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Biz Roundup
"The Hate U Give" Premier Celebration, The Nail Bar and Spa and Bras Along the Bridge at Riverwalk
Vicky Pilkington, owner of Magnolia Nail and Spa, held a grand opening for her second salon, The Nail Bar and Spa in Jackson on Friday, Oct. 5, following a soft …
National
UN Ambassador Haley Resigning; She Gives No Reason
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration at the end of the year, she and President Donald Trump announced Tuesday. She gave no reason for her departure after two …
City & County
Forest Hill Band Skit Causes Stir; School Has Old History of Offensive Displays
Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba is rebuking Forest Hill High School after social media exploded this morning over a Friday-night half-time skit depicting students supposedly shooting police officers on the field …
Crime
Jury Convicts Chicago Officer of 2nd-Degree Murder
A jury on Friday convicted white Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
National
Hyde-Smith Accuses Dems of 'Disservice to Victims of Sexual Violence'
Accusing Democrats of a "disservice to victims of sexual violence," U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., voted to advance the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court Friday …
Person of the Day
Wilbert Montgomery
Football talent runs deep in the Montgomery family of Greenville, Miss. While some football fans would not consider Wilbert Montgomery to be the most talented brother, he is without a …
Politics
Hood Announces Run: 'Jesus Taught Us to Fight for the Poor'
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced his run for governor on Oct. 3 in Houston, Miss.
Books
Cindy Wilson
Cindy Wilson never planned on being an author, but she had always planned on telling her story. A Jackson couple adopted her as a baby from her birthplace of Seoul, …
Politics
Mississippi Election Information
On. Nov. 6, the same day as the national midterms, voters choose between Democrat Mike Espy, Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and Republican Chris McDaniel in a U.S. Senate special election; there …
Politics
Jeramey Anderson: ‘I’m a Democrat’
Moss Point native Jeramey Anderson is a black millennial and progressive Democrat who, in 2013, became the youngest African American elected to any state legislature in U.S. history.
Art
Municipal Art Gallery: A Center of Arts, History and Culture
Mixed-media art pieces such as watercolor paintings and pen-and-ink drawings line the interior of Municipal Art Gallery. Carole C. Hammond's pointillist replica of Georges-Pierre Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on La …
Culture
Bringing the River Back to Life
The Mississippi River Basin Model, a National Civil Engineering Landmark, is in bad shape; however, compared to the last time I wrote about it for the Jackson Free Press, it …
Cover
Artists to Watch
Jackson officially earned the nickname of the "City with Soul" back during Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s administration, and it's fitting. If you pick up any issue of the Jackson Free …
Editor's Note
EDITOR'S NOTE: Breaking the ‘Bucket List’
If I cared to make a bucket list, then Oct. 1 would have checked off one item for me. I got to lead my first workshop, "Making the Most of …
City & County
Jackson’s Budget Marks Progress, Setbacks
Jackson's Chief Administrative Officer Robert Blaine stepped up to a podium at the base of the steps outside City Hall carrying "antique technology."
National
Trump Mocks Kavanaugh Accuser He Had Called Credible Witness
President Donald Trump ignited a crowd at a campaign rally in Mississippi by mocking a woman who has claimed she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh decades …
Music
Andrew Head
Mississippi Opera Chorusmaster Andrew Head likes that opera involves so many elements: singing technique, learning new languages, staging and an orchestra, among other elements.
City & County
City to Reveal Names of Officers Involved in Past Shootings, Adopt 72-Hour Policy
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced on Friday, Sept. 28, that he would soon sign an executive order adopting a 72-hour name-release policy following officer-involved shootings in the City of Jackson, …
Civil Rights
John Lewis: Vote for Espy or Risk Being 'Dragged Into the Past'
Rep. John Lewis, a famous civil-rights activist and a Georgia congressman, urged Mississippi voters to support Democrat Mike Espy's U.S. Senate campaign in a Sept. 25 email.
