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Interrupting the Poverty Cycle: Looking Back to Move Forward in Mississippi
Otibehia Allen's days in the Mississippi Delta start and end with her five children—three boys and two girls. She feeds them. Clothes them. Their well-being rests on her shoulders. She does it all on...
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Tackling Poverty this Holiday Season
For families and individuals who are struggling, especially financially, the holidays can be a tough time. That's where nonprofits come in, for both immediate and systemic help. You can donate to...
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College Basketball Preview 2017: The Bigs
Now that the 2017-2018 college-basketball season is well underway, it is understandable if you are one of the many Mississippi sports fans who has already forgotten about last season. By the end of...
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College Basketball Preview 2017: The Smalls
Alcorn State Braves Last season, Alcorn State challenged Texas Southern University for the top spot in the SWAC. The Braves battled TSU close but could not figure out a way to beat a team that has...
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Women's Basketball Preview 2017
Most of the talk in Mississippi about women's college basketball for the 2017-2018 season will focus on Mississippi State University after the Bulldogs broke the University of Connecticut's 111-game...
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Honey, We Shrunk the General Fund: Medicaid, Education, Gang Debates Loom in...
In sunny September, leaders of Mississippi agencies went before lawmakers to make their annual requests for funding. Inside the crowded room on the first floor of the Woolfolk Building, the mood was...
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The Most Intriguing of 2017
The last year was a crazy one, to say the least, but crazy often means that intriguing people came out of the woodwork. Here are some of the local people who we found the most interesting over the...
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The Push to Expand Vouchers in 2018
Leah Ferretti found out her son had dyslexia once a doctor diagnosed him with the condition. He had already been retained in kindergarten for a year at that point, and Ferretti asked the school...
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Best of Jackson 2018: Community and Culture
Best Radio Station; Best Radio Personality or Team: WYOY, Nate & Bender (Y101, 101.7, y101.com) Nate West and Chris Bender of Y101 won Best Radio Personality or Team and Best Radio Station,...
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Best of Jackson 2018: People
Sexiest Male Bartender; Best Server/Waitperson: Jamie Moss (Fenian's Pub, 901 E. Fortification St., 601-948-0055, fenianspub.com) If you walk into Fenian's Pub on a crowded night, you might see a blur...
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Best of Jackson 2018: Food and Drink
Best Happy Hour; Best Place for Cocktails; Best Margarita; Best Mexican/Latin; Best Restaurant; Best Veggie Burger; Best Place for a First Date: Babalu Tapas & Tacos (622 Duling Ave., Suite 106,...
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Best of Jackson 2018: Music and Nightlife
Best Place to Drink Cheap; Best Open-Mic Night; Best Service-Industry Hangout: Fenian's Pub (901 E. Fortification St., 601-948-0055, fenianspub.com) Fenian's Pub is always a crowd favorite in many...
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Best of Jackson 2018: Urban Living
Best Museum; Best Kid's Hangout; Best Tourist Attraction: Mississippi Children's Museum (2145 Museum Blvd., 601-981-5469, mschildrensmuseum.org) The human brain never stops learning, and for children,...
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Good Faith, Bad Faith: City Contract Controversies Explode ... Again
*Note: The Jackson Free Press received some contracts for this story this morning. This article will be updated once we review the documents. Arneedra Smith-Gaddis seemed nervous when she stepped to...
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Sweetheart Specials
BRAVO! Italian Restaurant & Bar (4500 Interstate 55 N., Suite 244, 601-982-8111, bravobuzz.com) BRAVO! will offer a special three-course dinner menu with two entrees to choose from the weekend...
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Jackson’s First Couple: How the Lumumbas Met and Why They Love Jackson
Jackson's first couple's story begins in a kindergarten classroom at North Jackson Elementary School. They both remember walking to school together with other kids in the neighborhood and playing...
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Never Back Down: Mississippi Escalates War on Gangs
Four 16-year-olds are standing on a street corner in Richland, Miss., all wearing identical hoodies. One of them has a little more than 30 grams of marijuana on him. A police officer stops the young...
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Taking Business to the Next Level
During Startup Weekend Mississippi, local organization Innovate Mississippi aims to equip entrepreneurs with the tools to make their business ideas a reality. The event, which began in Seattle in...
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Food Trucks, BBQ & Tequila Barrels
Patron Barrel Release Party Sombra Mexican Kitchen (140 Township Ave., Suite 100, Ridgeland, 601-707-7950; 111 Market St., Flowood, 601-215-5445, sombramexicankitchen.com) will celebrate the release...
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Support the Black Dollar
Jackson Black Pages hosts its fourth-annual Jackson Black Business Expo on Saturday, March 24, at Tougaloo College. Jackson Black Pages is an online and print directory of more than 500 black-owned...
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