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So You’re Single on Valentine’s Day ... Try the Best
For single people, Valentine's Day may not be all it's cracked up to be. But that doesn't mean you can't celebrate the holiday anyway. If you're looking for something to do, check out some of this...
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Love after Losing
I lost my boyfriend at 30 years old. We had been looking at engagement rings the day before he died. The space the loss left in my heart was immeasurable. When he passed away, my world turned to gray....
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Creative Date Nights
Valentine's Day is coming up fast. It can be one of the most nerve-wracking days of the year, or a day you simply forget about. If it's the latter, don't tell anyone; instead surprise your Valentine...
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Love in a Clever Ruse
Tears streamed down Rachel Whaley's face when she saw Daniel Zabaldano. Clearly, an elaborate ruse had been perpetrated on her, and the reason for it was obvious to even the most casual observer. Text...
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Where to Delight Your Love on Valentine's Day
Kismet's Restaurant & Catering (315 Crossgates Boulevard, Brandon, 601-825-8380) On Saturday, Feb. 13, The Detectives Comedy Dinner Theatre will perform comedy "Couples Retreat" at Kismet's....
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War Against Potholes: The City Battles Nature, Resources
Chris Lewis checks his driver's side mirror before hopping down from his pickup truck. He grabs an orange and white folding barricade from the bed and sets it up 20 feet away and starts directing the...
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CeeLo’s Love Train in Jacktown
Pop artist CeeLo Green has been something of a media mogul for many years. The Atlanta native was a member of rap group Goodie Mob, one half of two-headed hit machine Gnarls Barkley, and a successful...
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Virginia Reeves: Of Home and History
Virginia Reeves may be from Montana, but she has long had a feel for southern stories. Growing up in her hometown of Helena, Reeves started writing stories in elementary school, and after her...
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Connecting Through Art
Eli Childers' home is filled with artwork that may shift viewers' moods from somber to hopeful with the contrast of emotions that he presents in each piece. His more melancholic paintings run right...
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All About ‘It’s About You’
For Wilma Mosley Clopton, a filmmaker and adjunct professor at Jackson State University, stories from African Americans in Mississippi are "an untapped source with much more out there to be...
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Nowhere to Go: LGBT Youth on the Move, Without a Home
"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'" - Matthew 25:40 Chelsea* was asleep on the bathroom floor. She...
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Inside 'Mason's Inn': Life, Lockup and Learning Inside the Raymond Jail
A hazy stream of daylight filters in through a skylight over Unit 1, Pod A, in the Hinds County Detention Facility in Raymond. The burst of light catches dust motes in the air before settling on a...
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Celebrating St. Paddy’s Locally
Jaco's Tacos (318 S. State St., 601-961-7001, jacostacos.net) On the day of the parade, March 19, Jaco's Tacos will host the Bluz Boys from 2 to 6 p.m., followed by a dueling piano bar in which two...
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2016 Hal’s St. Paddy’s Parade
The Mal's St. Paddy's Parade & Festival is now the Hal's St. Paddy's Parade & Festival in honor of the late Hal White. Though the parade has undergone a name change, it will be the same route...
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It's Easy Being Green
In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, here are some cocktails you and your friends can make this weekend. Green Gimlet Created by The Forest Feast and Hangar 1 2 ounces Hangar 1 Straight Vodka Juice...
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Play It Again, St. Paddy
With floats, beads and libations abounding, Jacksonians will have plenty of colorful sights and sounds to enjoy during Hal's St. Paddy's Parade, but the party won't end with the parade route. Here's a...
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Long Live Hal
More than 30 years ago, Malcolm White started a parade that, as he tells it, he conceptualized "as a weird blend of Mardi Gras and Rites of Spring, loosely based on the traditions of Saint Patrick,"...
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Transparency in the City
Several new technology additions to the City of Jackson will hopefully open up the records of a municipality that has of late been plagued by what some city leaders called "hiccups." This pattern led...
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Politicians for Sale? State’s Consumer Finance Association PAC Spends Big on...
Payday and small business lenders are not always welcome business development on the municipal level, in no small part because of the cycles of poverty easy-to-obtain, high-interest loans can feed. In...
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‘Great State’ Campaign Finance
Rep. Karl Oliver, R-Winona, made waves last week when he told a Mississippi resident that he "could care less" about her concerns about budget cuts, suggesting she leave Mississippi, in a response to...
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