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Today’s edition · Tues., Nov. 3

National Folk Festival returns to downtown Jackson Nov. 13-15

Plus, Hinds County's election-eve website trouble and a new owner for Hutto's garden center.

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The National Folk Festival returns to downtown Jackson Nov. 13-⁠15, and it's free

Festival hours and shuttle times run Friday through Sunday

DayVendors openEndsShuttle runs
Fri., Nov. 135 p.m.9:30 p.m.5:30-10 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 1411 a.m.9:30 p.m.11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 1511 a.m.6 p.m.11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Sources: SuperTalk Mississippi Media, WAPT

If you missed last year's debut, the National Folk Festival is back in downtown Jackson Fri., Nov. 13, through Sun., Nov. 15. It's the second of three planned weekends, and everything is free except food and merchandise.

Cedric Burnside & Rising Stars Fife & Drum open Friday on the Visit Mississippi Stage. Eddie Cotton Jr., the Mississippi Mass Choir and Rahzel are on the bill too, and the Big Apple Inn is among the food vendors. Organizers say the festival will include more than 300 performers.

  • buses: free Friday and Saturday
  • Road closures: organizers say details are coming soon

Driving? Free parking is at the southwest corner of the Mississippi State Fairgrounds, with a shuttle to the site. We suggest saving the festival map and leaving extra time downtown.

The festival's second Jackson weekend by the numbers

300+
performers, organizers say
23
Mississippi artists and craftspeople in the festival market
83rd
National Folk Festival, set for Nov. 13-15

Sources: SuperTalk Mississippi Media, WAPT

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Voting

If you're voting today, polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and any voter in line at 7 p.m. is legally entitled to cast a ballot, according to the Secretary of State's Office. The My Election Day portal shows a sample ballot for your address. WJTV

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today

Polling places across Mississippi on Election Day

Midnight6 a.m.Noon6 p.m.7 a.m.to 7 p.m.
  • 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.Polls are open
Date
Tuesday, Nov. 3
In line at 7
You can still vote

Source: WJTV

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Hinds County

The Hinds County circuit clerk's website has been down since at least Oct. 20, and the Election Commission phone number has been disconnected since at least Oct. 21, the Mississippi Free Press reported. A Monday text from Circuit Clerk Zack Wallace reminding voters of poll hours linked to a dead page. Mississippi Free Press

Tourism tax

Jackson voters will decide Tuesday whether to raise the city's tourism taxes on hotels, motels and restaurants to give more funding, Tippah News reported, citing the Mississippi Free Press. That report doesn't include proposed rates or ballot language. Tippah News

Hutto's

Hutto's Home and Garden Center has been acquired by Southern Garden Centers, a newly formed company, after nearly six decades of family ownership. The new owners plan to keep the Hutto's brand, staff and products like Mama Hutto's soil. The Clarion-Ledger

Rankin County

A federal award of more than $56 million, announced Friday, will support a railroad bridge over Mississippi Highway 18 in Rankin County. The bridge will remove the need for an at-grade crossing where Canadian Pacific Kansas City trains now cross the highway. Magnolia Tribune

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Natchez Trace

The National Park Service says a 24-mile section of the Natchez Trace Parkway between Highway 16 and Highway 19 reopened Oct. 30 after repairs. A new detour is planned to take effect Nov. 2 around a six-mile section in Attala County, with construction expected through March 2027. WJTV

Enrollment

says fall enrollment across its eight universities and UMMC is 81,771, compared with 81,961 last fall. WJTV

Public university enrollment held steady at 81,771 this fall

Source: WJTV

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Rural hospitals

A 2026 analysis found about 42% of Mississippi's 24 rural hospitals are vulnerable to financial risk, WAPT reported. A new five-year, $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program aims to strengthen rural healthcare nationwide. WAPT

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Daily Jacksonto me · Tues., Nov. 36:00 a.m.

National Folk Festival returns to downtown Jackson Nov. 13-15

Plus, Hinds County's election-eve website trouble and a new owner for Hutto's garden center.

The TLDR

  1. Polls are open today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  2. The Hinds County Circuit Clerk's website has been down since at least Oct. 20
  3. Jackson voters decide on a tourism tax increase today
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