Jackson Jambalaya

 The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

 Will Jackson's garbage be picked up after this weekend? Inquiring minds want to know.  WLBT reported today: 

 A consent decree will handcuff Jackson's roadblock program, better known as "Ticket, Arrest, & Tow." JPD began the program last year after the number of murders soared to record levels.  The roadblocks predictably generated no small amount of controversy.  Five Jackson residents sued the city of Jackson and JPD Chief James Davis in U.S. District Court on February 23, 2022.  The Mississippi Center for Justice represented the plaintiffs. 

 Check out the new street mural on High Street at Lamar Street.

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

Something is on the way to rescue you from the clutches of MCU....

 The Madison Police Department issued the following statement.

 Check out the latest episode of Scared Straight: Georgia Edition

A tiny infant clings to life after her mother brutally beat and bit her because she would not stop crying.   JPD arrested Danielle Richards on September 30 and charged her with felony child abuse and battery. 

Yesterday I entered my 62nd year on the planet. The thing about turning 61-years old is that I thought I would feel differently at this point in my life. I imagine— 40 years ago— when I looked at the prospect of hanging around for six decades, I probably thought I would feel like an adult by now. That's not the case. On the inside, and emotionally, I still feel like a 22-year-old. Sure, am I move just a little slower, and have slightly less energy than I did four decades ago, but to be honest with you there was a time back then when I didn't even think I would reach 30.

The NAACP filed a Title VI complaint with the EPA's  Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights against the state of Mississippi on September 27.  The complaint charges the state intentionally deprived Jackson of the money it needed to ensure its citizens had safe drinking water.

When former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour announced his 2003 campaign for that office, he did so in his Yazoo City hometown. When he formally announced his re-election bid in 2007, he did so in Gulfport on the Mississippi Gulf Coast – a region still devastated in every way by 2005’s catastrophic Hurricane Katrina.

The Jackson State University issued the following press release. 

Jackson State University music students Madison Perry, Bryan Jefferson and recent graduate Maya Davis, were selected to participate in the prestigious LA Opera’s HBCU Opera Career Comprehensive over the summer.

Watch our man Steve bring these shoes back to life.  The Allen Edmonds Maxfields should have been trashed. However, they were a gift to an attorney from his father when he started law school so he wanted to keep them for obvious reasons. He sent them to the world champ cobbler at Bedo's Leatherworks in Falls Church, Virginny for a miracle and it was a miracle he received.  Check out the work.

 Jackson Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth I. Stokes blamed the Siemens project for much of Jackson's water woes on the Mary Wieden Show Friday.   Yes, Mr. Stokes actually appeared on Supertalk FM.   Kudos to the Supertalk crew for getting him to appear on their network. Check out what he had to say.

 Corey "Cornbread" Lepard is going back to prison after graduating from the Hinds County Catch & Release program a couple of years ago.  JPD arrested Corey Lepard August 20 for allegedly stabbing a 73 year-old Herbert McCombs to death for his motorcycle on May 26.  

The Mississippi Department of Human Services issued the following statement. 

 Please help find Chopper.  He is lost in the Ridgeland area.  

The One Lake Plan is one step closer to fruition.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budgeted $221 million for the project in a budget addendum issued today.   The Corps announced: 

 Ag Commish Andy Gipson issued the following statement. 

 Did you know heaven has a miracle department? Yup.  It even has it's own phone line for SEC football teams. 

 It appears an episode of fisticuffs  between some coat and tie thugs occurred in the stands of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium during the gridiron match between Ole Miss and Kentucky Saturday.

It was a tale of two town halls as  Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes discussed a recent Capitol Police shooting at their own forums last week.  Although the subject was the same, the approach could not have been more different as one leader engaged while the other attacked.

 Coach Prime had a few things to say about NIL and none of them were good.  Check out this short clip. 

 Who would have thought the late Dr. Frank Pollard was the inspiration for A Christmas Story?  Only Dr. Pollard could work in his hunger for a Red Ryder BB gun into.a sermon on when prayers are answered but work it in he did.  Enjoy the 1994 sermon presented by one of Jackson's best-ever preachers.  

 In 2020 the State Board of Education added the ACT WorkKeys assessment to its accountability system as part of its goal to prepare students for college and careers. WorkKeys measures foundational skills needed in the workplace.

Once upon a time, Jackson had a Mayor who was rather far-sighted.  Mayor Dale Danks began the O.B. Curtis plant construction project.  However, Mayor Danks did something else that is forgotten today. 

 The Clarion-Ledger published this front page yesterday: 

Former  Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson hides the truth yet again.  The Online Journal of Rural & Urban Research published a an article by Mr. Johnson in the spring edition that focused on Jackson's 2021 water crisis, a worthy topic for an academic publication.  

The former mayor used a great deal of facts and figures as he blamed everything under the sun for the water crisis except for one little item: the Siemens project. Yup.  It's as if he never heard of the project that blew up Jackson's water/sewer billing system, starving it of tens of millions of dollars.  The abstract shows the coverup to come: 

 Governor Tate Reeves briefed the media on Jackson's water crisis on Labor Day.  Compare the Mississippi Today report to the Governor's remarks.  Notice anything? 

 This really sucks. 

 Collapsed roofing, pervasive mold, gas leaks, and just overall disgusting conditions are some of the reasons why a Jackson Municipal Court Judge shut down the Regency Hotel on Greymont Street Thursday. 

Check out the front page of today's Clarion-Ledger. 

JJ will dig into the school ratings over the next few days but here is a quick summary of how local schools did.  Canton improved to a "B"from a "D" two years ago.  The usual suspects got A's while Jackson earned a "C".

The University of Mississippi Medical Center issued the following statement. 

 The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement. 

 Never let it be said Coach Prime doesn't care about his players....

 Last week's post How Jackson's Water System Collapsed generated a great deal of traffic although it is a rather thorough article.  A few readers asked if JJ could post a "bullet points" version so they could better discuss the article with their friends.  Ask and ye shall receive.  Feel free to use them when out in the field engaging the enemy. 

 Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following press release and mug shots. 

 The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement. 

Attorney General Jim Hood's lawyers approved the $5 million TANF grant to USM for the construction of a volleyball court.  Y'all Politics brought the receipts last week: 

 The Madison Police Department issued the following statement. 

 The Lumumba administration did not pay Waggoner Engineering for the 2022 fiscal year as it managed the sewer consent decree.  

 This morning I read a Business News Daily article that listed the most stressful jobs in America. Enlisted military personnel came first, firefighter, second, and airline pilot, third. Police officer landed in fourth place. I wouldn’t argue with any of those rankings. 

 Senator Roger Wicker issued the following statement. 

It’s unlikely that Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves was either seeking or expecting any praise from the Sierra Club – a liberal environmental organization - when announcing his appointments last for the new executive director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) and the new executive director of the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff (PUS).

 Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following press release and mug shot.  The press release provides more information on how a prison ring kidnapped a Ridgeland man and robbed his parents.  The Hinds County prosecutions are pending.  Unfortunately, the woman robbed in her CCJ home passed before she could see him sentenced.  Assistant District Attorney Brad Hutto asked for 120 years for Collins. 

 Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement. 

A Ridgeland municipal court bound alleged Northpark shooter  Za'lill Patterson over to the grand jury and reduced her bond to $75,000 after she waived her preliminary hearing today.