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UPDATED: Fact Checking Lee

In an email circulated Wednesday night, the Jonathan Lee campaign accused Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. of funneling big contracts for legal representation of the city to his campaign contributors.

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BREAKING: AG Hood Announces Pardon Findings, Serves Notice

Barbour Watch Archive

Also see: JFP investigation of Barbour's 2008 Pardons of Domestic Killers

Behind the Traditions

So, while a lot of the wedding traditions we see today make for moving wedding ceremonies, plenty of them have a history that may make a modern bride think twice.

The Sci-Fi Career of Coheed and Cambria

Coheed and Cambria is a band that defies classification.

Heat Waves in Eastern U.S. Will Become Deadlier, Study Says

Heat waves will kill about 10 times more people in the Eastern United States in 45 years than they did at the turn of this century, according to a new …

Willy Mason /Decemberists in Birmingham & N.O.

RELEASED ON VIRGIN UK FEBRUARY 21 2005, WHERE THE HUMANS EAT, WILLY MASON'S DEBUT, IS ABOUT TO GO GOLD IN ENGLAND. Currently in the Top 40 on the UK's record …

Bobby Bare, Jr. at W.C. Don's July 18

Bobby Bare, Jr. shares his famous father's musical genetics, but he's hardly hiding in dad's shadow with his own blend of R&B swagger and SoCal country rock. He and his …

Super Group:Fishbone, Janes Addiction, Bad brains, Suicidal Tendencies Hawaiian Lyon

MR.GREEN ALL-STARS "Seeing Is Believing" and Summer Publicity Tour Announced at 12 Noon July 11, 2006 The touring lineup features the funky, punk, bass lines of Norwood Fisher, from Fishbone, …

Julie Skipper

Though it's hard to believe now, there was a time when Julie Skipper wanted nothing to do with Jackson. A Meridian native, she graduated from Millsaps College in 2001 with …

Jackson Moves Up in Creative Class Ranking; Other Southern Cities Fall

Regular JFP blogger Philip brought this to our attention this weekend; great news! Go, Jackson, go.

"American Astronaut" on DVD

[Film] 'The American Astronaut'

Scattered across the desolate solar system exist the bleary-eyed mining men of Jupiter who know nothing of women, and the sexually frustrated, all-female (Southern Belle no less) population of Venus. …

"Letters, Prayers, and Journal Entries," Anne Davis

I have a confession to make: I am inherently suspicious of confessional albums with a message. So when I received a copy of Anne Davis' "Letters, Prayers, and Journal Entries"—which, …

Mayor Johnson Weekly Newsletter 8/13

Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music Fall Season

St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Jackson

Shawn Leopard and John Paul on 2 Lautenwercke, Thurs., Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. Music of Bach's sons. The world's only Lautenwerck duo is from Jackson, Mississippi! Well-known to audiences from …

‘Cirque Dreams Holidaze’ Promises Holiday Splendor

"Cirque Dreams Holidaze," a multimillion-dollar circus-like show that centers around the sense of wonder surrounding the holiday season, is coming to Thalia Mara Hall on Dec. 9.

Museum-to-Market Trail Could Open by Fall 2020 in Jackson

A new 2.5-mile-long walking, running, and biking trail connecting Jackson's museums and the Mississippi Farmers Market could open as early as fall 2020 if the Jackson City Council gives it …

Azia's Picks 12-6-19

We just had Thanksgiving break, so this week after returning to work, time seemed to drag slowly at first, but hey, now it's Friday again! Gratefulness is the word for …

Elizabeth Spencer, UMMC NASA Grant and MSU State of Black Men Symposium

Author and Belhaven University alumna Elizabeth Spencer died on Sunday, Dec. 22, at her home in Chapel Hill, N.C. at age 98.

Water Tampering to Bring Penalties, City of Jackson Promises

Water customers have been cutting the wires to their meters or destroying them to purposely prevent the city from reading the meters, City Public Works Director Bob Miller announced at …

'Too Sweet,' Bribes and Smith Take Center Stage at DA Trial

The trial of Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith continues today with testimony from Robert "Too Sweet" Henderson.