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City Issues Boil Water Notice

[Verbatim from the City of Jackson] The City of Jackson Water/Sewer Utilities Division has issued a precautionary boil water advisory until further notice for all customers on the City's well …

Get Rich Quick

If you walk into a restaurant sometime this week and the soupe du jour is "a bowl of swine flu," order it up. Appreciate their good humor. If you die, …

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Thursday, Feb. 5College basketball, Spring Hill at Belhaven (women, 5 p.m., and men,7 p.m., Jackson): Belhaven plays host to a GCAC hoops doubleheader.

New Doves' "Some Cities" CD

Capitol Records will release Doves' Some Cities, the long-awaited follow-up to the British trio's epic 2002 breakthrough album The Last Broadcast, in the U.S. on March 1st. If the first …

Best of Jackson 2003: Best of Downtown

THE VOTES ARE IN, the ballots are counted, and we are thrilled to announce the winners of the first Best of Jackson readers' choice competition. We ran the Best-of ballot …

2003: Best of Downtown

THE VOTES ARE IN, the ballots are counted, and we are thrilled to announce the winners of the first Best of Jackson readers' choice competition. We ran the Best-of ballot …

Community Events This Week

Free Tax Counseling and Filing. IRS/AIM or AARP volunteers will do electronic filing. Bring all necessary documents. Joint filers must come together. Free.

Best of Jackson 2005: Food & Drink

Best New Restaurant: Pan Asia (862 Avery Blvd. N., Ridgeland, 956-2686)

2005: Food & Drink

Best New Restaurant: Pan Asia (862 Avery Blvd. N., Ridgeland, 956-2686)

2005 Year In Review, Part One: The First Six Months

No doubt about it, 2005 was the best of times, and the worst of times in Mississippi. We end the year sorrowful about our state's massive losses due to a …

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Doctor S sez: Hang on, sports fans. The NFL starts playing meaningless games in just over a week.

Here Comes Codex Teenage Premonition

So it's clear there's a "Scotland Thing" going on, with the amount of love surrounding Franz Ferdinand, Sons and Daughters, Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai and more. But before those bands …

Regina's Solutions

With centuries of history, stories and legends, the stately antebellum homes and ageless oaks of Natchez create a wonderland of southern romanticism. Situated in the middle of it all is …

Biz Book Shelf

For all you future business leaders of Jackson (and even some established ones), running a business is never easy. Hard work and determination are the keys to victory. But every …

[The State] The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Fire up your computer and start doing research. It is time to fill out your NCAA brackets and win your office pool.

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Southern League baseball, Chattanooga at Mississippi (7 p.m., Pearl, 1590 AM): The M-Braves and Lookouts wrap up their series at the TeePee.

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Doctor S sez: This week is golf's last major of the year. Then we can go back to ignoring it. Until the Viking Classic, that is.

"Radical Connector," Mouse on Mars

-- Herman Snell and Alex Slawson

Hailing from Cologne, Germany, Mouse on Mars have left an indelible mark on the face [and ears] of electronic music. Their signature sound of glitch and scratch beats submerged in …

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

College basketball, Loyola of New Orleans at Belhaven (women, 5:30 p.m.; men, 7:30 p.m.): The Blazers face the Wolves in the house that Rugg built.

Sweet Pies of Love

My family always prepared for the Thanksgiving or Christmas feasts the day before. They ironed the good tablecloth, polished the silverware, and took the crystal and china out of the …