Greater Belhaven Foundation’s Executive Director Casey Creasey says Bright Lights Belhaven Nights just isn’t possible this year, not in a big “spread out, street festival” kind of way at least. Instead, the organization has plans to keep the event with a more “organic” feel.

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba issued an executive order Tuesday, closing bars to indoor guests and extending safeguards limiting social gatherings in the City of Jackson.

JXN’s Fondren neighborhood welcomes its first hotel, Homewood Suites by Hilton, a 125 room all-suite hotel opening August 3.

As a teen, Jeff Good moved to Jackson from Salt Lake City and went on to attend Millsaps College and stayed put, planting deep roots in the city.

Saturday’s “Pop-Up Restaurant Dinner Party Distant Summer” will be held at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum (1150 Lakeland Drive) from 6-9 p.m with limited seating and takeout options.

Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson announced the completion of the multi-million dollar renovation project to the Mississippi Coliseum -five months ahead of schedule.