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Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez
Blown away was I when I tasted my first Hurricane on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras. The drink, not the Katrina.
The Jackass Brays: Are You Listening?
Friends and readers, it's been a busy week for Dr. S. He won't bore you with the details, since he doesn't remember any. But he does recall something about Halloween, …
Person of the Day
Ace Atkins
The Quinn Colson series by Oxford author Ace Atkins is being developed into a TV show on HBO.
Politics
At Least Three Mississippi Legislative Races Going to Runoffs
Runoffs will be needed for at least three special elections to fill seats in the Mississippi Legislature. A fourth special election is also likely to go to a runoff, unless …
City & County
Public Works on Manholes: Unaware of Other Uncovered Ones in Jackson
A Jackson Academy senior died after her vehicle hit a manhole and flipped upside down on Ridgewood Road near Venetian Way on Thursday, May 17.
National
Supreme Court Term Begins With Case of Workers' Rights
The Supreme Court opened a high-profile term Monday with a case about employees' rights that could affect an estimated 25 million workers.
Helicopter Crash Linked, Rally Organizer Disavows Violence, Driver Arrested
Officials say the deaths of two people in a helicopter crash near Charlottesville, Virginia, have been linked to a violent white nationalist rally earlier in the day.
Volkswagen Gets a Month for Plan on Diesel Emissions Fix
Volkswagen and government regulators must present a detailed plan within a month on getting nearly 600,000 diesel cars to comply with clean air laws or risk the possibility of a …
Art
Not Just Milling Around
The Mill, a new incubator space for local artists and small businesses, grew out of one man's quest to find a parking spot in midtown.
Music
Ghost Town Blues Band
When Memphis, Tenn., sextet Ghost Town Blues Band plays Underground 119 on Nov. 8 for its first official show in Jackson, it promises to bring some of Memphis with it.
Candidate Knocks Election Poll
Jackson Democratic Mayoral candidate Robert Johnson attacked two recent polls from Washington, D.C.-based polling company Zata|3.
[Capitol Buzz] Coolers, Hoopy and Crosses, Oh My
HERE COME THE CROSSES: Right to Life of Jackson has changed its name to Pro-Life Mississippi and is planning a slate of activities to lobby the Legislature, especially to give …
Education
Belhaven Alum Receives Young Alumni Award, Swipe Out Hunger and Robert Brazile
The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities presented Belhaven University alumnus Angie Thomas, author of New York Times best-selling book "The Hate U Give," with its 2018 Young Alumni Award …
National
11 House Republicans Seek Impeachment of DOJ's Rosenstein
A group of 11 House conservatives introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department official who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
Charlotte Transgender Rule Nixed; Other Cities Reined In
Sparked by backlash to Charlotte's ordinance allowing transgender people to use restrooms aligned with their gender identity, the North Carolina legislature reined in local governments with a broad bill that …
Often-Split Court Agrees Your Privacy Matters
Supreme Court justices found more common ground than usual this year, and nowhere was their unanimity more surprising than in a ruling that police must get a judge's approval before …
LGBT
LGBT Pols Ready to Play in State
With black folks playing the spoiler in the Mississippi Republican Senate primary, bucking many traditional notions about how politics work in the Magnolia State, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people …
Education
Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network, Black History Month at USM and Science Night at the Museum
The Center for Creative Leadership and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation recently named two Jackson State University professors, Robert Luckett and Byron Orey, as participants in the WKKF Community Leadership Network.
Best of Jackson
Best of Jackson 2018: Music and Nightlife
We here at the Jackson Free Press like to keep our focus on local: local people, local business, local food--you get the idea. There's nothing to us more local than …
LGBT
Running the Marriage-Equality Gauntlet
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' hearing on same-sex marriage included three cases from three different states—Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
