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Development

Jackson Home Prices Bucking National Trend

While most of the country continues to see a drop in home prices in the wake of the housing and foreclosure crises, Jackson home prices will be going in the …

Stokes to Propose Pay Raises

Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes will propose $2-per-hour pay raises for employees of the city's Public Works Department reports WAPT. Stokes is aiming the raises at those who have worked …

Children's Museum Opens to the Public

After more than two decades of planning, the Mississippi Children's Museum will open its doors to an estimated 5,000 visitors tomorrow morning.

Person of the Day

Kaye Carr

Selflessness is not a common quality, but it is embedded deeply in Kaye Carr. Carr, 37, serves on the board of directors at Hope Hollow Ministries, a Canton-based non-profit that …

Business

Jackson Ad Firm Featured in Book

The Ramey Agency has plenty to brag about. The Jackson-based branding and marketing firm boasts an impressive roster of clients, from Viking Range, to Millsaps College, to the Mississippi Museum …

Doing Good: Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project

For lower-income residents who can't afford legal services, the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyer's Project provides free legal services clinics and representation through more than 1,800 lawyers who volunteer their time and …

Crime

Jackson Sees Sharp Drop in Major Crimes

Major crimes in Jackson decreased 18.1 percent last week, according to statistics (PDF) released at a Jackson Police Department command staff meeting this morning. Officers reported a 14.2 percent decrease …

Slow Progress on Hinds Emergency Sirens

Read the county's siren report

Cover

Doing Valentine's the Green Way

The old standby of flowers and candy can get old. Guys, as impossible as it sounds, even women can get sick of chocolate. And whether your beloved is trying to …

Talk

Power APAC Builds

Every year, Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex, or APAC, and its staff and students partner with their adopters, the law firm of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, for a …

Business

Tacos y Tapas in Fondren

Babalu Tacos & Tapas is set to open in December in Duling Hall, in the renovated Duling School in Fondren.

Editorial

Hosemann: Give Voter ID Facts Straight

Since last fall's successful referendum requiring Mississippi citizens to show a government-issued photo-identification card, mass confusion has ensued about when and if the law would ever go into effect.

Tease photo Music

Artists To Watch 2012: Victoria Cross/Static Ensemble

A genuine love for old-school funk music with a ton of soul is the driving force behind Static Ensemble, a newer Jackson-based cover band.

Person of the Day

Ken South

Ken South takes pleasure in seeing the annual Mississippi HeARTS Against AIDS benefit grow. The benefit, which takes place Saturday at Hal & Mal's, features a silent art auction, live …

JFP

Talk Back: Janis Lane

"I'm really going to set you back here."

Jackblog

Fitz Examines Cheney's Role in Plamegate

In a Bloomberg news piece that's entertainingly titled Cheney May Be Entangled in CIA Leak Investigation, People Say (I love that "People Say" part...talk about your reportorial specificity), we're told …

Jackblog

Bling, Bling, Baby! Carter's Jewelers Donates Diamond Hoops

It gets better by the minute. Ching, ching.

Carter's Jewelers just called out of the blue to donate diamond hoop earrings worth $700 for the silent auction Thursday night. Needless to say, Carter's is now a Queen Level …

Jackblog

Nationwide Layoffs Announced Today at Gannett

An "undated memo" sent to publishers in the Gannett chain of daily newspapers confirmed something that was suggested two weeks ago when we learned that the Clarion-Ledger was laying off …

Jackblog

ARTICLE: Calif. mom gives birth on front lawn by herself

Nothing surprises me any more. Nothing. From USA Today: