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It's the Weekend!

Tonight, enjoy craft beer samples and music during Zoo Brew from 6-9 p.m. at the Jackson Zoo.

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Mississippi Part of Emotional News Week

Mississippians are watching closely as a roller-coaster week of tragic events continues to unfold this morning.

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Priority Woman

The need to take care of everybody else or to be perfect--or at least, to be what everyone expects you to be all the time--seems to be characteristically, though not …

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It's the Weekend!

On Sunday, Ballet Mississippi's "The Sleeping Beauty, Act III" is at 2 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall.

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Jobie L. Martin Classroom Building

A locally designed building on the campus of Hinds Community College has received a national award for excellence from the American Institute of Architecture.

State

Remains of Miss. Soldier Returning 60 Years Later

After the disappearance of Sgt. Willard Williams in Korea in 1950, his family created a comforting myth.

National

Students Re-Enact 1963 March Against Segregation

Fifty years ago, Birmingham leaders used fire hoses, police dogs and jailings to stop waves of students who marched out of a church and on to downtown streets seeking equal …

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It's the Weekend!

On Sunday, The Band Perry performs at 6:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall.

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UPDATED: Fact Checking Lee

In an email circulated Wednesday night, the Jonathan Lee campaign accused Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. of funneling big contracts for legal representation of the city to his campaign contributors.

Education

Obama Dares Graduates to Reject Cynical Voices

A year to the day after kicking off his victorious re-election campaign on this college campus, President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State University and told graduates that only through …

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Celebrating True Craft

This weekend, Jackson is getting another serving of southeastern artistry, courtesy of the second Stray at Home Festival.

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Election Day Machine Snafus

Tuesday's municipal primary elections began by dealing with the county's new voting machines.

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Manning Execution on Hold

Willie Jerome Manning came within a hair of being put to death Tuesday evening.

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A New ‘View’ for Downtown?

Developers of a proposed development and a local church are working on a deal that could bring a new development to downtown.

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Let the Sunshine In

Campaign finance reports and their filing schedules have been an indisputable part of Jackson's 2013 municipal election process.

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Was Jonathan Lee's MPI Collateral Damage in UMMC Deal?

In the case of the legal problems plaguing the family business of Jackson Democratic mayoral candidate Jonathan Lee, Mississippi Products has found itself in legal purgatory between MPI's customers: the …

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Flower Power

Learning the art of flower arranging can bring a pop of color and life into your life.

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Dialogue through Art

This spring, the Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art is once again home to a participatory art project.

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Dragging Through the Swamp

The Weeks have returned to Mississippi to play a series of seven shows, coinciding with the upcoming release of its first full-length album since signing to the label Serpents and …

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Writer's Remorse

Music and I have an understanding: I make it, and it makes me happy. That's a simple enough idea, I think.