Take That, O Disloyal Ones!Immediately following a Jackson City Council work session in January, Mississippi Link publisher/owner Socrates Garrett was all smiles. Council President Marshand Crisler had informed him that it was looking like the council was going to vote to award him the …
The Best In Sports In 7 DaysJunior college basketball, Southwest at Hinds (Utica, women, 6 p.m.; men, 7:30 p.m.): The Eagles play their final regular-season game before the state tournament.
[Music] For The Love Of MusicFrom bands that don't speak English to the return of "big-boned cats," Jackson native and half of the Compositionz management duo, Michael Robinson, 32, takes us on a musical stroll.
The Second StormLast week, the House released "A Failure of Initiative," a report on the government's failures in Katrina. The report details the "organizational paralysis" that bottled up critical information for hours, even days, as information awaited "confirmation" by one agency after …
‘No Child Left Behind' Favoring White KidsOK, this is just what I was talking about at the end of my recent column, "For These Are All Our Children": A new Harvard study is finding that 'No Child Left Behind' is benefitting white kids more than kids …
Reeves Gets His WayWeeks ago, an amendment to HB 284 spun heads in the House when Rep. John Reeves, R-Jackson, sought to add an amendment allotting Jackson seven of 13 seats on the Hinds County 911 Emergency Commission. Even without the amendment, HB …
Invisible CoastA half-year after their world changed forever, lots of people on the Gulf Coast are thinking about desolation. They wake up to it every morning. They live through it every day.
Confusion Reigns"Anytime it clouds up now, my 4-year-old asks, 'Mommy, is the hurricane coming again? Is it going to kill us this time?'" Marissa Jones said. Jones, an evacuee from Gulfport with five kids, aged 4 to 17, is facing eviction …
Wait, And Wait Some MoreOn Oct. 1, Mayor Frank Melton announced that he was dissolving the city's Crime Prevention Unit with only days' notice. Charging that the members were not doing their jobs—despite the workers collecting hundreds of hours in comp time—Melton dismissed the …
[Kamikaze] Spike's DazeI've always been a fan of Spike Lee, especially for his "take no crap" stance against the Hollywood establishment.
[Stiggers] Buck Shot All Up In Your Booty"It's Boneqweesha live with members of the McBride family as they respond to V.P. Cheney's lil' shootin' accident in Texas."
[Greggs] You're Already ThereThis week I've been wistful. I don't know exactly when this mood came about, but I know that it has definitely been affecting my behavior. This mood might have lent itself to listening to Michael Buble's song "Home" on repeat …
BizTalk: Fusion Heats UpHigh school friends and college roomies Tripp Douglas and Darth Bledsoe live a dream hatched in late-night dorm conversations—to own their own coffee house.
Bernice Rayford"I made up plays, poems, anything I could recite on the front porch. It was my stage, and the audience were my parents, brothers and sisters," Bernice Rayford, 44, told me in her soft Southern accent. "I was the youngest …
Damned If He Did; Damned If He Didn't?OK, should we be more concerned if he did, or didn't know, that this was happening? This looks really friggin' bad either way for this beleaguered White House. What could possibly be next!?! A P is reporting