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BeerTalk: Taste of The South
Most beer aficionados are not even aware that the southern United States is the next big "thing" on the beer horizon, with many microbreweries and brewpubs opening in the region. …
Anna Kline and Walter Biggins
A love of art and culture brought book editor Walter Biggins and singer-songwriter Anna Kline together. In 2008 Anna was working as the coordinator for the Crossroads Film Festival when …
Politics
Legislature In Overtime, Criminal Justice Reform Top Priority
Efforts to change the Mississippi flag first appeared stalled out: Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann condemned the effort to a committee, which showed no intention of calling it up.
State
Barbers Get Mental Health Training to Aid Black Communities
The barber’s chair may be the new therapy couch for parts of the South where mental health care is in short supply.
Civil Rights
EDITOR'S NOTE: Learning to Roar in Mississippi from Anne, Hazel and Fannie Lou
Mississippi has long had women warriors who don't flinch at attempts to make them shut our little mouths, who stare back, who write scathing columns, who get the hell beaten …
Contemplating Chaos in a Nation of 'Soft Targets'
When her cousin and 11 others were gunned down at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater last July, Anita Busch lost all interest in her favorite television crime dramas.
Art
Rusted Tin to Cotton Gin: A Trip on the Mississippi Blues Trail
Geographic routes of discovery on the Mississippi Blues Trail are as varied and plentiful as the paths weaving through the history of the music itself—music that began as spirituals, work …
City & County
Robert Thompson: Family Man
Robert Thompson is no stranger to comebacks. This May, he's hoping to rally from a 2005 defeat by Frank Bluntson to win the election for Jackson's Ward 4 City Council …
Johnson Sends ‘First 48' Packing
"First 48," an A&E network program that follows police for the first 48 hours of a murder investigation, won't be shooting in Jackson if Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. has anything …
Mr. Newhouse: Think ‘Community'
July 5, 2006 Get up to speed on The Clarion-Ledger's scheme here. Or, see Darren Schwindaman's TDN cartoon primer. Editor & Publisher magazine—a national industry bible for journalists, newspapers and …
Music
The Vernon Brothers, Hood Baby and the Barnacles, Arkansauce and Fruition
Ardenland holds its annual BankPlus International Gumbo Festival on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Smith Park. This year, proceeds benefit the Harold T. and Hal White Memorial Scholarship. At the event, …
Britain Votes to Leave EU: Cameron to Resign; Markets Rocked
Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign, toppling the prime minister Friday, sending global markets plunging and shattering the stability of a project in …
Hurricane
Amid Harvey Floods, Houston Chief Worries 'How Many Bodies?'
Hurricane Harvey is unfolding on an epic scale, with the nation's fourth-largest city mostly paralyzed by the storm that has parked itself over the Gulf Coast. With nearly 2 more …
Mississippi Music of 2016 (So Far)
Over the years, I've done plenty of interviews with local Jackson acts and nationally known recording artists, and I've been surprised at how many of the same topics of conversation …
Editor's Note
The Art and Craft of Dak Prescott
I love that the 23-year-old tells anyone who will listen that his success so far is about how hard he works on his craft. It's almost like he is intentionally …
Business
Jackson Airport CEO Newman Outlines Plans for Hotel, Low-Cost Carrier
The airport's chief executive officer, during an interview at the airport on March 24 just as the Mississippi House was passing its controversial "takeover" bill of the facility, outlined a …
chickball
Prevent, Protect, EMPOWER Hero: Sarah Reynolds
Sarah Reynolds doesn't fit the stereotype that many people associate with domestic-violence victims.
Ukraine: Pro-Russia Rebels Downed Malaysian Plane
Ukraine accused pro-Russian separatists of shooting down a Malaysian jetliner with 298 people aboard, sharply escalating the crisis and threatening to draw both East and West deeper into the conflict. …
LGBT
Pride and Prejudice: A Life-Long Battle from Civil Rights to LGBT Rights
It was 1962 in Jackson, and Dee Smathers lived in an apartment on State Street with her first college roommate turned lover. Dee's family was living out of the state, …
Health Care
Mississippians Fight for Medical Marijuana in 2020
Ashley Durval first filed the Medical Marijuana 2020 ballot initiative in July. She hopes medical marijuana can be used to treat her daughter, Harper Grace, who has Dravet Syndrome, a …
