"State of the Nation" Art and Performance Festival Starts Today"State of the Nation" Art and Performance Festival Oct. 4-6, starting at 7 p.m. every night at the F.D. Hall Music Center at JSU. Featuring Teo Castellanos, Uprooted: The Katrina Project, Sunni Patterson, Saddi Khali and more. $15 single night …
Lobbyist: Barbour Has No Ties to FirmBobby Harrison is reporting in the Daily Journal that Lanny Griffith has issued a statement about Haley Barbour's current status with his (former?) lobbying firm.
GAO: FEMA Favored Mississippi Over LouisianaThe nonpartisan Government Accountability Office has confirmed that FEMA favored Mississippi over Louisiana after Katrina, concurring with the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general who criticized FEMA for awarding "the vast majority of the available funds (about 71 percent) to …
Instant Replay: College Football, Oct. 3Rice 31, Southern Miss 29: The Owls upset the Eagles (20-point favorites) in C-USA's Battle of the Birds. Talk about an ugly-ass loss.
Eco-CampusOn cold Virginia evenings at the College of William and Mary, mittened passers-by on the sidewalk below my second-story dorm room window could see me wearing my favorite lightweight striped pajama shorts and a tank top. Some mysterious person on …
The Best In Sports In 7 DaysJunior college football, Copiah-Lincoln at Hinds (7 p.m., Raymond): Both of these teams are in desperate need of a win. … Pro baseball, New York Yankees at Cleveland in AL playoffs (7 p.m., Ch. 40): Yankees fans are hoping A-Rod …
Larry And Dee NixonShortly after relocating to Jackson from South Carolina, Larry and Dee Nixon established the Cure Sickle Cell Foundation to raise awareness of SCD and support families affected by the disease.
Crossing GallatinSo the JFP celebrated its fifth birthday a couple of weeks ago. I have long exercised the privilege of celebrating my birthweek and birthmonth, rather than just a flimsy day, so I'm not technically late with my thoughts on this …
JPS Moves Ahead in Bond ProjectsMinority make-up was the point of interest for school board members in an Oct. 1 special meeting of the Jackson Public School Board. The meeting, which ran into the wee hours of the morning, called for presentations from six design …
City Pulls $3 Mil From Reserves, May Need MoreJackson Mayor Frank Melton and the city administration got their wish from the council in a 3-to-2 vote in favor of raiding $3 million from the city's $7 million budget reserve fund to fix a lingering hole in the 2007 …
Innocence Project Comes to MississippiThe Mississippi Innocence Project is looking to put down permanent roots in Mississippi and is kicking off its effort through an Oct. 22 fund raiser. Award-winning novelists John Grisham and Scott Turow are hosting the event at the Hilton Hotel …
Bishop Phillip Coleman: R.I.P.Bishop Dr. Phillip Coleman, Sr., Th.D., pastor of Greater Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Church, died Tuesday from cancer. He was 81.
Lawyers NeededHerding cats. That's the unwritten job description for soft-spoken Shirley Williams, executive director of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project. Formed in 1982, the MVLP is one of a handful of organizations providing pro bono legal services for Mississippians with low …
Good News for VictimsAnnouncing some good news on the domestic violence front, Attorney General Jim Hood says that the Domestic Violence Division has made significant progress in educating the state's law enforcement, judges and attorneys. In the past year, the division has sponsored …