On Tuesday afternoon, workers could be seen at the corner of North State Street and High Street erecting a chain-link fence around the crumbling and abandoned First Christian Church. "I remember as a ...
During the War of 1812, Jackson became a hero for helping to defeat the British Army in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. But he was also a slave owner, owning a plantation in Coahoma County along ...
Granite curbs outside Mississippi's Old Capitol building were replaced at a cost of $170,000. The granite curbs were five times more expensive than concrete. The replacement was deemed necessary due ...
THE STORM DAMAGE IN TEXAS. >> WELL, TODAY IS NATIONAL HISTORY DAY, AND THE TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS ARE CELEBRATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF FREEDOM SUMMER. >> THAT’S RIGHT. THE EXHIBIT WELCOMES ...
The New York Times named The Mayflower Cafe in Jackson one of the top 50 restaurants in the U.S. New owners Hunter Evans and Cody McCain took over the 90-year-old landmark in 2024, vowing to preserve ...
Editor's note: This is one of two stories looking back at the history of soon-to-be-demolished buildings in Downtown Jackson. The other looks at the neighboring site of the former Eudora Welty Library ...
Back in 2020, the Jackson City Council voted to remove the statue of seventh president Andrew Jackson outside of City Hall. Yet it still stands. The seventh president is a controversial figure in ...