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Health Care
CDC Investigating Possible Link Between Vaccines, ‘Exceedingly Rare’ Myocarditis
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating whether an uptick in heart inflammation across the United States might be related to COVID-19 vaccinations, after reviewing data from the …
Education
MSU Professor Receives DOE Award, JSU Alum Building Youth Golf Course and USM Eagle Direct Textbooks
Kun Wang, an assistant professor with joint Mississippi State University appointments in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Chemistry, recently became one of 51 university-employed scientists …
City & County
Mississippi Teen Fatally Shot Hours After Graduation
Kennedy Hobbs was shot three times at a Texaco gas station in Jackson, hours after her graduation ceremony at Murrah High School. She died at the scene just before 11 …
Cover
Guys We Love 2021
This month, the Jackson Free Press pays tribute to men from the metro who give back to their communities or otherwise have endeavored to better the city we call home …
Food
Sunflower Oven: Proving Bread and Baking Bliss
Chicago-born Jackson transplant Robert Raymond has been enriching the metro-baking scene with his artisanal bread since opening Sunflower Oven in 2017.
Books
An Examination of ‘The Last Soul Company: The Malaco Records Story’
Malaco Records's success was synonymous with the success of its Black artists, who pioneered the stylings and sounds that helped the label stay afloat even during the rocky years when …
City & County
Jackson Teen Completes over 2,000 Volunteer Hours
When he was about 5 years old, Dillan Evan's mother sat him down and talked to him about the importance of community service.
Education
Mississippi College Is ‘Lit’ Over New National Chief Reader
Dr. Steve Price will soon make history by joining an elite group of educators across the world. The College Board has named him as the new national chief reader for …
Fly
Shellheads: Fans Talk on the Heroes in a Half-Shell
Sergio Lugo II also serves as a host for Reality Breached, a podcast that developed into a network for additional locally produced podcasts.
Fly
Father's Day Gift Fix
Whether the dad in your life is a grill master, a skater dad or something in-between, you can find a gift to make his day at one of the Jackson …
Politics
Ex-Publisher Nominated for Mississippi Board of Education
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday that he is nominating a former newspaper publisher to the state Board of Education, to finish a term that ends in July 2024.
Politics
Initiative Process Rests in Governor’s Hands
The deadline for Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson to petition the state Supreme Court for a rehearing regarding a popular voter-mandated medical marijuana program has come and gone.
City & County
Violence in the City: Victims’ Families Seek Closure, Police Respect
Radio silence from local law enforcement is a common and historic complaint the Jackson Free Press has long heard from family members who lose their loved ones to gun violence …
Editor's Note
EDITOR'S NOTE: Mississippi, Stop Stacking the Deck. Listen to Your Constituents.
Last fall, approximately 766,000 Mississippians voted to pass Initiative 65, which would have called for the Health Department to launch a medical-marijuana program in the Magnolia State by August 2021.
Jacksonian
Rob Hill
Rob Hill spent 12 years as a United Methodist minister in Mississippi, passing 10 of those years behind the pulpit at Broadmeadow United Methodist Church at the top of Fondren …
City & County
USDA Holds Virtual Job Fair; Water Disruption Continues; Murder Sentencing
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has hundreds of immediate job openings available at a virtual job fair scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 2.
State
Mississippi Reckons With Ending Pay Boost for the Unemployed
Katrina Folks says she has tried everything she can think of to find work since losing her job in September because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Politics
Analysis: Reviving Initiative Process Could Invite Mischief
Mississippi legislators can do business the easy way or the hard way if they revive the state's initiative process that was recently invalidated by a state Supreme Court decision.
Health Care
Additional COVID-19 Variant Cases Reported In Mississippi
Mississippi saw 10 new cases of COVID-19 variant B.1.351, commonly known as the South African variant, in outbreaks among long-term care facilities this week.
Politics
Mississippi Official Won't Challenge Court on Initiatives
Mississippi’s top elections official said Thursday that he will not ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that invalidated the state’s initiative process and overturned a medical marijuana …
