Jackson Jambalaya

No, this is not a new Dr. Seuss story. The administration at Saint Andrew's school sent out the following email to students concerning the Yik Yak threat.  JJ has learned administrations at other local schools have taken similar actions.  Going too far or not far enough? Read for yourself and decide.

A new robocall that went out tonight in Madison County attacks supervisor Gerald Steen as standing against economic development.  It even asks if he is going to be the Kenneth Stokes of Madison County.  Listen for yourself below .

C.E. Frazier, Jr. gets four years in prison and a three-year term of probation once released.  Judge Keith Starrett will sentence Austin and Claiborne Frazier at 9:00 AM tomorrow morning. 

The New York Times published a very entertaining story on three yewts who found their way to playing basketball for Jones Junior College after growing up in Brooklyn. Going from Brooklyn to Catfish Friday's in Jones County.  Read on.

Collection of all posts on Frazier case

Sentencing is scheduled for today in U.S. District Court for Austin, Clairborne, and C.E. Frazier, Jr.  C.E., Jr. is the father of Austin and Claiborne.  Austin and C.E. pleaded guilty to one count of "conspiracy to commit  bank fraud, mail fraud and/or wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371". The crime carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, $250,000 fine, and supervised release of not more than three years. Claiborne pleaded guilty to one count of "conspiracy to commit bank, mail and/or wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349." The charge carries a maximum sentence of thirty years in prison, $250,000 fine, and supervised release for a term of five years. Earlier post with copy of indictment.   However, Claiborne filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea last week.  He is represented by Cynthia Stewart.

The Lieutenant Governor issued the following press release:

The Street Committee gave the Kingfish an update on the Mayoral race yesterday:

Check out this award for Republican congressional candidate Gene Taylor:

SB #2629 passed House Judiciary "B" Committee this morning. The bill makes it easier for law enforcement to pursue felony convictions of domestic violence. The bill allows police to charge someone with aggravated domestic violence without an affidavit from the victim. Senator Will Longwitz sponsored the bill.  JJ reported last month:

Some blasts from the past on Ukraine:

Looks like we have a food fight over in the animal rescue community.  A woman who operates the Madison Ark filed a petition for a restraining order against several individuals.  She accused them of hacking into her email, sending phony information to law enforcement to encourage prosecutions against her, and other dastardly deeds.  One defendant had none of it and filed a counterclaim against her that alleged stalking and defamation.  She also asked for a restraining order against the plaintiffs. Hmmm.... they ask for restraining orders against each other?  The claims are posted below and well, are interesting to read.

UPDATE: Special election will be held April 8. Runoff two weeks later if needed.  Qualifying deadline is March 19.   JJ can confirm Councilman Tony Yarber is looking at jumping into the race. 


Here is the law for setting a special election in Jackson:

A Pearl resident claims a McDonald's restaurant in Brandon placed a mouse in a milkshake consumed by her daughter and cousin.  24-year old Christene James told JJ her 17 year-old cousin bought a caramel frappe at McDonald's Sunday night.  She said her cousin and one year-old daughter took turns drinking the frappe.  She said they consumed two-thirds of it before discovering the mouse.   A message seeking comment was left at  the McJoy (franchise owner)  office in Ridgeland with a secretary.

Mississippi Secretary of State Jilbert Hosemann issued the following press release concerning his legislative agenda:

Leftenant Governor Tate Reeves issued the following press release:

Well, at least they did wait until the body was cold before the politiking started.  Guess we should be thankful for such good manners.  JJ received several  reports of  polls that were conducted yesterday concerning the upcoming special election.

The UAW failed to capture the workforce of a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga recently.  Hard to believe: workers were paid at the plant more than new hires under union contracts at the Big 3 so they voted against the union.  John Schnapp writes in the Wall Street Journal about Nissan's experience with unions when it opened its first American plant in Smyrna:

Everyone could use an outbreak of humor after the past week. Came across these Private Snafu videos on Youtube.  Mel Blanc, Chuck Jones, Frank Capra, and Dr. Suess created these cartoons during WWII for the military as they had to deal with a large number of troops who um, did not possess strong reading skills.  Enjoy.

Here are some more columns of the original Epicurious, Bettye Jolly.  She appeared in the Clarion-Ledger in 1983 and recently passed away.  Her pen lies idle and her typewriter is now silent but for a few moments they will return to life as you read these gems.  Enjoy.

Such is the question asked by Kenneth Stokes. This is one of the more disgusting things JJ has covered in Jackson but it deserves to be covered for obvious reasons. Watch on WAPT for yourself.

Check out this email. 

Gene Taylor and Travis Childers qualified. Time to have some fun. Gene is also a GOPer now.

Update: Ricky Cole just issued the following press release:

Irby Ford issued the following press release:

The Jackson Police Department issued the following press release:

Jackson City Councilman De'Keither Stamps wants to tell Jackson restaurants what they can serve to children.  He said at this morning's meeting of the Jackson city council that the city should require fast food restaurants to offer a "healthy" choice to kids.

The Black Caucus of the Mississippi Legislature asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to come on down to Mississippi and do something about voter ID:

We will have a special election in the next 45-60 days or so.  Who do you think should run?  Should Harvey come back to offer some stability?  Does Lee want a rematch? Is Regina the choice of the Bennie Machine or is it Junior? Is there a dark horse candidate no one has? Yarber? Stokes? Interesting issue: Does a candidate offer his own platform or pledge to continue the legacy of Mayor Lumumba? Does John Horhn have a chance?  DeKeither?   Vote in the poll.

Results are in and although JJ led the results I'm going to declare WLBT the winner. There is a built-in bias after all since this is a JJ poll.  WLBT doubled the votes of the nearest competitor, WAPT.  The Clarion-Ledger was next but what was interesting was Twitter was only 15 votes behind the newspaper.  Could media be entering a phase where readers no longer watch the news or first go to the media website but instead scan Twitter for headlines? What will that mean for news coverage in Jackson? Here are the results.