Jackson Free Press

The Belhaven Town Center in Jackson's Belhaven neighborhood recently announced that a new craft brewery …

• December 7, 2020

Mississippi state Rep. Jay Hughes, D-Oxford, a 2019 candidate for lieutenant governor, spoke and listened …

• May 17, 2019

After two years and more than a dozen albums released, indie labels Elegant Trainwreck and …

• November 5, 2014

Ward 4 Councilman Brian Grizzell, joined by Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba and Jackson Police …

• November 11, 2021

Community Events and Public Meetings

Photographer Paul Smith speaks at this week's History Is Lunch.

City’s Water Crisis: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

At its Aug. 20 meeting, the Jackson City Council passed an ordinance to allow administrative hearings for water-and-sewer bill complaints. The City will hire a hearing officer to consider evidence …

Flowers is accused of killing four people, execution-style, in a furniture store in 1996 in …

• June 24, 2019

It’s not exactly a mission from God, but actor Dan Aykroyd (left) recently came to …

• June 17, 2015

On the set of "As I Lay Dying"

The production has been filming an adaptation of William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" in …

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• September 30, 2012

Youth from the Jackson Police Department Youth Citizens Police Academy dance to Lil Nas X's …

• June 24, 2019

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says circuit clerks began accepting absentee ballots Monday. People may …

• June 25, 2019

Mississippi state Rep. Jay Hughes, D-Oxford, 2019 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, spoke and listened …

• October 16, 2019

Kimberly Jacobs at the Jackson Zoo. Rumors have swirled for weeks that the Jackson Zoo, …

• August 19, 2013

Otibehia Allen is struggling to raise her five children in a small town in the …

• December 20, 2017

The Belhaven Town Center recently announced that New Orleans-based District Donuts Sliders Brew will take …

• June 14, 2021

Morgan Freeman stars as a small-town sheriff in a movie that began filming Tuesday in …

• February 9, 2022

Jackson, Oxford, Tupelo Get High Econ Scores

Yes, Jackson, our economic strength is growing.

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New Program a 'Passport' to Jackson

Jacksonians and visitors have a new way to purchase tickets to attractions around town. The Attractions Passport Program will allow anyone to purchase tickets on-line using a PayPal account to …

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When Jim and Jane Hudson realized that there were no other French Bistros serving Country French cooking in town, they wanted to introduce Jackson residents to the food that they …

Hoops Heaven

Basketball fans, your time has come. The MHSAA Boys/Girls State Tournament begins its 2-week run at the Mississippi Coliseum on Monday, Feb. 24 (schedule). Sixty teams, 12 days of action …