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The Salvation Army Needs Help, Now and Later

The Salvation Army is serving more than 1,200 Thanksgiving dinners in Jackson this week, and needs your help. Here's how to donate and volunteer.

Good

Every Bit Counts

Want to make a difference but don't have a lot of time? Want to donate but don't know where or how much? Many local non-profits are addressing these issues by …

Hurricane

GOP Chairman Threatens Subpoenas for Katrina Docs

AP is reporting:

The Republican chairman of a House panel investigating the response to Hurricane Katrina threatened Wednesday to issue subpoenas for documents if the White House and other agencies don't provide them …

Music

Homage to History

The 31st Annual Farish Street Heritage Festival celebrates African American history in a revitalizing neighborhood that, in its prime, was a center of commerce and culture for Jackson's black community.

Culture

[Fly] Reinventing The Scarf

*Download Lizbeth Von Lush's Scarf Template* (3.6 MB .PDF)

Politics

Mississippi GOP Gleeful Over Pickering End Run

Emily Wagster Pettus of AP writes: "Judge Charles Pickering's exhausting journey to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a cause celebre for the Mississippi Republican Party. People shouldn't …

Politics

Watch the McCain-Palin Hateful Highlights

Here's a film that gathers many of the dark moments of the last week of McCain-Palin rallies into a documentary short:

Fashion

The Art of Staying Warm

Just because it's time to bundle up—because the weather is threatening to be frightful—doesn't mean you have to look like a shtunk while you're schlepping about downtown, in Fondren, the …

Sports

Gorden Going To Hall of Fame

W.C. Gorden, the winningest football coach in Jackson State history, has been named to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Sports

Bama Slaps Croom

Whatever class and mystique the Alabama football program still had left over from the Bear Bryant era left Tuscaloosa with Gene Stallings. The Crimson Tide program hit a new low …

Sports

The Best In Sports In The Next 7 Days

Thursday, Feb. 24

College basketball, Belhaven at William Carey (women, 5:30 p.m., men, 7:30 p.m.): The Presbyterians and Baptist clash on the hardwood.

Sports

The Best In Sports In The Next 7 Days

Thursday, March 24

College baseball, LeTourneau at Mississippi College (6 p.m.): The Choctaws begin a late-week series in Clinton.

Sports

O, What A Mess

Ole Miss defensive end Greg Hardy (the SEC leader in sacks and tackles for a loss) has been suspended indefinitely for "missing meetings, weight-lifting and other things." His mother says …

Sports

The Best In Sports In The Next 7 Days

Thursday, Mar. 17

College baseball, Belhaven at Millsaps (4 p.m.): The neighborhood rivals rumble in another installment of the Maloney Trophy series.

Sports

What A Maroon

Stewart Mandel, SI.com's college football columnist, cracked on Mississippi State's uniforms recently, calling them the ugliest unis east of Oregon. Texas A&M and Virginia Tech (which also has orange in …

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Gov. Tate Reeves Announces Additional COVID-19 Vaccine Measures

Today, Gov. Tate Reeves announced the decision to allow vulnerable Mississippians to have access sooner than expected to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Sports

NCAA-Bound

The Big Three all made the NCAA Regionals. Ole Miss knew it was going to host a regional before it won the SEC Tournament on Sunday. Mississippi State, which finished …

Sports

The Best In Sports In The Next 7 Days

Thursday, Feb. 17

College basketball, Mobile at Belhaven (women, 5:30 p.m.; men, 7:30 p.m.): Peachtree Street is the site of a GCAC doubleheader.

Sports

The Best In Sports In The Next 7 Days

Thursday, Feb. 10

College basketball: Tougaloo at Belhaven (women, 5:30 p.m.; men, 7:30 p.m.): The GCAC rivals battle on Peachtree Street.