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by JFP Staff  Photo courtesy Richard Schwartz & Associates During times as tough as these, no one needs the hassle that can come with searching for an appropriate legal counsel for whatever needs we may have. Fortunately, the Best of Jackson Legal pop-up ballot simplifies the hunt by providing a list of some of the best attorneys and law firms the Jackson metro has to offer. Check out this year's winners and finalists below.
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by Tunga Otis  Co-owner Jeremy Harper’s children enjoy shaved ice prepared by CrunchTime Concessions. Photo courtesy CrunchTime Concessions Jeremy Harper and Sedrick Johnson have been working together since their days as teammates on the football field for Provine High School. In 2015, the two Jackson State University graduates took their cooperative skills to a new level by founding a business together, Crunchtime Concessions.
by Richard Coupe  Shower Power founder Teresa Renkenberger (left) and board member Mary Ann Kirby (right)pose with Shower Power Friends, Regana and Jack (center) at the nonprofit’s location in downtown Jackson (836 S. Commerce St.), where homeless citizens may shower on Fridays. Photo courtesy Teresa Renkenberger On Fridays, the festivities begin at 7 a.m. at 836 S. Commerce St. in downtown Jackson. Around 60 people gather, Flowood resident Teresa Renkenberger says, to sing, dance, have lunch, get some new clothes and most of all, to take showers—as organized through Shower Power, a nonprofit that Renkenberger founded and debuted in November 2019.
by Dustin Cardon  Starting in July, all libraries within the Jackson Hinds Library System have transitioned into exclusively providing curbside services due to COVID-19. File Photo by Trip Burns As the COVID-19 pandemic continues on, so does Mississippi. Businesses across the capital city and beyond are adapting, reopening or doing whatever they can to help or become better connected with their communities. Plus, services are cropping up to help.
by Torsheta Jackson  Local artist Eli Childers organized the “Constant” exhibit, a collection of 18 life-sized, wooden “protestors” created in collaboration with other creatives in the area to serve as a protest against racial injustice across the nation. Photo courtesy Blake Wing Soon after the death of George Floyd, Eli Childers felt moved to make a statement. Viewing the incident on national television and watching the country's divided reaction to it both awed and disturbed him. He felt a burning need to creatively display his feelings about the grief and emotions that people were experiencing since Floyd was killed.
by Torsheta Jackson  Brad and Funmi Franklin, owners of The Kundi Collective, recently started a line of T-shirts with slogans inspired by hip-hop, pop culture and Black pride. Photo courtesy The Kundi Collective Have you ever made a great comment and thought, "I should put that on a T-shirt"? Brad and Funmi Franklin have had those moments many a time and have since decided to do just that through their Jackson business, The Kundi Collective.
by Dustin Cardon  Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced renovations to the Russell C. Planetarium in July. The planetarium is presently set to reopen by April 2022. Photo courtesy CDFL Architects Even though the pandemic has slowed many things down or brought them to a halt, Jackson continues to work toward growth and change with both new construction and renovation.
by Jenna Gibson  Jackson resident D’Artagnan Winford is a fine-art portrait photographer. Photo courtesy D’Artagnan Winford D'Artagnan Winford has been an artist since he was a kid, growing up taking art classes in school and being admitted in a gifted arts program throughout middle and high school. While he now runs his own portrait photography business on top of serving as the senior art director at the Ramey Agency in Fondren, Winford says that he never saw himself as a photographer until he started working at Mississippi Valley State University, from which he earned his bachelor's degree in fine arts in 2002.
by Michele Baker  Doris Berry’s son John and his wife Brenda rest in rocking chairs at the family-owned farmers market. Photo by Michele D. Baker At least two dozen people are shopping for fresh vegetables on a beautiful sunny Saturday, May 2, as I walk about. The small parking lot is packed with cars, and more are lined up on Highway 80 waiting to pull in. Most shoppers are wearing protective COVID-19 masks and carefully selecting from generous mountains of fresh produce on freestanding displays.
by JFP Staff  Photo courtesy LaMonica Davis Taylor As we as Jacksonians endure this pandemic the best we can, wellness and health care is at the forefront of many of our minds. Here at the Jackson Free Press, we want to ease the process of finding medical professionals who can take care of your needs, however broad or specific. You voted foryour favorites in our Best of Jackson Medical ballot. Here are this year's results.
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