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Person of the Day
Aaron Pelch
Millsaps College named head football coach Aaron Pelch as interim athletics director on Dec. 20, 2018, and he assumed his duties on Jan. 1, 2019.
Food
Truckin’ Downtown
On the first and fourth Friday of each month, the area around Smith Park is abuzz with activity. Downtown workers gather from the different offices, and some people outside of …
Education
Candidates: Mississippi Should Focus on Vocational Education
Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he's proposing the state spend $100 million to try to improve job skills. Reeves said the single largest expense would be $75 …
Food
The Pasta Stepping Stone
In February 2017, Chaz Lindsay began a business he thought was much needed in his hometown: the Belhaven Pasta Company.
Food
Fermenting in Tradition
After mingling over goodies such as sauerkraut, mustard and kimchi, and a sampling of sake (Japanese rice wine), we began a sake and wine fermentation workshop at Sweet & Sauer's …
City & County
Cop Suspended Amid Rebel Flag Dispute at Civil Rights Museum
An African-American police officer says he was fired, then rehired and suspended, after a verbal confrontation with people carrying Confederate-themed flags outside the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
Person of the Day
Taylor Hart
Taylor Hart, development director and event coordinator with the Salvation Army of Jackson, bears a passion for missions. Hart has heart.
Food
Gumbo Greatness
In one year during the International Gumbo Festival's first iteration in the '90s, Hal White sought to make one of the world's largest pots of gumbo.
Music
Johnny Rawls: Letting Life Flow
Mississippi bluesman Johnny Rawls encountered the music for the first time on a cool Christmas morning when he was 12 years old.
Politics
Analysis: Candidates Vie for Attention in 3rd District Race
Voters in central Mississippi's 3rd District are choosing a new member of Congress for the first time in a decade. Candidates have been traveling for weeks to speak at forums …
OPINION: New Orleans, A Good Idea
A different kind of musician, Bob Dylan, says New Orleans is a city where the ghosts of the dead and the laughter of the living are never far apart.
Books
Voice & Growth in ‘Treeborne’
The path to author Caleb Johnson's much-praised debut novel, "Treeborne" (Picador, 2018, $26), was a winding one. For starters, the idea for the book initially spurred not from the titular …
Cover
The District's 'Classy Burger Joint'
When Ray-Scott Miller saw the plans for The District at Eastover, he knew immediately that the space called for a certain type of restaurant: a "classy burger joint."
Music
Keeping a Blues Legacy Alive
Tera Johnson-Collins, the paternal niece of blues icon Tommy Johnson, says that she has always felt a spiritual connection to her famous family member, who died on Nov. 1, 1956—three …
Editorial
EDITORIAL: State, City Must Not Hinder Access to Public Info
Mississippi legislators are arguing with a straight face that they should not have to turn over documents about a 2016 vote to shift control of Jackson's airports to an outside …
Civil Rights
OPINION: Creating a Movement
I almost majored in history during college, but since my memory for facts and dates has always been a little shoddy, I decided not to go that route. I ended …
Film
Jewish Cinema Mississippi: The Road to Sukkot
"(Sukkot) is a handbook for how to live, breathe and act as a truly free people," says the description on the Facebook page of the film "Road to Eden: Rock …
Miss. Desegregation Case Before Appeals Court
The federal government's long-running desegregation fight with the Cleveland, Miss. school system has made its way to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.
Art
Fondren’s New Shutterbug
Lately, Sharon Coker's home has felt a little crowded, with her family and photography business all under one roof.
Girl About Town
Cheese, Mascara and Life Lessons
Sometimes you just have to remember to keep your head up.
