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Governor Phil Bryant issued the following statement.

Before the Mississippi Hustle, there was the Mississippi Bubble.....

The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued the following statement.

Attorney Barry Gilmer was convicted of disturbing the peace and discharging a firearm towards a dwelling in Madison County Justice Court this morning.  Deputies arrested Gilmer on April 16 after he fired a rifle in the direction of his neighbor's house.   Justice Court Judge Lloyd Spivey, Jr., sentenced him to serve twelve days in jail for discharging the firearm.

Please don't laugh.  A Northeast Jackson woman actually went to the City Council to complain about blighted properties on her street.

Peter Jackson's effort to bring the memories of World War 1 back to life hits the big screen tomorrow.

The Madison Police Department issued the following statement.

JPD issued the following statements.

Growing economic trends bode ill for rural America.

"We are witnessing a growing economic and political divide between urban and rural America," wrote Axios last week, pointing to some significant data. "Roughly half of all U.S. zip codes still have lower total employment than they did in 2007….Rural Americans have far fewer hospitals, workout facilities, and health specialists….Big employers and better technology makes cities magnets for better teachers, schools, and specialized training…. Democrats own the fast-growing cities and Republicans rule rural."

The late Dr. Frank Pollard continued his preaching on The Sermon on the Mount in this 1990 sermon. 

Former Downtown Jackson Partners President Ben Allen got his day in court as he fights to overturn his 2017 conviction for embezzlement.   A jury convicted Mr. Allen of one count of embezzling from his employer, Downtown Jackson Partners. Judge Kidd sentenced him to serve five years in prison but suspended the entire sentence while placing him on probation for two years.   The Mississippi Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on his appeal on December 6.  The video is posted below. 

Check out this deal at Palmetto State Armory. 

Today's edition of Flashback Friday will continue the look at Mississippi lynchings that began a week ago.  The Flashback Friday posts usually show stories, ads, and videos, and other items of nostalgia from Jackson's past.  However, Flashback Friday is delving into the darker side of Mississippi's past. JJ posted all of the articles reporting lynchings from the 1890's archives of the Clarion Ledger.  Posted below are the articles from 1900-1909. 

Marshall Ramsey is leaving the Clarion-Ledger.  He posted this message on Facebook:

A Hinds County jury convicted Andre Kennedy of attempted kidnapping, armed robbery, and house burglary yesterday.  Kennedy and the late Edwin "Guttalife Dee" Robinson kidnapped a Northeast Jackson doctor at his home on May 15, 2015.  They robbed him and threatened to harm his wife.   The doctor managed to pull out a pistol from behind the seat of his vehicle and administer a lethal prescription of lead that sent Guttalife to the gutter while Kennedy fled so he wouldn't be dead. Kennedy will be sentenced on December 17.

Eastover Drive and Pinebrook

Farewell to Bill Pierce.  He was just a regular guy - and one of the nicest and smartest people I ever met.  He worked for years at the Courthouse Racquet Club until moving onto bigger and better things.  He was a regular volunteer for the Mississippi Symphony as well.  He always had a kind word to say and never said a mean thing about anyone.  He was a man who literally lived for his family.  He died of a massive heart attack a few days ago.  He touched more than a few lives and will be missed by more than a few.

The Raymond Police Department posted the following statements on Facebook earlier this week. 

The Justice Department issued the following statement.

What's in a name? Slapping a high price on something and giving it a fancy name is as American as apple pie.  You guys like to read the shoe posts so here is another one for ya to enjoy.  Just watch the first two to three minutes of this video.  You'll get to see the crap craftsmanship that makes up a Cole-Haan shoe.

JPS sold $65 million bonds at a premium of $71 million at the end of November.  The professional service fees, excluding underwriting, was $346,250.  They were half of what they were estimated to be earlier this year but more than what the Rankin County School District paid last year for a $100 million bond issue.  The fees are posted below.

The Mississippi State Department of Health issued the following press release.

Ringo is rocking along at his new home.  JJ reported Tuesday that a retired JPD K-9 officer wound up at a shelter when he was supposed to living with his handler.   WAPT reported on the fiasco last night:

One of the suspects in the Fortification Street murder case is not back in prison even though he was on probation for a carjacking conviction when the murder took place.  The District Attorney and MDOC filed a petition to revoke Jushun Paige's probation over nine months ago and send him back to prison.  However, Circuit Judge Tomie Green has taken no action.

