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City to Vote on Water Main Price Increase
The Jackson City Council is expected to vote on a $222,208 price increase for the installation of a 54-inch water line at tonight's city council meeting. The project is necessary …
ARTICLE: First Female African American City Council Member Dies
From WLBT:
One of the first African Americans to serve on the Jackson City Council died of natural causes Wednesday morning. Doris Smith was 79-years-old. Smith was a civil rights activist and …
Look! It's the dude fron the doughnut commercials - what's-his-name!
Did anyone know that the name of the actor in the Dunkin Donuts was the late Michael Vale? Unless you're one of the nastalgic types who get a kick out …
Wake Up and Give to the Salvation Army
If you have any questions, send an email to webmaster-at-wakeupjackson-dot-org.
Wake Up Jackson Civic Association is participating in The Salvation Army's Online Red Kettle program. Go here to drop some change in our virtual kettle. The fundraising goal is $500.
The Football Fanatics Book Shelf
From Friday nights at small-town high schools to Monday evenings in NFL stadiums, fans around the country are ready for some football.
Farish Battle Lines Drawn
Mayor Frank Melton and the recently formed Farish Street District Redevelopment Ad Hoc Committee are holding a Nov. 15 public forum at the Smith Robertson Museum to address delays in …
No Rough Edges
"One Came Home," the first feature film from Rolling Fork native Willy Bearden, is about an idyllic rural community in Mississippi called Magnolia, where all the mamas are nice, all …
[Faith] Restoring Stolen Years
"Your honor, we the people of Mississippi find the accused, Cedric Willis, guilty of murder."
Sign the "Buffoonery and ‘Bad Hair'" Petition!
Ads from Dr. Miracle (http://drmiracles.com) have appeared in black magazines and are highly offensive. The same company also makes African Pride products. I see no African pride coming from this …
The Great American Grump Out
The official Great American Grump Out is today, May 2, and participants must vow not to be grumpy for the next 24 hours. Can you handle it?
Ron Howard's Endorsement
This video with Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler is a real blast from the past:
ARTICLE: Civil rights pioneer dead at 63
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Vivian Malone Jones, one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to George Wallace's infamous "stand in the schoolhouse …
Mississippians Wary of Civil-Rights Trial
A JFP blogger posted this link in our media forum to an AP story about Philadelphia and the people's attitudes toward the trial. I decided to move it to the …
Antiperspirants and Breast Cancer
Could there possibly be a connection? The possibility of this is under further study.
Wellness Project: Week 1
I've come to the conclusion that instead of the five goals I listed, I should have just had one goal: improve my short-term memory. Why? Because I keep forgetting my …
Lumumba Pulls Probe; City Approves Fee Increase
Ward 2 Councilman Chokwe Lumumba wants all Jackson City Council members present before he makes a motion to vote on conducting an investigation into Council President Frank Bluntson's alleged use …
Delores' Bus
Delores Williams drives a Greyhound bus full time. I'd be willing to ride anywhere with her after being on board Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s 18th "Mayor's Pride Ride" last …
