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Jackson Pushes Brownfield Grants
The city of Jackson has two months to spend the remainder of a federal grant aimed at spurring the redevelopment of underused industrial or commercial sites. At a meeting this …
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Close Call
Sept. 11 brought a reprieve for a Farish Street building that housed many of the early machinations of the country-blues movement. On Aug. 9 the front façade of Brown Furniture …
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Mental Health Parity on the Way?
{verbatim email} - House Passes Mental Health Parity Bill - March 6, 2008 By a vote of 268-148, the US House of Representatives on March 5th passed its version of …
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Nigerian Plane Crash: Something's not right
Scores of innocent children just lost their lives today in a plane crash, and I am livid.
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - A Nigerian jetliner filled with schoolchildren going home for Christmas crashed Saturday while landing during a lightning storm in a delta oil port.
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Chickball 2008
6:20 Spoken Word/Break: Blaque Butterfly
QUEEN- The Jackson Progressives, The Capital City Roller Girls, Crossings Assembly of God, Vineyard Church of Jackson-B.A.D. Girls, Larry Davidson, Jim Craig, ACLU, Faye Peterson
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The Arts Reinvestment Initiative
Mississippi Arts Commission Announces Arts Reinvestment Initiative
I got permission from Susan Dobbs of the Mississippi Arts Commission to share this press release with you. If you have an art-related job with a non-profit organization and your …
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Welcome Bloggers
Stay tuned. And now, for our fearless football preview ...
Welcome to the JFP Sports Blog. I'm your host, Dr. S. Let's get things started with ... the Jackie Sherrill Watch. How much longer will the Prince of Darkness reign …
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National
Three Chicken Plants Hit in 2019 Raids Agree to Pay Back Wages
Three Mississippi chicken processing plants among those targeted in one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade have agreed to pay back wages after …
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Business Groups Cool to Raising Taxes for Roads
Business groups still aren't ready to raise Mississippi's taxes to repair and build highways and bridges.
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Person of the Day
The Scottsboro Boys
For his alleged participation in raping two white women, prosecutors apparently wanted 17-year-old Haywood Patterson to stand trial first "because he has the blackest skin, the wickedest gleam in his …
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Herman's Picks
If the $10-$15 weekend cover charge for the regional favorites at 930 Blues Café is too hard on your budget you might just try the no cover Mondays and Tuesdays …
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Politics
Mississippi Holds Special Elections for Three House Seats Today
Mississippi voters in three state House districts head to the polls today to elect new representatives to fill vacant seats.
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Civil Rights
Black Plaintiffs Accept 2 New Mississippi Senate Districts
African American residents who sued Mississippi say they are accepting legislators' plan to redraw two state Senate districts in a way that could increase black representation at the state Capitol.
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Music
A Musical Inheritance, Trumpeter Builds Band Program
Kimble Funchess, a member of the Jackson Horns, began the school's music program in 2014 with a group of sixth graders who had never before held an instrument.
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LoDoner “L.D.” Hollis
Daytime kitchen manager LoDoner Hollis has been serving up southern favorites at Walker's Drive-In in Fondren since the restaurant opened its doors in 1999. Hollis, also known as "L.D.," says …
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Politics
Mississippi Considers Firing Squad as Method of Execution
Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs.
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Education
Legislature Explodes in Fight Over Public Education
The first big legislative fight of the year exploded in the Mississippi House of Representatives this morning as Democrats attacked a Republican alternative to a statewide ballot initiative that, if …
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Janis Jordan
Creativity flows through Janis Jordan, the founder of Bk2natur, a company that makes natural handmade soaps.
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Lord, Have Mercy!
I have been going to church since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. In my nearly 37 years of attending Sunday morning services, Sunday evening services, Bible classes, pastors' anniversary …
