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Tweet Female Species promo photo, 1969 Vicki and Ronni Gossett are in an enviable position. A well-respected indie label recently released their debut album Tale of My Lost Love. The all-female surf band La Luz covered the title track. Another song, “Sooner or Later,” has appeared in an episode of the NBC sitcom Young Rock, with more film and TV placements in the pipeline.  “And [the label] told us themselves that this really has never happened,” Ronni tells the Scene, “that they’ve got so many [placements] without even having the album come out, be...

Diners as well as restaurant workers are very excited to see businesses reopening at full capacity in the near future.

Memorial Day is the only true American people’s holiday. Major General John A. Logan is credited with the 1868 General Order 11 establishing May 30 as the official Decoration Day at National Cemeteries, but it rested solely on citizens to keep it, and they did for a century without official decree or legislation. It spread from there to include all cemeteries across the nation and some overseas where American airmen, sailors and soldiers were laid to rest.

A Jackson neighborhood is set to see big improvements in the coming years. The MLK Corridor Improvement Authority is getting that work started with the first official meeting of its Board of Directors on Thursday, May 27 at 5:30 p.m. The virtual meeting will be held on the Zoom platform. The main goal of the improvement authority is to promote the redevelopment of the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Prospect Street commercial corridors. Boundaries of the improvement authority are S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from Downtown Jackson to the City Limits at W. South Street and Prospect Street i...

The Seniors chose former principal and current Superintendent Chris Bentzel as their commencement speaker.