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Personhood
Judge Blocks Clinic Closing
A federal judge has blocked a state law that would force the closing of the state's only abortion clinic.
Heat Risk to Seniors and Disabled: How to Help
The city is performing wellness checks on seniors and the disabled during the current heatwave.
Health Care
Obamacare Ruling 'Imperfect'
Mississippians might not want to celebrate this morning's U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming President Barack Obama's health-care law just yet.
Health Care
Court Upholds 'Obamacare'
In a 5-4 decision with Chief Justice John Roberts as the "swing" vote and author of the decision, the 2010 Affordable Care Act was upheld, including the controversial insurance "mandate," …
Film
Don't Fool with Vampires
"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," a rare cinematic original based on the book of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith, exposes the eternal struggle between men and the living dead.
Lawsuit Aims to Keep Abortion Clinic Open
Pro-abortion rights groups filed an expected lawsuit today to block the closing of the state's only abortion clinic.
Jacksonian
Graham Downey
Graham Downey came to Jackson with a mission: to make healthy options for kids in Mississippi more accessible.
City & County
Appeals Court Tosses David Archie Conviction
The Mississippi Court of Appeals threw out the convictions of David Archie and a dozen other people who were arrested at a March 2008 protest in Canton.
Justice
Life Without Parole for Kids Ruled Cruel and Unusual
Before a person under 18 can be given a life sentence with no hope of parole, judges must take the defendant's age and the nature of their crime into consideration.
Development
Hinds EDA Says No to Garage
Hinds County Economic Development Authority Executive Director Blake Wallace recommended that the Board of Supervisors not go forward with funding a parking garage that is part of the Old Capitol …
Person of the Day
Dr. Thais Tonore
Ever since she was a young girl, Thais Tonore wanted to be a doctor.
Community Events and Public Meetings
The Eighth Annual JFP Chick Ball is July 28, 6 p.m., at Hal & Mal's.
State Government
MEMA Keeping Close Eye On the Gulf
MEMA is concerned about a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico.
Politics
SCOTUS Rules on Ariz. Immigration Law
The ongoing controversy around Arizona's controversial immigration law culminated today in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling handed down this morning.
Justice
Riot Rocks Another CCA Prison
Widespread fighting has broken out at another Corrections Corporation of America-run private prison in south Mississippi, leaving 23 inmates injured.
Sports
This Foley Can Jump
I sat in the Mississippi Basketball and Athletics center watching Jackson's new American Basketball Association team hold its first tryouts with a nice turnout of about 18 to 20 players …
Fashion Police in Politics
Lets just get to the bottom line. The "saggy pants" debate is perhaps the most ridiculous, over-talked issue of modern times. It's downright stupid. And might I add ... stupid.
Justice
40 Acres and a Duel
When James Stern arrived at Mississippi State Penitentiary's medical Unit 31, fellow black inmates debriefed him on one of the unit's infamous residents: Edgar Ray Killen.
Stern v. Killen: 40 Acres and a Duel
When James Stern arrived at Mississippi State Penitentiary's medical Unit 31, fellow black inmates debriefed him on one of the unit's infamous residents: Edgar Ray Killen.
