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Give Thanks and Eat Local

Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks and feast, so why not give back to local restaurants by letting them cater your holiday?

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Deck the Halls

We know, we know. It's not even Thanksgiving, yet. But it's never too early to start making decorations for your Christmas tree.

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The Slate

The 2015 New Orleans Saints defense is starting to closely resemble their 2012 defense, which holds the NFL record for most yards surrendered in league history.

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The Holy Trinity of Games

Thanksgiving is a time when we get together with family and friends, and give thanks for another year. In between the feasting, naps, leftover turkey, holiday shopping and more naps, …

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Seek and Find Your Purpose

Regardless of what religion you've aligned yourself with or what terminology is used, ultimately, wholeness and completion is what we are aiming for, right?

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Women Must Have Health, Reproductive Choices

Perhaps Roe v. Wade was ahead of its time, or late in coming. Regardless, abortion has been legal in the U.S. for decades and to reverse it would mean reversing …

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From France, With Love and Pain

If we chose to live in fear and base our decisions on our own safety instead of the needs of others, the terrorists win.

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The Push to Double the Minimum Wage

Cajania "CoCo" Brown, 24, says that she, her colleagues at Popeye's Lousiana Kitchen, and all other minimum-wage workers are worth more than what their bosses and the State of Mississippi …

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‘No Excuse’: Where the Sidewalks End

Three people have been killed in the past three years in wheelchair-related accidents in Jackson, and some 100 in the past decade, according to local news clippings included in a …

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Vote, Shop and Give Thanks ... Locally

Vote with your dollars and your nomination to support local businesses this holiday season.

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Abortion Clinic to Offer Contraception, ‘Better Care’

Mississippi's only abortion clinic will become an official health provider for insurance companies within weeks.

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Pitts: The South is Overdue for Reckoning

Leonard Pitts Jr. will sign copies of Grant Park at Lemuria Books on Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. He recently spoke to the Jackson Free Press about race, writing and …

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Master and Apprentice: Sustaining A Tradition

A chef will battle a former trainee in a culinary showdown, and folk-art apprentices and masters' works will be on display side by side at the Mississippi Museum of Art's …

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Andre Carter

Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Andre Carter always had a fascination with comic books and superheroes, but he often found himself wondering why none of the heroes …

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Garry Burnside’s Blues Lineage

In the blues world, you have families: your biological one and your blues one. Holly Springs-based musician Garry Burnside carries both with him at all times.

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Mississippi Athletics Receives $25 Million Donation

Mississippi's athletics department says it has received a $25 million donation from Dr. Gerald "Doc" Hollingsworth.

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Gov. Bryant Denial of Syrian Refugees Could Be 'Discriminatory'

Gov. Phil Bryant joined several governors on Monday in pledging to refuse Syrian refugees should they be sent to Mississippi following the terrorist attacks in Paris that left 129 people …

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Yarber, Powell Face Water Billing Questions

After more careful review, city officials say that potential causes of exorbitant water bills go deeper and are more complicated than previously thought.

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Cathead Distillery, Brick Street Pops and Brasfield & Gorrie

Madison-based Cathead Distillery, Mississippi's first legal distillery, is relocating to 422 S. Farish St. in downtown Jackson.

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Ben Howland

Mississippi State beat Eastern Washington 106-88 on Friday night in Ben Howland's coaching debut with the Bulldogs.