MDOC's HIV/AIDS Program a National ModelThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is touting a Mississippi program for inmates with HIV/AIDS as one of the nation's best.
City to Audit Retro Metro The Jackson City Council is asking for a complete audit of the Metrocenter Mall project before it clears any city departments to move into the former Belk building.
Sewers to Cost City BigThe city of Jackson will soon have a sewer repair bill that could rival the city's entire annual budget.
The Cookbook Ladies of Rankin County In 1978 Barney McKee, then director of the University Press of Mississippi, brought home a cookbook that he couldn't publish. That book was "The Twelve Days of Christmas Cookbook" and his wife, Gwen McKee, was enamored.
Time to Think Ahead People don't plan to fail; they fail to plan. Anyone needing evidence of that adage's truth needn't look much further than Jackson's decrepit, and worsening, infrastructure.
Get This Party Started It's time to convince and encourage our doubtful and cynical Ghetto Science Community members to move this nation forward through the power of 'One Person, One Vote.'
Is 'Getting By' as Good as It Gets? In the past month we've been through one hurricane, two national conventions and three weeks of preseason football. Here are a few of my casual observations.
Climate Change: Real or Not? In 2008—back when President Barack Obama was a candidate—then-Sen. Obama promised to take on global warming.
Romney Seeks Political Advantage in Libya, Egypt CrisisThe embassy statement Romney referenced had been issued before protesters reached the embassy, as tensions were rising over an amateur film made in the United States that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammed.
Miss. Commissioners Fine Az. Companies $5.7 MillionMississippi Public Service Commissioners are ordering a pair of companies to pay a record $5.7 million fine for more than 1,000 violations of the state's do-not-call law.
Romney Makes Embassy Attacks PoliticalRepublican Mitt Romney branded the Obama administration's response to the attacks as "disgraceful" before confirmation that the American ambassador had been killed.
Brews, Weather and AgentsMadison-based Lucky Town Brewery has purchased its first fermenting tank and installed it at a brewery in Alabama.
Commissioners Delay Decision on Dem in 4th DistrictState election commissioners on Monday delayed a decision on whether to let Democrats replace their nominee in south Mississippi's 4th Congressional District.
School Cuts Have Serious ConsequencesStates' large cuts in spending on education have "serious consequences" for the economy, in both the short and long term.
Romney Says He'll Keep Parts of 'Obamacare'Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who promised early in his campaign to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, says he would keep several important parts of the overhaul.
BP Sells Gulf Assets to Cover Blowout CostsBP is selling some deep-water assets in the Gulf of Mexico for $5.55 billionto cover the cost of its oil well blowout in the Gulf two years ago.
10 Local Stories This WeekThings seemed to return to normal after Hurricane Isaac and the three-day Labor Day weekend slowed down the capital city last week.
Midtown Gets Green HousingMidtown, one of the city's leading neighborhoods in the arts, will soon welcome the state's first eco-friendly, sustainable affordable housing.
More Anderson Case Hate-Crime Charges?A federal grand jury in Jackson met to consider more hate-crime charges in the death of James Craig Anderson who was run over by a white teenager.
Claim of Romney Tax-Returns Theft a Puzzling Whodunit The Secret Service and FBI were investigating the case Thursday after someone claimed to have burglarized a PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting office in Franklin, Tenn., and stolen two decades' worth of Romney's tax returns.
In 2008—back when President Barack Obama was a candidate—then-Sen. Obama promised to take on global warming.
The embassy statement Romney referenced had been issued before protesters reached the embassy, as tensions were rising over an amateur film made in the United States that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammed.
Madison-based Lucky Town Brewery has purchased its first fermenting tank and installed it at a brewery in Alabama.
States' large cuts in spending on education have "serious consequences" for the economy, in both the short and long term.
Things seemed to return to normal after Hurricane Isaac and the three-day Labor Day weekend slowed down the capital city last week.
Midtown, one of the city's leading neighborhoods in the arts, will soon welcome the state's first eco-friendly, sustainable affordable housing.
Analysts had predicted about 125,000 new jobs in August, but 103,000 were created with 7,000 government jobs eliminated, resulting in a net gain of 96,000 jobs.