My friend Lisa Denley McNeece would have made light of the cruel absurdity of her death on Sunday at her home in Bruce. Under singularly unexpected circumstances, she just died. She was a vibrant 56 years old.

JPD issued the following statement.

or, The Ballad of Ringo.

A JPD officer's K-9 partner wound up at an animal shelter instead of going home with his handler as told to the media.   JPD held a retirement ceremony for two K-9 officers, Ringo and Alpha on October 23 in front of all of the tv cameras.  JPD made a big show about how these four-legged officers were going home to live out their golden years with their handlers.  Unfortunately, that is not what happened for Ringo his handler dumped him at the vet.

What happened to Ringo? Credit: Clarion-Ledger

Madison County deputies captured Todd Moudy off of Ramage Road and Highway 43.  He was in an abandoned house next to his girlfriend's house.  Deputies arrested Taylor Furrh (girlfriend) and Rebecca Furrh (mother).  The Madison Police Department dive team are recovering a gun out of a nearby pond.  Apparently Ms. Furrh does not like the poh-lice.

Yet another Mississippi business is taken over by a foreign company.  PR Newswire reported:

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.

JPD issued the following statement. 

Madison Deputies found the van Todd Moudy used to escape from custody last week.  The van was found in some woods near Highway 43 in the Canton area. Moudy stole the Madison County Sheriff's Office van while he was transported from the courthouse to the jailhouse Friday.   He is considered to be armed and dangerous. 

Today's edition of Matchbook Monday goes back to downtown Jackson.  Feel free to add your stories or any information about them in the comments section as you enjoy these blasts from the past. Readers can email copies of any old matchbooks to kingfish1935@gmail.com.

The trial for Sheldon Alston, Jr. is scheduled to take place during the January term of the Lafayette County Circuit Court.  A grand jury indicted Sheldon Alston, Jr., for aggravated domestic violence and kidnapping in June, 2017.  The indictment accuses Alston of strangling and kidnapping his girlfriend on September 7-8, 2016 while he was a student at Ole Miss.  Alston faces prison sentences of 1 yr-to-life or 30 years for kidnapping, and from 2-to-20 years for aggravated domestic violence if convicted. Alston is 22 years old.

It appears a case of jailhouse justice took place in Raymond last week.  WLBT reported last week:

A Grinch showed up on Old Canton Road in Fondren.   A homeowner posted this message and picture on Facebook:

The late Dr. Frank Pollard asks "What do you do when things go wrong, who do you blame?" in this 1990 sermon.  Enjoy today's edition of Sunday Morning Sermon.

"Civility, service, family," award-winning cartoonist Marshall Ramsey wrote in the starry sky of his pictorial tribute to the late President George H. W. Bush.

Schindler's List will appear tomorrow at Malco Theatre:

Nicholas Coats will spend the next 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of Chelsie Kirschten.  The 24 year-old woman was shot to death on Fortification Street on August 17, 2017.  Hinds County Circuit Judge Jeff Weill sentenced Coats to serve forty years in prison but suspended ten years of the sentence.

An escaped prisoner is still on the loose in Madison County.  Todd Moudy stole a Madison County Sheriff's Office van while he was transported from courthouse to the jailhouse yesterday.  Moudy was wearing shackles upon his escape. 

This kid's life is going to be forever downhill after this took place in October.

This week's edition of Flashback Friday will take a different approach from the usual glimpses into past.  The Flashback Friday posts usually show stories, ads, and videos, and other items of nostalgia from Jackson's past.  The Senate race took a rather nasty turn down memory lane due to the "public hanging" controversy.  JJ dug into the Clarion-Ledger archives and posted below all of the articles about lynchings in Mississippi from the 1890's.

Jackson broker Frank Zito surrendered commissions of $200,000 to Receiver Allison Mills in the Lamar Adams case.  Zito received the commissions after he sold shares in a Ponzi scheme based on phony timber investments. 

JPD posted the following statement and video on Twitter.

Break out some tissues.  All this kid with terminal brain cancer wants is some Christmas cards.  WAFB reported:

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.

Lord Protector James Tiberius Hood issued the following statement.

Update: Attorney Ed Blackmon is representing McNeil.

It's going down in Canton this morning.  Several Canton officials have been indicted and arrested for voter fraud.   Madison County deputies served indictments and arrested the following individuals: