Our huge visitors are wrapping up their visit next week - it was extended to July 4th! If you have not come by to be growled at by the T-Rex and baby, chirped at by the Coelophyses, or spit on by the Suchomimus, you are missing out! These nearly full-sized animatronic creatures from the Dinosaur Company are simply the coolest thing, and really help highlight what "extinction" really means.
Former Innovate Mississippi Chief Financial Officer Tonya Klauser pleaded guilty on June 12 to two counts of false pretenses. The indictment accused her of filing false expense reports and embezzling from her employer from 2010 to 2013. Innovate Mississippi is the former Mississippi Technology Alliance. The second count provides the gist of the case:
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is terminating a management contract with Power Wellness. UMMC hired the Chicago company to operate the former Courthouse Racquet Clubs when it purchased them from John Black in 2014. UMMC sent this email to Wellness Center employees:
The University of Mississippi Medical Center issued the following press release.
Madison County Justice Court Judge Bruce McKinley ordered three men accused of killing six-year old Kingston Frazier bound over without bond until the grand jury meets. Dwan Wakefield, Jr., DeAllen Washington, and Byron McBride, Jr. appeared in court today for their preliminary hearings. They are all charged with capital murder after little Kingston was kidnapped at the I-55N Kroger in Jackson and shot to death in Madison County.
State Auditor Stacey Pickering issued the following statement.
Posted below are the public records requests submitted to Jackson since January 1, 2017.
U2 will appear at the Superdome on September 14. Tickets are still available but if you can't wait for the show, here is a bootleg recording from the War tour in 1983. The sound quality is surprisingly good. Enjoy.
Madison County resident Heath Hall will be become the Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration. Mr. Hall posted this message on Facebook:
Notorious Jackson hoodlum Vidal Sullivan still sits in the Hinds County jail awaiting trial. However, the District Attorney could send him back to the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for violating his probation but has yet to do so. JJ reported on March 29:
If you can't make it to church this morning, enjoy this 1988 sermon from the late Dr. Frank Pollard of First Baptist Church (Jackson).
Former Ole Miss Assistant Athletic Director Barney Farrar vigorously defended himself against allegations that he was the mastermind responsible for recruiting violations in the football program. JJ obtained a copy of his response through a public records request and posted it below.
This pretty cool Youtube video shows the Beatles as they age through the years.
"It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time," wrote Isaac Asimov. "People say 'It's as plain as the nose on your face.' But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?"
JJ obtained an audio recording of the initial appearance of Joshua Garcia earlier this week in U.S. District Court. It is posted below and a little over eight minutes long.
JPD posted the latest crime stats on Twitter yesterday:
or Like a Good Neighbor, Ruger is there. A thief took a left turn in Albuquerque and wound up being taped up on tape when he tried to rob a home while the homeowner was away. However, he didn't reckon on the wonders of modern technology:
A Mississippi Supreme Court Complaint Tribunal disbarred Vicksburg Attorney Michael Winfield from the practice of law on June 6. Mr. Winfield conspired with a client to defraud an estate and a Chancellor so they could split $50,000 in 2013. Mr. Winfield is the brother for former Vicksburg Mayor Paul Winfield. Paul Winfield was convicted of bribery while Mayor. JJ first reported on Michael Winfield's inability to properly practice law in a 2014 post, A Lesson in How not to Practice Law, that covered a different case.
A restaurant frequented by one-percenters was forced to shut down today due to a break in a water main at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Manship:
The little 8 year-old who was shot in the head last weekend will make a full recovery. JPD posted this picture of the little tyke on Twitter:
A preliminary hearing will be held in Madison County Justice Court Monday at 9:00 AM for Dwan Wakefield, Jr., Byron McBride, Jr., and DeAllen Washington. They are charged with capital murder in the death of six year-old Kingston Frazier. Judge Bruce McKinley will preside over the hearing.
Click Here to Read More..The Public Service Commission issued the following statement yesterday.
Moody's downgraded the rating of Hinds County's general obligation bonds from Aa2 to Aa3 in a bulletin issued yesterday:
The Kingfish filed a public records complaint against Ole Miss two weeks ago with the Mississippi Ethics Commission. The university refused to provide a copy of the NCAA complaint against the football program and the school's response that contained the unredacted names of boosters cites in the documents. Ole Miss said it would really really like to provide the records with those unredacted names but it awaits guidance from the Commission.
Attorney General Jim Hood issued the following press release.
Note: Audio of hearing posted below.
The wheels of justice continued to grind up the fates of Jamison Townsend and Joshua Garcia. A federal grand jury indicted them on June 6 for using a firearm to rob Bill's Coin & Jewelry Exchange and kill three men in December. The two accused killers made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court yesterday. The couple fled Mississippi after the murders and were caught in Junction, Kansas several days later. They are currently being held without bond.
