Jackson Jambalaya

What’s going on in Madison County??

The crime rate in Madison County is alarming. I’m afraid even Costco won’t be able to fix this

Unfortunately for Madison County, it's adjacent to Hinds County and Jackson.

10:01 - Nothing much. Just the usual. Roaches from the kitchen (Jackson) invading the living room (Madison County). Hard to keep them little fellers contained.

In Jackson they post signs saying "No Roaches". In Madison County, we tend to stomp on 'em. Makes a delightful cracking sound.

I can assure you that those apartments on lake harbor in Ridgeland have caused this to happen. Crime increases as well as school overcrowding. Remember when primos was robbed a few times and Ridgeland PD later found the suspects living at the apartments there.

6:00 am Most of know that if you have roaches in the kitchen you have roaches all over the house. Most of us don't stomp them, we have pest control for the whole house.
The whole house is Mississippi and as long as people like you don't see yourselves as part of the problem and necessary to the solution, the house will stay infested!

lots of glass houses in madison county

Hwy 51 turns into State Street just a short distance down the road. Easy access back to west Jackson.

I'm intrigued 7:07. You say "we have pest control for the whole house." What do you mean by that exactly? And "as long as people like you don't see yourself as part of the problem?" Come again? I doubt 6:00 a.m. was one of the ones robbing the liquor store on Lake Harbour. So please tell the rest of us not as enlightened as you how to not be part of the problem (as you indicate). Make sure you copy all the legislators and elected officials across the state, as well. I'm sure they could benefit from such wisdom.

Yall sound like Trump, talking about the folks in Haiti, calling people Cock Roaches....

i thought the county line was enough to prevent crime. we're so tough on crime in madison/rankin counties that we don't have crime like hinds.

jail isn't a bad time for these people...it gives them street cred.

Madison county has gotten so dangerous! Where are we going to flee to next??

This is going to continue to happen at an increasing rate until everyone realizes crime isn't just a "Jackson" problem. Madison and Rankin county can throw stiff sentences at the criminals from Jackson who perpetrate crimes in those counties, but that will never fix the root of the problem. Things will get worse for everyone in the metro area until people are willing to work together to improve the entire metro, not just the burbs.

The difference is in Rankin and Madison counties, he won't be back on the street in a year or two to do it again. A judge won't be waiving his prison sentence if he goes to a so-called boot camp. The case won't languish on the docket for three years while he commits more crimes out on bond. There won't be a catch & release.

AND THE CRIME CANCER SPREADS...................

I TOLD YOU SO................

NORTHPARK WILL LOOK LIKE THE METRO CENTER IN 5 YEARS................

THEN ON TO THE RENAISSANCE....................

9:43
Northpark has looked like Metrocenter for quite a while.

Yall sound like Trump, talking about the folks in Haiti, calling people Cock Roaches....

Donkeycrats can't even fix Jackson and other similar Dem controlled dumps nationwide but then y'all want to import more unskilled, diseased and impoverished. Screw that!

10:16 so you agree with Trump,good for you, can't find many that will admit that they are blatant racist.

9:43 and 10:12, when was the last time either of you stepped foot in Northpark Mall?? There is nothing wrong with Northpark Mall other than people like you giving it a bad rap from behind your keyboard.

This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Ridgeland is a dump. It's just Jackson Jr.

But the Mayor of Ridgeland is a Vegan and rides his bike, so everything is wonderful.

1:18,

I did not say it did look like Metro Mall, I said it will in 5 years.

You must be a product of Jackson Public School's reading program !!!

Nothing wrong with Northpark. Go there quite a bit. No problems at all. But then, some people are scared of their own shadows.

Kingfish,

IT'S NOT YOUR SHADOW YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT !!!!!!

MY WIFE AND I DO NOT GO OUT AFTER DARK !!!!!!

does anyone know if the man shot was the owner? It is owned by the sweetest couple and the husband is always working and usually with his wife, so sad

1:18
10:12 here. I was in Nothpark last weekend (1/6/18).
How about you? Been there lately? It looks like Metrocenter, feels like Metrocenter.

2:26
Making idiot statements about someone you don't know? That takes real balls. LOL.

Wow as soon as I compared them to Trump, they stopped the cockroach references. Just goes to show you that they really identify with the President.

7:07 ,who always inserts nonsense about 'crime being everywhere', is exactly the biggest part of the problem. Head in the sand. Unaccountable. Ignorant. Pretentious. Alarmingly uninformed. In denial.

Roaches tend to congregate in what they consider their 'safe space'. And when they think it's safe to scatter around the house, and retreat, they'll do that. But, if you spray well enough in the living room, they'll avoid that area - except the dumbest of them. And if you sit in the kitchen with a fly swatter, they'll figure you out and realize you're a joke.

In this scenario, the different rooms in the house are owned by different folks and there is no 'Pest Control for the whole house'.

9:25"Things will get worse for everyone in the metro area until people are willing to work together to improve the entire metro, not just the burbs"

I keep hearing how we all should work together but have no idea what that means or how that can be done. Work together??? What can a middle aged white man do to assist young black soldiers from doing crimes which terrorize white people and black folks alike when even black responsible people try to move away and keep their kids from the wolves. Wolves are a protected species and can do no wrong or are not held responsible so they do have little incentive to do right. They are not held to the same social standards as the rest of society.

Willing to work together? Are you a citizen of Jackson? Remember the warning given to law enforcement from other areas. Remember the rocks, bottles, and bricks?
Is that the meaning of "working together" you speak about?

North park is safe. I leave Madison and go shop there. Great stores and a good police presence. Safer than the strip centers in Flowood.

To the store franchise owner... BS!!!!