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New Places to Chill
Jackson had an icy winter, but it isn't quite over yet because a new kind of ice is coming to town, and it's a good kind. Just in time for warm weather, two ice-pop vendors are making their debut in...
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On the (Food) Scene
The Jackson area's restaurant scene seems to grow every time you look, and the last few months have been no exception. Here are some of the new local food and drink offerings in the metro area. High...
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The Bible Belt by Way of Boston
Comedian Bill Burr is easy to find. From his appearances on hit television series, such as "Breaking Bad," to major motion pictures, including the Kevin Costner-led "Black or White" and "The Heat,"...
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Amazing Teens 2015
Each year, the JFP highlights some of Jackson's best and brightest teens, and each year, the list grows and grows. This year's Amazing Teens include the future leaders of our world: a teen who wants...
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Fly, Fight, Win: The JFP Interview with Dr. Valerie Short
In keeping with the spirit of the U.S. Air Force's motto "Aim High" Dr. Valerie Adream Smartt Short has set her sights on the state's highest office. In doing so, Short joined Madison-based attorney...
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Getting to Graduation: Mississippi’s Statewide Push to Keep Kids in School
Coahoma County, Miss.— A few months back, DeAngelo Bryant, a 19-year-old senior at Coahoma Agricultural High School, was in danger of not graduating. He had failed the state subject-area test in U.S....
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Five Reasons You Should Go to Fondren Public
It wasn't until recently that I first visited Best of Jackson award winner Fondren Public (2765 Old Canton Road, 769-216-2589). But when I went, I loved it. Here are five reasons why you should, too....
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What You Need to Know: High Heaven Trampoline Park
If you grew up around Jackson in the '90s, you probably remember The Park. It was fun while it was there, with go-kart tracks, lots of arcade games, and the best part—in my opinion, anyway—laser tag....
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Tunes of the Sun: Playlist Battle
Music can make everything better, even the heat of Mississippi summers. Here are some playlists from Assistant Editor Amber Helsel, Editorial Assistant Adria Walker and Music Editor Micah Smith,...
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Drop by Drop
Darron Hinton, owner of Drip Drop Coffee Shop (100 E. Capitol St., Suite B, 601-398-2318), has loved coffee all his life. He dreamed of starting a shop where he could enjoy making drinks and...
View ArticleThe Must-Sees of Summer 2015
Once May rolls around each year, tons of new activities pop up, old events spring back to life, and summer feels absolutely endless. That is, it does until it's over. Here are a few ideas to keep an...
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Tests on Trial
CARROLLTON, Miss.— In the weeks leading up to Mississippi's new third-grade literacy test this past April, Zanysha Amos, age 9, was a bundle of anxiety. She couldn't eat; she couldn't sleep....
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With smart phones now at the forefront of technology, there really is an app for almost everything you can imagine, from enacting your secret desire to be a crazy cat person (looking at you,...
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Live Healthy, Locally
Eating healthy is getting easier and easier for Jacksonians. Rainbow Co-op and High Noon Cafe give us easy ways to find good food that's good for you, and they do it with locally sourced products....
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Snakes on a Porch
While examining a patient a few weeks ago, a clearly upset nurse interrupted me, apologized and informed me that there was a huge snake outside the rear exit of our clinic. Everyone was in panic mode,...
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Local Nutritious Noms
In Mississippi, some people may consider macaroni and cheese a vegetable, so it's no wonder why people think we're the most unhealthy of all the states. Jackson-area restaurants are trying to change...
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Step Onto the Mat
Beth Thrasher, a practitioner of a martial art known as jiu-jitsu, calls over one of her students, a young man named Nelson Buckley, who is considerably taller and more heavily built than she is....
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Gunfight! The Showdown for Hinds County Sheriff
The political rivals of Sheriff Tyrone Lewis wasted no time in seizing on the findings of a U.S. Justice Department report that prisoners at two Hinds County jails are continuously subjected to...
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Guys We Love
Each Father's Day, we present the Guys We Love issue, which highlights men who are making a difference in the community. This year's batch is no exception. In this issue, we have everything from the...
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Unconventional Art: Creativity and Mississippi Comic Con
The home of Jeff and Tiny Roebuck in Brandon, Miss., displays a decade of comic-con plunder and custom artwork. Inside the unassuming house, you'll find a mural of American silent-film actress Theda...
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