Dr. S is weary of hearing sports fans say “Jackson never gets any big-college events.” Not true, and tonight’s Adjutant General’s Cup is another example. Southern Miss, which is ranked No. 24 in the nation will play Mississippi Valley State, a baseball program on the rise, at Smith-Wills Stadium at 6:30 p.m. Call 362-2294 for tickets. This is the kind of game this city has been asking for, so how about putting your money where your mouth is?
Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.
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