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Raising Filmmakers

It is raining in downtown Jackson. The humidity is stifling and uncomfortably sticky even under a rain jacket, yet a film crew is hard at work in the middle of …

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Singing to My Soul

As a part of my mission to be a better me, I recently began searching for a part of me that I'd lost over the years.

Cochran Retirement Could Be Interesting

I admit: I thought when Sen. Trent Lott retired, Congressman Chip Pickering and former Attorney General Mike Moore would be the top contenders for his seat. Neither ran.

Media and Voters: Don't Accept Lies

Something that ought not be remarkable, but is, happened over the last week: Media started calling out politicians for blatant lies.

Isaac Unique Test for Utilities

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita—which occurred, respectively, in August and September 2005—cost Entergy $1.5 billion to rebuild electric distribution, transmission and generation, and gas infrastructure.

Redistricting Displeases Council Members

The Jackson City Council voted 4-2 in favor of redistricting option 1 at its regular meeting Tuesday morning, which will fracture Ward 1's foothold east of Interstate 55.

Spot On

The predicted trends for fall are of no concern when it comes to leopard. Whether it's "in" or "out" this particular season, I love it, and I'm going to wear …

JPD SWAT Member Accused of Taking a Bribe

A Jackson police sergeant and SWAT member was arrested and charged with accepting a bribe.

Chef St. John Pulls Up an Extra Table

When the Edwards Street Fellowship Center, an outreach ministry of the United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, didn't have enough food to feed their clients, they called Robert St. John.

Urban Homesteading Planning For Winter

Those who practice "homesteading"-or self-sufficiency-are busy preserving or "putting up" the produce they have grown this summer.

Reaping Cool-Weather Rewards

Mississippi, along with the rest of the South, is blessed with a long growing season, and now is the time to plant a fall garden so that you can enjoy …

[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days

College football and the NFL are back. World, see you in February—after the Super Bowl—or when my daughter is born.

A New Low Standard

This week the National Collegiate Athletic Association decided that the University of North Carolina will not face an NCAA investigation over potential academic issues.

Too Much VIP

About three weeks ago, my friends Erica, Sam and Jonathan and I ventured up to Clarksdale to the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival to see Robert Plant.

Guts, Gore and Survival

I received a call on my cell phone when I was cabbing through some now-forgotten city for a deposition.

'Easy' Money

The Jackson Medical Mall is hosting the "Getting on Easy Street"; program—a series of personal finance and credit workshops offered to the general public free of charge.

Sharing her Gift

Artist Pat Walker has had a desire to paint since she was in elementary school.

Walking Your Problems Away

About a quarter of the deaths in Mississippi are due to heart disease, according to the 2009 National Vital Statistics Report.

'Gatsby' Roars into New Stage

In a stage play adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's acclaimed American novel, "The Great Gatsby" New Stage Theatre is bringing Long Island of the roaring '20s to the South.

JFP Top 25: Week 2

Alabama made the biggest statement of the weekend laying the smackdown to Michigan in Dallas.