Funding Approved for Two-Way Capitol Street
Downtown Jackson Partners said today that Sen. Thad Cochran is confirming that the city will get a $3 million 20 percent matching grant in order to make Capitol Street two-way. …
ChickBall Performer: Rhonda Richmond & Laurel Isbister
The African proverb goes something like this:"If you want to know the end, look at the beginning." So, if you're going to talk about the music lineup at the 4th …
Lawsuits Against Melton and City Piling Up
WAPT broke the story yesterday that A-1 Pallet has (predictably) filed a $100 million lawsuit against the city, Melton and several others. So how many lawsuits has Melton brought, or …
Bid on a football signed by Deuce at the Chick Ball!
See y'all at the Ball.
Red Alert: Deuce McAllister and David Watkins have donated a football signed by our favorite running back to be auctioned at the Chick Ball this weekend! Come and get it, …
The Rocky Road (unfortunately, I'm not talking about ice cream)
For some reason, sitting at the computer position makes my right shoulder ache. Just that one. It's like scapula tunnel syndrome. I'm going to need a deep tissue massage before …
ChickBall Performer: Caroline Crawford
Visit Myspace.com/carolinespiano for more info.
Loving and learning the piano as a young teen. Sneaking a radio into her bedroom at night to listen to rock music – which was forbidden in her house. The …
Releasing Fears
I take back what I wrote two weeks ago about the humidity "not being too bad" here. Every day, I walk for an hour to get some exercise and come …
Brett Favre - Make up Your Mind
What is it with these athletes that retire and within months are ready to come back? I don't get it! And this is retirement number two for Brett. Do you …
Thank You Sponsors!
Diva: Caroline "Bond Girl" Hobbs
We wanted to send out a huge thank you to the people who have already sponsored this year's Chickball:
Ah! Working at the JFP
Working at JFP is like nothing I ever expected or could have expected. I had the opportunity to choose between the JFP and another Jackson newspaper. While deliberating which paper …
ChickBall Performer: Infinite
Listen to Infinite and Dread Bred on Radio JPF (WLEZ) today from noon-1pm.
Three worlds come together to make up Dread Bred. Puncho represents the crunk, Infinite represents the streets, and Lyrik represents true lyricism. Making huge strides with the 2007 hit singles …
Melton Spin Machine in Full Force
It's really something to watch Melton shift into full spin mode about how the federal indictments (apparently brought by "political enemies") are not going to stop him from doing his …
It's So Great to be Fly
Go fetch me some coffee. Make sure you pick up my dry cleaning. I was going to be doing all work and no play, and no pay, was my first …
Huh? Big Blooper in Clarion-Ledger Editorial About Melton
The Clarion-Ledger edit-boyz suffered a bit of reading miscomprehension when they wrote this false statement last night for their editorial today saying that Frank Melton should resign:
Why I Love Thursdays
Ah Thursdays. One of the main reasons I enjoy Thursdays is the weekly intern class. Sure, us interns see each other during the week, but this is a time to …
