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Crime

Crime Drops, Officers Reinstated

Read the most recent crime statistics.

Business

10/10 DOW down ‘Only' 128 Points. Are We in a ‘Panic'?

Intraday, the Dow was off over 700 points in early trading, spending part of the day below 7900 for the first time since April of 2003. Businessweek makes the case …

Fashion

Tuxedo Man

Don Garforth is an expert when it comes to outfitting men for their weddings. The Pennsylvania native came to Jackson in 1978 and is the owner of two Tuxedo Junction …

Council Approves Capitol Street Construction

The Jackson City Council approved a memorandum of understanding last night granting Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. the authority to continue to change Capitol Street into a two-way street.

Person of the Day

Beth Orlansky

Beth Orlanksy is using her past experiences reforming low-income child care to push for stronger payday-lending regulation in Mississippi.

Sports

C-USA Tournament Begins

On Wednesday, Trustmark Park, home of the Mississippi Braves, becomes home to the Conference USA Baseball Tournament.

Food

You Did What to the Hen?

Through all the springs of my youth there was a common strain: grilling, cooking out, barbecuing. Whatever your jargon, cooking with fire evokes the coming of the vernal equinox. I …

Jackblog

Hmmmm…‘Frank Was Right'?

The Jackson Free Press received an anonymous letter (PDF) apparently sent to a variety of media and local churches this week. The letter called on churches, in particular, to do …

Community Events and Public Meetings

6 p.m., Anime and Manga Night, at Pearl Public Library (2416 Old Brandon Road, Pearl). Share your love of the Japanese art forms with other teens. Free; call 601-932-2562.

Sports

Rebels Add Assistants

The unemployment stats in the Miami area just went down. Ole Miss Ed Orgeron landed two new assistants on Monday, both of them former Miami assistants. Dan Werner is the …

Bryan's Rant

Dancing Big

Two teams from Mississippi made it to the NCAA Tournament this year. There could have been two more, but Mississippi State under-preformed late, and Ole Miss dug too deep of …

Sports

[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Peyton Manning has made up his mind; the only thing missing is a TV special called "Indecision." Now, Tim Tebow gets to go to a team that believes in him.

Sports

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Men's college basketball, NCAA Tournament (6 p.m., Ch. 12): The Sweet 16 begins with the East and West Regional semifinals

Politics

New answers up from Max Phillips

I have to say, two of the agriculture commissioner candidates, both Republicans, are leading the pack on substantive questionnaires as far as I can see. You've got to go read …

Tease photo Jacksonian

Hill Denson

On a foggy morning in early March, Coach Hill Denson gazes across the outfield of Smith-Wills Stadium and notes the new additions to the field.

Jackblog

Prosecutor Recounts James Anderson's Murder

The following is Hinds County Assistant District Attorney Scott Rogillio's verbatim account of the events that transpired when Deryl Dedmon and his friends encountered James Craig Anderson in June 2011. …

Talk

O, Happy Day

The day was Sept. 22, 1862. Tension had built between two opposing forces—the North and the South. The impending decision: whether bringing the institution of slavery to an end would …

Johnson To Appoint New School Board Members

Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. is expected to appoint two new members to the Jackson Public School Board of Trustees at Tomorrow's city council meeting. The April 6 council agenda …

Jackblog

Back from Iraq

Last year, we were all on edge.

"I'm not making fruit salad!" my mother affirmed -- more than once -- as Christmas approached. She gleaned the fruit salad recipe from my dad's grandpa years ago. No one …