Do you remember when a 7,000-yard golf course was considered a ridiculously long monstrosity? Do you remember when a 300-yard drive was considered prodigious? Do you remember when golf pros hit 7-irons 150-yards and wedges about 100?
It's been thirty years since greatness hit the movie screens:
Madison-Rankin District Attorney Michael Guest issued the following press release:
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It's time for the annual fund-raising drive for Jackson Jambalaya.
Thank you very much for your support of Jackson Jambalaya and
reading the blog over the years. We've come a long way since we started
up in 2007. This blog couldn't have gotten as far as it has without
support from the readers. You've donated money, provided tips, and
helped provide information when it was needed. JJ is asking for your
help again this year.
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health tried to bury a report that blasted its shortcomings from the public. However, the good guys won a round last week as the Clarion-Ledger's won it's fight to obtain a copy of the report. The report said Mississippi spent much less per child on mental health services than the national average while it spent more of its budget on expensive institutionalized care than did other states. The Justice Department weighed Mississippi's delivery of mental health services to it's children and found it to be very wanting. The state naturally followed it's natural inclination to keep it all a secret and fought the newspaper in court over releasing a report ordered by the state. Some highlights of the report are:
Someone put together over thirty years of WLBT ID clips on Youtube. You will probably recognize one voice at 2:55. Enjoy.
You may have heard Mississippi Power Company asked for another rate increase for its Kemper County Lignite Plant. The request was in a June 5 filing in response to an order by the Mississippi Public Service Commission to review an earlier temporary rate increase. That earlier 15% increase was for the cost of Kemper’s turbines generating electricity from natural gas plus some incidental costs related to Kemper’s inoperable gasifier. It was scheduled to decrease as some of the costs it covered were amortized.
Jackson Mayor-Elect Chokwe Lumumba, Jr. issued the following statement.
Shooting victim Jason Brent continues to recover at UMMC although the road is long, painful, and tough. He was shot during a robbery at Battery Sales & Service on West Fortification Street. His family posted these updates on their public Facebook pages:
It looks like the Madison County Board of Supervisors might issue bonds for $8 million. The resolution is on the agenda for tomorrow's regular board meeting. The resolution states:
The media is agog over anything mentioning Trump, Russia, or FBI. Camille Paglia slammed the media last week for making a fool out of itself while Trump goes on about his business in a Weekly Standard interview. She said
Last week, that conceptual gap was on prominent display, as the media, consumed with their preposterous Russian fantasies, were fixated on former FBI director James Comey's maudlin testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (Comey is an effete charlatan who should have been fired within 48 hours of either Hillary or Trump taking office.) Meanwhile, Trump was going about his business. The following morning, he made remarks at the Department of Transportation about "regulatory relief," excerpts of which I happened to hear on my car radio that afternoon. His words about iron, aluminum, and steel seemed to cut like a knife through the airwaves. I later found the entire text on the White House website. Rest of interview.Click Here to Read More..
If you can't make it to church this morning, enjoy this sermon from the late Dr. Frank Pollard. One of the best preachers to ever grace Mississippi.
Ole Miss Head Football Coach Hugh Freeze defended himself against the NCAA's charge that he lost control of his program. The response was obtained through a public records request. It appears Ole Miss and Coach Freeze have gone "all in" together on their response to the NCAA. Coach Freeze argues that he created a culture of compliance at Ole Miss and blames the violations on individuals who lied to him as they evaded NCAA rules.
The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement.
A Jackson waitress nailed her boss in the face with a chocolate cream pie after he mistreated her at a local restaurant. Chris Costas reported the culinary crime to the police and had her arrested for assault.
A local ad agency is fighting a battle with the Mississippi Department of Public Safety over the payment of advertising invoices. Media outlets in Mississippi are owed nearly $700,000 for DPS's advertising campaigns. DPS says the agency must pay the bills first and then get reimbursed. The ad agency claims the state is supposed to pay the invoices when presented instead of proof of payment by the agency. The Clarion-Ledger reported yesterday:
A video of a JPD officer coming out on the short end of a short scuffle is making the rounds on Facebook:
"we have now what we have always needed, real partnership with the government"
The Mississippi State Medical Association represented the Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure for two years as a lobbyist. The Board paid MSMA $30,000 in fees for its services. The Board is the regulatory agency for physicians in Mississippi. MSMA calls itself "the largest physician advocacy organization in Mississippi, representing nearly 5,000 physicians and medical students."
John Branch North America Syndicate Jun 24, 2017 |
Joe Heller Green Bay Press-Gazette Jun 24, 2017 |
A.F.Branco Freelance/Self-syndicated Jun 22, 2017 |
Bruce Plante Tulsa World Jun 22, 2017 |
