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Editor's Note
Need Solutions? Love The Problem
What Jackson needs, perhaps more than anything else, is more taxpaying people to help shoulder the burden and work on solutions.
Suspect in 2 Mississippi Killings Dies of Apparent Suicide
After an intense manhunt, authorities in Mississippi said a college instructor wanted in the deaths of a woman he lived with and a university professor he worked with died of …
Kentucky Clerk Won't Interfere with Gay Marriage Licenses
Clerk Kim Davis returned to work Monday for the first time since being jailed for disobeying a federal judge and said she was faced with a "seemingly impossible choice" between …
White House Rolling Out Red Carpet for Pope Francis
When Pope Francis arrives on his first-ever visit to the United States, he will be welcomed in a way that few world leaders have: with President Barack Obama waiting at …
Deadly Northern California Wildfire Incinerates Homes
An explosive wildfire burned largely unchecked Monday after incinerating homes, apartment blocks and hundreds of other buildings as it raced through rural communities in Northern California's Lake County.
Civil Rights
Music Legend Steve Earle: The Mississippi Flag Must Change
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Steve Earle is the latest person to join the flag debate though his voice comes in the form of a good-old-fashioned protest song.
4 European Nations Strongly Rebuff Mandatory Migrant Quotas
The migrant crisis is "probably the biggest challenge for the European Union in its history," Germany's foreign minister declared Friday — but despite his warning, at least four Central European …
Food
Bottoms Up, Angels
When Toni Francis' husband, T, came home from a trip to Vicksburg, Francis never imagined that one day, she'd become the marketing and events coordinator for the Jackson chapter of …
Civil Rights
The Next Fight: LGBT Workplace Rights
Lavell Brown filed a discrimination lawsuit in federal court after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued him a right-to-sue notice in February.
Music
James McMurtry: Plain English
Americana singer-songwriter James McMurtry grew up all over the South, but his attitude and style is pure Texas.
Biz Roundup
Bring the Heat, Revolution's Corner and Siemens Milestone
Revolution's Corner is a new bodega operating in the space that formerly housed Adobo at the corner of Pearl and Roach streets in the Standard Life Building.
Business
Revolution's Corner, Bodega and Chill Spot, Open Downtown
Abraham Santa Cruz is trying to make a way for a new downtown venture called Revolution's Corner, now open at the corner of Pearl and Roach streets in the Standard …
Person of the Day
Máirtín de Cógáin
Cork, Ireland-born entertainer Máirtín de Cógáin, an enthusiastic promoter of the Celtic and Irish heritages, has become a CelticFest favorite for many.
Bryan's Rant
College Football’s Realities and Arrests
Thursday marks the start of the 2015-2016 college football season. Here are a couple of things to chew on while you wait for your favorite team to kickoff the season.
Katrina: Words After the Storm
Here are a few great reads that remind us of the struggles and triumphs in the midst of one of America’s costliest storms, Hurricane Katrina.
UNESCO Chief: IS Destruction of Syrian Temple 'Intolerable'
Islamic State militants in Syria committed an "intolerable crime against civilization" by destroying the Temple of Bel, one of the ancient world's most iconic monuments, the head of the U.N. …
City & County
Yarber: No Tax Hike in Revised Budget, Furloughs Still on the Table
When Mayor Tony Yarber submits the second draft of his budget proposal to the Jackson City Council next week, the plan will not include an 8-percent tax increase.
Person of the Day
Chief Phyliss J. Anderson
Chief Phyliss J. Anderson has been re-elected chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
Events Mark Emmett Till Slaying 60 Years Later
Sixty years after a black Chicago teenager was killed for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, relatives and civil rights activists are holding church services and a movie screening …
Emotional Newscast After Shooting that Shocked Millions
One day after the on-air killings of reporter and a cameraman shocked millions across the country, the grieving staff at WDBJ-TV came together Thursday for an emotional broadcast of its …
