
The quagmire that ensnared Jackson mayoral candidate Jonathan Lee's family business, Mississippi Products, raises questions about the relationships between government agencies, group purchasing organizations and intermediary distributors such as MPI.
Politics
Reeves Flexes at Budget Hearings
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann plans to have the state's voter-identification law in place by spring or summer of 2014.
State
Lawsuit Highlights Child-Support ‘Disarray’
Child custody cases are messy affairs. Take the case of Windell Blount, a May 2013 graduate of Tougaloo College, who has been embroiled in a he-said-she-said tug-of-war with his ex-wife …
City & County
Malcolm White: City Resort Plan 'Ass Backwards'
Malcolm White, a cofounder and owner of Hal & Mal's, is threatening to move his iconic downtown restaurant and concert venue if it remains excluded from receiving so-called resort status.
City & County
Jackson Has Long Been at High Risk for Lead Poisoning
Thirteen Jackson homes may have had higher-than-actionable levels of lead in their water last summer, but officials are assuring the public that the city is no Flint, Mich.
Politics
Legal Pot Initiative Gets a Spark
Despite the hard work of dozens of Mississippi volunteers and shifting national tide toward loosening restrictions on marijuana, a state ballot initiative to legalize cannabis is just hobbling along.
City & County
Mayor Yarber Denies Contract Steered to Socrates Garrett
Mayor Tony Yarber denied Tuesday that his biggest campaign contributor is receiving preferential treatment for a $15-million city contract.
Business
Miss. Power's Addiction
Opponents of Mississippi Power's 582-megawatt generating station in Kemper County question if the company's financial setbacks have resulted in a work slowdown at the plant, under construction since 2010.
Politics
McQuirter: Stop Hinds County’s Bleeding
Darrel McQuirter met the Jackson Free Press for an early breakfast at a Clinton restaurant to dish on running for reelection while shaping the county's budget.
Cover
Voting Rights: Was Chief Justice Roberts Wrong About Voting in Mississippi?
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said implementation of a controversial voter-identification law, which he has championed, began immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidating a key section of …
State
Stonewall: Life Across the Tracks
There's a saying amongst black folks in Stonewall, that if it has a motor, they—white cops—don't want you on it.
Person of the Day
Paul Ryan
The knock against Rep. Ryan, the person who'll fill the No. 2 slot on the GOP's presidential ticket, is that Ryan would make life hard for grannies across the U.S.
Politics
No Contract for Ward 3 Re-do
Jackson's Ward 3 special election is eight days away and the city still doesn't have a contract with Hinds County to run the election.
State
Jackson Man Dies in Prison Disturbance
Demond Flowers, of Jackson, died in a disturbance over the weekend at a Mississippi state prison.
Person of the Day
Jackson's New Chiefs
Jackson's first responders have new bosses. In his first official appointments, newly sworn in Mayor Chokwe Lumumba appointed interim chiefs to the Jackson Police Department and Jackson Fire Department.
