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Southern Co. Team Weighing Changes from Renewables

The Southern Co. is brainstorming ways it could more widely incorporate renewable energy, particularly solar power, into its traditional business model, CEO Thomas Fanning said this week.

Can MTC Fix Woodville Prison?

A Utah-based private-prison firm hopes that it can turn things around at the Wilkinson County Correctional Center in Woodville.

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How Will the ‘Unbanked’ Buy Insurance on the Exchanges?

One in five households in the United States, or about 51 million adults have only a tenuous relationship with a traditional bank, relying instead on check-cashing stores and money lenders, …

Holden Grimes

For Holden Grimes, 11, eating healthy and staying fit—and encouraging his peers to do the same—is a big part of his life.

It's the Weekend!

Today, Taste of Spring is from 6-9 p.m. at Metrocenter Mall near Center Court.

Boy Scouts Approve Plan to Accept Openly Gay Boys

After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions …

Summer Travel Forecast: Better, but No Blowout

Airlines, hotels and campgrounds are commanding higher rates and seeing more customers than a few summers ago, and luxury hotels are selling out. Local businessmen and state officials are optimistic.

Obama Balances Threats Against Americans' Rights

Forecasting the changing nature of threats against the U.S. for years to come, President Barack Obama says "America is at a crossroads." And so, too, is his presidency's counterterrorism policy, …

Kerry Focuses on Negotiation

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes.

Hattiesburg May Cut 20 Teaching Positions

Hattiesburg Public School District Superintendent James Bacchus is proposing to eliminate the majority of a $1.8 million budget shortfall by cutting 20 teacher positions.

Expose the Dirty Tricks

In the waning hours before the polls closed Tuesday, the Jackson Free Press learned that former Melton political operative Bob Hickingbottom was behind Citizens for a Better Jackson, a PAC …

Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Charter Schools'

In endorsing Lumumba, Rep. Bennie Thompson linked Republican supporters of Jonathan Lee to people who opened their checkbooks to Mitt Romney in 2012 in an effort to defeat President Barack …

Survival of the Poorest

Mo'tel Williams: "Rich folk, corporations and the government want the poor to sacrifice more. For example, some politicians want poor workers to sacrifice their overtime pay."

Question o' the Week: What song or songs pump you up for running and exercise?

What song or songs pump you up for running and exercise?

You & JFP

Favorite quote: "Keep your head up, put God first in your life."

Easy Inspiration

I love great quotes and am always looking for new ways to keep them around the house for inspiration (in a chicer way than just a trusty Post-It note, of …

The Slate

Oxbow won the 138th Preakness Stakes to kill Orb's hopes of a Triple Crown this year. Orb was doomed before the race, drawing the first post and having to run …

Battle to be the Best Conference

Maybe it is the college football playoff starting in 2014, or maybe it is because the Southeastern Conference raided the Big-12 to add Missouri and Texas A&M. Whatever the reason, …

State Your Song

Jackson has been bountifully blessed with amazing and talented people. One of those remarkable Jacksonians is the quirky, eccentrically funny Josh Hailey.

Unlikely Blues Hero

Growing up as a music fan, I had always heard about the ill-fated Rolling Stones "Rock And Roll Circus" film from 1968. For some unknown reason, The Stones did not …