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LaTanya M. Junior

Award-winning business-development executive and marketing professional LaTanya M. Junior became the new executive director of communications for Jackson State University Monday, Sept. 17.

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Dr. Nancy Lottridge Anderson

Dr. Nancy Lottridge Anderson is putting her knowledge of "crazy money" into an app.

Politics

Barbour's Lobbying Firm Now Open to Dems

In a dramatic sign of how the political winds have shifted, lobbying firm BRG (formerly known as Barbour, Griffith & Rogers) today announced that it has acquired a Democratic lobbying …

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Ron Blaylock

At a concert at the Eudora Welty Commons, Ron Blaylock maneuvers through the audience with couple of cameras draped around his neck. In between shots, he stops to scoop up …

JFP Person the Day: Diana Howell

When more than 40 women showed up to try out for "The Vagina Monologues" last year, director Diana Howell knew Jackson was ready for a production of strong women sharing …

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Artists To Watch 2012: The Mount Rushmores

Since 2011, Hattiesburg indie-rock band The Mount Rushmores has prided itself on being a "different kind of band."

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Artists To Watch 2012: Spirituals

"I make really awful attempts at dance music songs. They aren't very good, but I like them, and it's fun," Tadlock says.

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'Junkyard' Songstress

When India Ramey stopped practicing law in 2009, she decided to start a music career. "Singing is the way I want to spend the rest of my life," she says.

Anatomy Of

Sal & Mookie's Street Carnival 2011

Sal & Mookie's New York Pizza and Ice Cream Joint has been a local favorite since opening its doors in 2007. For the past three years, the restaurant has brought …

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Does Jackson Need Another Rape-Crisis Center?

As the Jackson Free Press has done since 2004, on July 28, we will host our eighth annual Chick Ball to benefit the Center for Violence Prevention in Pearl.

Gustav

McCain Announces Scaled-Back Convention Due to Gustav

John McCain campaign manager Rick Davis is announcing now that the Republican Naitonal Convention will officially begin at 3 p.m. Monday for "business of the day," but no politics. He …

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Mississippi Tax Revenue Drop Explained

A computer conversion at the Mississippi Department of Revenue delayed some revenue collections from being posted and contributed to a report that showed a September drop in state tax collections.

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Supercrush

Having only been together for seven months, Supercrush is making a name in Jackson.

Jackblog

Pizza Delivery Man Bursts Into Flames

Don't you know this guy is sitting in the hospital room reading the news and thinking, "I've finally made it."

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GOP Ties Minimum Wage to Estate Tax

In an tiresome, cynical and increasingly typical move today, the GOP finally came out with a minimum wage proposal in the House that is designed, primarily, to defuse the minimum …

Fly

free-conomies

Doing it yourself is the fly thing to do. But if you can't do it yourself, find someone else to do it for you for free.

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Rassmussen: MS Senate Race is a ‘Real Battle'

Just got an e-mail blast from the DSCC pushing a new poll by Rasmussen that shows that the race for Trent Lott's open seat will be a "real battle" this …

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Sun-Herald Unhappy With Threats From Guv's Staff

Sounds like the governor's staff is getting on the wrong side of Gulf Coast media, and it'll be interesting to see if (a.) this is a trend and (b.) how …

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Can't we all just love one another?

AP is reporting that Iran and Isreal are at it AGAIN.

Frank Melton

Where's Melton's portrait?

Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. appears to be taking his time in hanging a portrait of his predecessor up in City Hall. Part of the delay, however, stems from the fact …