Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Top Posts of 2019

What did you like on JJ in 2019? Posted below are the top ten posts by traffic last year as well as a few honorable mentions.  Traffic for the website continues to climb.  Thank you very much for reading JJ and making it the top blog in Mississippi.


1. PEAQ Coach suspended. This was the first post about a local swim coach accused of engaging in sex with an underage swimmer.  JJ knew about the investigations when publishing this post but did not want to compromise them as well as the victim.  This was the top post of 2019.

2.  Bridgewater accuses HOA operater of embezzlement.  JJ broke the first story about the (alleged) embezzlement of HOA funds by Ridgway Lane.  What began as a simple story about a lawsuit mushroomed into the alleged theft of funds from 11 HOA's.  Over $2 million has been reported missing.

3. Tim-berrr! Receiver sues Bankplus, Stewart Patridge, and Mom in Timber Fraud Case.  The Lamar Adams case continued to dominate headlines in 2019.  The Receiver sued everyone she thinks might have made a dime off of the fraud in an effort to claw back illegal profits for the victims.  The defendants filed responses back in July but no action has taken place on the case.

4.  The REST of the Story (Annandale Edition)  This was the first post about the fight between an Annandale family living in an RV v. the HOA.  

5. Grenada Gunfight.  A hot-shot, newly-elected County Prosecuting Attorney shot off her mouth and declared war on the Sheriff.  Such posts are usually fun to write and this one was no exception.  Judging by the comments, you guys enjoyed reading it.

6.  Commissioner's Father killed. The father of the Commissioner of Agriculture engaged Simpson County deputies in a gunfight and paid the ultimate price.  He suffered from the ill effects of a brain injury that affected his behavior. Needless to say, these are some of the worst posts to write.

7.  Swim Coach Indicted for 2 counts of Sexual Battery .  A Rankin County grand jury indicted a swim coach for engaging in sex with an underage swimmer.  This post had more information than a similar post from a few days earlier as news broke of the indictment on late Friday afternoon.  A copy of the indictment could not be obtained until Monday and was included in this post.

8.  Swim Coach Indicted.  More of the same from #6.

9. Palisades Plundered. JJ broke the news that Ridgway Lane allegedly embezzled from the Palisades HOA.

10. Trustmark goes TIM-BERRR!!!  Receiver sued Trustmark and several banks in the Lamar Adams case.

Honorable Mentions

11.  Teacher? What Teacher? JJ reported the swim coach no longer appeared on the Madison Station website where she was employed.

12.  Sheldon Alston, Jr. pleads guilty to aggravated domestic violence, goes home.  A Belhaven punk beat his girlfriend to a pulp and kidnapped her up at Ole Miss.  The Lafayette County D.A. plea bargained the case away, holding a sudden change of plea hearing in Union County and objecting to cameras in the courtroom.  The thug is the grandson of the late Alex Alston and Flip Phillips, two superlawyers in North Mississippi.  The media ignored the story but yours truly went to the hearing in Union County.  Some of the best work JJ ever did. 

13. Madison Sheriff searching for Domino's employee.

14. Former Broadmoor Baptist Pastor Indicted.

15. Ridgeland is LOST!

16.  Food Fight!!! (Literally)

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

I recognize that I give you too much hell, on occasion, much of it probably not deserved, but I can't help myself. All said, I thoroughly enjoy the blog and salute your unequaled ability to run it day in and day out, even though you let too many yanks and other liberals on the train.

Just, please, don't show me a photo of a UPS truck and ask me to click on a bus. It ain't no bus!

Anonymous said...

@8:17
This is off topic but Alphabet (owner of Blogger and Google) uses ReCaptcha to assist on training their self driving Artificial Intelligence. That is why you are asked to identify crosswalks, traffic lights, fire hydrants, and such.

When you are presented with an image that is obviously not a bus and asked to identify it, that is because the AI is being tricked by smart people trying to stop AI from taking over.

Anonymous said...

Cheers!!!!

Anonymous said...

I have a hard time believing the swim coach post was the top post of 2019 over all we had posted. Do I believe(or know) you know "the victim" and his parents and they are wanting you to expose it, yes. Do I believe it is the most traffic generated post of 2019, no.

Anonymous said...

A guy told me this weekend, "I read stuff on JJ and then a week later I read the same info as breaking news in the Clarion-Ledger."

Good job Kingfish.

Also, thanks for adjusting the reCapture settings. I usually get through on the first or second try now. Earlier this year I set ten tries as my maximum and then I aborted the post, and I aborted several posts.

Anonymous said...

surprised a zoo posting wasn’t top 10.

btw-whats going on there?

Anonymous said...

Do I believe it is the most traffic generated post of 2019, no.

That's okay 9:12 AM. None of us believe you know jack squat anyways.

Anonymous said...

My vote is for #5 as someone got butthurt I wanted more information before jumping to conclusions. I responded in kind.

Anonymous said...

Too many to choose from. Thanks for doing what the other “news” services don’t or won’t publish.

Anonymous said...

I cannot believe that one of Sid Salter's amazingly engaging articles did not make the top ten. Go figure.

Anonymous said...

What? No Natchez Trace Village HOA cluster? No Pelahatchie Mayor scandal? There's just too much going on to limit to 15.

Anonymous said...

I’m surprised the Alston story wasn’t higher up the list. BTW, according to the MDOC website, he’s in East Mississippi Correctional Facility. That’s quite a hellhole, even by MDOC standards.

Anonymous said...

January 7, 2020 at 8:17 AM "...yanks and other liberals on the train."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? You want us fair and balanced people to be quiet and let you handful of hateful fools make the KF think he's getting mainstream o-pinions?

Anonymous said...

Nothing about Pelahatchie Mayor or Jackson Zoo?

What's the latest with these stories?

Anonymous said...

Your the best kingfish

Anonymous said...

8:53 - I understand that; however, when I click on the choice to indicate there ain't no bus, I get a message that says, 'sorry try again', like I don't know a damned bus from a step van. Get outa here!

Anonymous said...

Yikes! 12:30 is right - young Sheldon is in a very bad place.

Anonymous said...

@4:55
You clearly dont get it. You need to lie to the AI. Do you really want to help Alphabet replace professional drivers?

Anonymous said...

I think that the story on the raw sewage “fountain” flowing at Monroe and Carlisle belongs at the top of the list. It heartbreakingly symbolizes what a once great city has become by the end of 2019.

Anonymous said...

KF is the only reporter in the history of Mississippi journalism who is not scared shitless of the plantation aristocracy and the goofball government officials who run this 3nd world soybean republic

Anonymous said...

2:20- “Or Bill Crawford”. Where does this guy come from. Geez

Anonymous said...

I think Kingfish and I use the same body guards.

Kingfish said...

SOrry, don't know the victim or the family. Haven't spoken to any friends of friends either. You don't believe it, not much I can do to change your mind, not that I care to do so, because I don't.


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