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National
Trump Relies on Executive Orders That He Criticized Obama For Using
In an email blast to reporters on Tuesday, the White House touted the sheer volume of orders as evidence that "Trump has accomplished more in his 100 days than any …
Business
Rule Changes to Civil Service Commission Under Fire
The City of Jackson Civil Service Commission reinstated an employee of 25 years, who had been laid off before others with less tenure, raising questions about an Aug. 11 change …
State
Alleged Smith-Turner Connection Revealed in Case 16-120
The connection between Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith and Darnell Turner, a criminal defendant named in one of the six counts that Smith faced originally, has been something …
Business
Continental: Conservation, Excavation and New Hires
Zach Morrow was born and raised in Ackerman, Miss., and has been doing construction work since he was 18 years old. He has worked in and out of the state …
Person of the Day
Marco Moran
Marco Moran has been an entrepreneur since childhood. He grew up in Columbia, La., a small town south of Monroe. As a child, his family was poor and on welfare, …
City & County
City's Parking Meters May Double Cost, Revenue Under New Partnership
The Jackson City Council wants to make sure it gets the best deal for the City's lucrative parking-meter contract, including a requirement doubling the current rates for the meters with …
City & County
Teaching Teens Financial Literacy
Students at Provine High School will soon be able to open up accounts with Hope Credit Union right in their own hallway.
State
MDOT Gifts Land to Private Group
Locals have long used the large chunk of land north of Pearl and south of the reservoir, a pie-chunk of untouched wild, for recreation. The current mayor of Flowood is …
National
Green Party Candidate Requests Presidential Recount in Wisconsin, Vows Michigan and Pennsylvania
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump pressed forward Friday with two more administration picks, as failed Green Party candidate Jill Stein took new steps to force recounts across key …
Education
Provine: Academics, Behavior ‘Go Up Together’
Principal Laketia Marshall-Thomas believes that good behavior at Provine High School is about getting creative.
Food
Distilling Innovation
On a day in the middle of November, a lot of commotion is happening in a warehouse space off South Farish Street behind the Jackson Convention Complex and Mississippi Museum …
Education
Classroom Coding: The New Norm?
All fourth graders at Eastside Elementary in Clinton got their first introduction to coding as a part of Computer Science Education Week from Dec. 7 through 13.
Person of the Day
Darth Vader
Even after the prequels somewhat defanged the infamous Sith lord, Darth Vader is still a driving force for the "Star Wars" franchise's newest addition, "The Force Awakens," which premiers Friday, …
Biz Roundup
Seafood, Running, Mixed-Use and More
Mickey Paduda, owner of Jackson Proper LLC, hopes to expand Fondren's business community with the development of The Precinct, a mixed-use building so named because it once housed Jackson's Police …
Biz Roundup
Entergy Eyes 'Capital Green,' Airport May Lease Land, JSU's Big Data
Entergy Mississippi is preparing to construct a new distribution operations center on the Capital Green Plaza complex between Tombigbee and South streets off Jefferson Street in Jackson.
City & County
The People Who Want to Save Farish Street
A businessman is pointing to his experience redeveloping what he called a "ghetto" in his home city of Denver to assure Jackson officials that he can jumpstart Farish Street, the …
Biz Roundup
FFT Reinvents, BancorpSouth Renovates and At Home Comes to Jackson
Fondren's First Thursday, a popular monthly event in Jackson, has been reinvented this year to be better than ever before.
Cover
Biking a Different Path
Riders line up at the top of the Magnolia Ridge BMX course and wait for the gate to drop. As soon as the gate drops, the riders fly down the …
Business
City May Lease More Buses
The Jackson City Council deliberated handing the mayor the authority to terminate the contract with the company that maintains the JATRAN fleet during its last regular meeting on July 12, …
City & County
Bar Files Complaint Against DA, Includes Letter About His Mother
The air of secrecy continues around the case against Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith Wednesday, as Hinds County Judge Larita Cooper-Stokes recused herself during a closed meeting with …
