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Davina and the Vagabonds' Distinctive Mix

Davina Sowers started playing the piano when she was a little girl. Unlike most, she kept going after the lessons ended. Like even fewer, she now makes her living pounding …

Steve Hendrix: Lost in the Art

Steve Hendrix's long, slender hands might indicate that he has psychic abilities, if you believe in that sort of thing.

Home on the Range: A Review of ‘Banished’

The challenge of a good city builder is all in the planning. Never is the player expected to react on the fly—that's the domain of real-time strategy.

The Ultimate Comfort Food

Only one meal is worth ordering at O'Connor's—not because it's the only good thing on the menu, which I'm sure it isn't, but because it is so delicious and so …

Girl About Town’s St. Paddy’s Plan

A seasoned veteran of the Mal’s St. Paddy’s Parade day, Girl About Town Julie Skipper shares her tips for making the most of it.

The Southern Survivalist’s Guide to St. Paddy’s (Or, ‘Let’s Go Drinking, Mississippi’)

For walking the Mal's St. Paddy's Parade—a Mardi Gras-style festival held in downtown Jackson each March for more than three decades—and the subsequent afternoon and evening revelries, I advise you …

The JFP Interview with Malcolm White: Director of Optimism

It took Malcolm White a few years to find the right place to anchor his St. Patrick's Day parade.

Business to Business

Jackson is a melting pot of diversity. We are a ‘family’ in this great city.

Stop Endangering Lives with ‘Hot’ Police Pursuits

Here in Jackson, the police department has caught up with modern criminal-justice best practices based on the reality that high-speed police pursuits must be limited to situations where the risk …

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Free-the-Land Man (For Chokwe Lumumba)

Poet and fiction writer C. Liegh McInnis, the editor of Black Magnolias, read this poem at Mayor Lumumba's Celebration of Life on March 8.

‘Hot’ Madison Police Pursuit Under Investigation

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations is reviewing policies of the Madison Police Department after its officers engaged in a high-speed pursuit through the streets of Jackson on Sunday, Feb. 23.

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Irish Wisdom, Irish Pride

While Ireland and Mississippi might be miles apart, geographically and culturally, the two have more in common than you might believe.

The Light of Activists

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. In celebration of the gains the SNCC made and in recognition of those who lost their lives, the Mississippi Museum of …

City Veterans First to Launch Mayor Bids

The first two individuals to formally announce that they will participate in the special election for mayor of Jackson are both veterans of city government—former Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. and …

UMMC, Innovate Mississippi and Entergy

March 6 saw two important new developments for University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Judge James D. Bell

Judge James D. Bell, a Mississippi native and former circuit, chancery and county judge, published "Vampire Defense" in 2012 through Sartoris Literary Group in Jackson.

Miss. Senate Passes Amended 20-week Abortion Ban

Mississippi House and Senate members must work out differences on a bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks' gestation.

Controversial ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill Moves Forward

After a week of ups and downs for a measure that civil-liberties groups say could lead to legalized discrimination of LGBTQ people, a modified version now goes to the House …

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Does He Love Me?

Just as mental illness is a serious disease, so is alcoholism. The National Institutes of Health says most people who seek treatment are able to fight alcoholism.

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Ukraine's Crimea Seeks to Become Independent State

The Crimean parliament voted Tuesday that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents agree to split off from Ukraine and join Russia in a …