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You Can't Even Call Me Shallow for It

Youth Media Project

Though I bet some of you are going to try. This is a true recount of my weekend in New Orleans, a city whose vibe I really feel. And had …

Heaven's Kitchen

The air in St. Andrew's kitchen is filled with the heady aroma of garlic and roasting chicken as a dozen volunteers prepare meals for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina's devastation.

AVANT GARDENS: Gardening for Dummies

Jerry Palmer won our immediate respect when he pointed up at the 100-foot pine tree in our yard, and a good-sized limb from the top cracked and landed with a …

EYES ON LONDON: Music time, damaged Ukraine pride

Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you.

On Milestones and Missions

As we push into August 2012, the Jackson Free Press has a couple of milestones to celebrate and a few to look forward to.

JPS Mulls Lake Hico’s Future, Proposes Advisory Committee

As Entergy's lease of Lake Hico as a cooling pond for its electricity plant located between Northside Drive and Watkins Drive ends Sept. 30, it presents an excellent opportunity for …

Slow-Moving Hurricane Sally Carrying a Deluge to Gulf Coast

Hurricane Sally, one of a record-tying five storms churning simultaneously in the Atlantic, closed in on the Gulf Coast on Monday with rapidly strengthening winds of at least 100 mph …

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.

Of Rucks and Scrums

As I traveled to the Jackson Rugby Football Club practice on a hot and humid Tuesday afternoon, I had no clue what to expect, but I attempted to visualize how …

Income-Tax Phaseout Up for Debate in Long-Poor Mississippi

Mississippi is accustomed to being first in worsts: It's one of the poorest, unhealthiest states in the nation, with public schools that are chronically underfunded. Some Republican leaders say a …

For Wash. Government Bean-Counter, a Pot Education

Mike Steenhout knows spreadsheets, statistics and bean-counting. He has worked as a budget assistant to the governor, managed local operations for the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed juvenile crime databases.

Saga of Boston Marathon Suspect's Body Drags On

Nineteen days after Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a gunbattle with police, cemeteries still refused to take his remains and government officials deflected questions about where he …

Wash. and Colo. 'Potrepreneurs' See Opportunity

Kim Ridgway and her wife, Kimberly Bliss, can well envision the shop they plan to open—where they'll put the accessories, the baked goods and the shelves stacked with their valuable …

Business Leaders: Education Top Economic Priority

A report on Mississippi's economy lists education, work-force development, and strengthening and expanding the economy at the top of a list of goals for the state's future.

GOP Governors Endure Early Trials, Gird for 2014

Republican governors took over statehouses across the country after the 2010 elections and immediately acted on promises to usher in a new era of budget cutting and conservative labor policies.

Syria: U.S. Chemical Weapons Charges 'Full of Lies'

The Syrian government on Friday dismissed U.S. charges that it used chemical weapons as "full of lies," accusing President Barack Obama of resorting to fabrications to justify his decision to …

Sex Trafficking: It’s Not About Sex

Heather Wagner, assistant attorney general in charge of the domestic violence unit in the state attorney general's office, says it's unclear just how big the sex trafficking problem is in …

Hospitals Seek High-Tech Help for Hand Hygiene

Hospitals have fretted for years over how to make sure doctors, nurses and staff keep their hands clean, but with only limited success.

House GOP Pushing Through $633 Billion Defense Bill... Including Spending the Pentagon Doesn't Want

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House pushed to complete a $633 billion defense bill for next year despite Pentagon complaints that it spares outdated but politically popular weapons at the expense …

Maya Greet Dawn of a New Era

The hundreds gathered in Chichen Itza said they believed it marked the birth of a new and better age.