Audrey DabbsAudrey Dabbs, 75, the mother of three, grandmother of six and great-grandmother of four, has painted, done ceramics, made wire-wrapped rock jewelry and acted with the Terry Station Players. She's organized and become queen of a Red Hat Ladies Society—The …
[Stiggers] Handle Yo' BidnessLive from Grandma Pookie's kitchen: It's the Ghetto Science Team's syndicated pirate radio show "Handle Yo' Bid-Ness with Lil' Ray-Ray."
Bush Speech Justifies Indefinite War in IraqTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please be seated. Good evening. I'm pleased to visit Fort Bragg, "Home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces." It's an honor to speak before you tonight. My greatest responsibility as President is to protect the …
Rep. John Lewis: Bush, Powell, Rice Lied About IraqRep. John Lewis, a legendary civil rights hero, this week tells Atlanta's Creative Loafing, the alternative weekly there, that the Bush administration lied to convince the American people to support his plan for war in Iraq. In the interview, he …
Monta Ellis Faces DraftLanier High School's uber-talented guard Monta Ellis decided to bypass playing college basketball at Mississippi State and jump into the NBA draft. On Tuesday night, the wisdom of that decision will be revealed when the picking begins (6:30 p.m., ESPN). …
New Gallery of Killen Trial Photos Just PostedPhotographer Kate Medley has just posted a full gallery of 87 photos from the Edgar Ray Killen trial last week. Don't miss them! Kate—a Jacksonian and Murrah grad—did some amazing work over there and by Thursday was shooting for the …
Bobby Bare, Jr. at W.C. Don's July 18Bobby Bare, Jr. shares his famous father's musical genetics, but he's hardly hiding in dad's shadow with his own blend of R&B swagger and SoCal country rock. He and his band of merry misfits, The Young Criminals' Starvation League, released …
[Lott] Crossroads or Cross HairsJune 24, 2005 Throughout American history, people of all cultures have sought freedom and opportunity in our nation – legally, for the most part. We know that immigration is an integral part of American history that has made us so …
[State Report] Coast Park Open to Drilling?Tempers are rising in the concerted efforts to open the Mississippi Barrier Islands to gas drilling. An emergency military spending and tsunami relief bill recently signed by the Bush administration carried an unexpected tag-along, an inserted rider that declares the …
[City Report] The ‘Who's Who' Unity TeamJune 22, 2005 Mayor-elect Frank Melton announced his transition team June 14 at an informational session at the Crossroads Building in downtown Jackson. Hinds County Board of Supervisors President Doug Anderson is chairman of the team. Peyton Prospere, former chief …
[Capitol Report] Open Hands AboundThe House Ways and Means Committee continued the hearing on bond project proposals at a June 16 meeting at the State Capitol. The hearing, part of the preparation for the June 28 special session, was essentially a forum for representatives …
Dogs Going To SensThe Jackson Senators will hold "Bark at the Park" on Sunday, July 17. Fans are invited to bring their dogs to Smith-Wills Park for the Sens' game with the Shreveport Sports at 5:05 p.m. All dogs must be on a …
Free Sens TicketsSMITH-WILLS STADIUM for the JACKSON SENATORS game on Saturday June 25th.<br />Gates open at six...first pitch at 7:05. They'll have a space jump and giant<br />slide set up for the kids, tons of giveaways (TONS) and there will be a<br …
[Breaking] Killen Sentenced to 60 YearsMoments ago in Neshoba County, Judge Marcus Gordon has sentenced Edgar Ray Killen, 80, to the full 60 years possible for his guilty verdict for manslaughter in the James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner case. The judge sentenced Killen …
"Surrounded by Silence," Prefuse 73Scott Herrin, a former Atlanta native known as Prefuse 73, changed the face of underground music in 2001 by unleashing the groundbreaking glitch-hop release "Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives." Combining cut and pasted beat fragments, old school R&B samples and …