Jackson Jambalaya

Check out Empower Mississippi's latest podcast as Wil Ervin raps with former Mississippi Republican Party Chairman and all-around good guy Lucien Smith.  Mr. Smith discusses the Presidential election as well as the current state of Mississippi politics.   Enjoy the podcast posted below.  

 What goes on in Tallahassee apparently doesn't stay in Tallahassee, at least when it comes to the FBI.  The Clarion-Ledger - yes, the Clarion-Ledger - compared public corruption cases in the capitol cities of Florida and Mississippi.  Charles Drape reported:

Despite the rumors, there is NO shooter at Pearl High School.  

 Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins-Butler announced she is battling breast cancer.  The Madison County Journal reported yesterday: 

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement.  

The Mississippi Museum of Art issued the following press release.  

 The Flowood Police Department issued the following statement.  

 WLBT interviewed Carly Gregg' attorneys Kevin Camp and Bridget Todd for well over an hour on October 22.  The interview was streamed live on WLBT's Facebook page.  The stream predictably generated over 370 comments and replies.  However, Ms. Todd engaged in the online food fight herself as she repeatedly took commenters to task.  The exchanges are posted below. 

PETROGNANO, TUSCANY— Last night I was sitting at the long dinner table in our Tuscan villa. Fourteen of my American guests from all across the South were enthusiastically engaged between courses. I found myself doing something I often do—pushing my chair back from the table and leaning back to take it all in. The room had reached that warm, familiar hum, a kind of enthusiastic, conversational roar. It’s not just voices; it’s a sound you can feel, an energy. People laughing, leaning in, and truly connecting. These are the moments that make me pause, feel grateful for my family, my team back home, these people, and for everyone else who trusts me with their time and their travel plans.

 This is certainly a sight one does not see at most concerts.  

Mississippi judicial races are supposed to be non-partisan - meaning that candidates don’t run under the cloak of any political party. The 2002 case Republican Party of Minnesota v. White drew a bright line that judicial candidates had free speech rights that states were not free to constrain through so-called “announces clauses.”

 It's that time of year in the SEC.  

Warning: This post is not safe for work or kids.  

There was more craziness on High Street yesterday. 

Note: JJ is going to treat this story somewhat differently.  There is a bunch of good stuff to cover in the report but if it is all, well, stuffed into one post, eyes will glaze.  JJ is going to dissect the report section by section over the next few days where it is more manageable to read while delivering quality information.   

State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement yesterday. 

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

The war for Smith-Wills Stadium between the city of Jackson and state of Mississippi heated up Friday as Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed a counterclaim against the city in Hinds County Chancery Court . The city sued last month to stop the state from taking back possession of the 300-acre property.  

Never let it be said State Representative Trey Lamar (R-Hazzard County) ignores his homies.   Mississippi Today's Geoffrey Pender and Taylor Vance reported October 9, 2024: 

Crotches are gonna crotch.   Veteran photographer Rick Guy shot pictures of the Scarecrow Cruise and Car Show in Madison Saturday for this website.  Automotive beauties filled up Montgomery Street.  A reader bragged about his son's find and restoration of a 1970 Mach I found in a barn.  Naturally, one of the crotches just had to trash the comment but the reader brought receipts.

 Battered syndrome can be beaten.  It takes time and effort, but it can be beaten.  

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

The owner of the infamous Hotel O fought back against the Jackson City Council's plans to demolish the eyesore this year.  

 A highly emotional Ali Muthana berated the City Council at its meeting Tuesday during public comments.  Muthana is the father of Hotel O owner Noah Muthana.  Jackson Municipal Court Judge Jeff Reynolds condemned the property and ordered the city to demolish the dilapidated building.

Problems can appear to be just that, problems.  However, problems can also be a forge to create something wonderful, much as an ugly piece of iron is turned into a beautiful sword of steel .  Consider the anamorphic painting.  Ugly from one view yet when gazed at through a different view, a masterpiece emerges.  What seems insurmountable often is a gateway to something better.  The late Dr. Frank Pollard preached on these truths and more in the 1996 sermon posted below.  Enjoy. 

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann wants his Senate to develop a plan to reorganize state government.

Madison's Scarecrow Cruise and Car Show has come and gone this but not before JJ photographer Rick Guy captured it all.  Enjoy.

If you didn't make it to the Superdome last night, here is some bootleg of the show.  If you don't know which show, then you are not in the know and if you are not in the know, you don't have a need to know.  

Is the third time a charm? So far, former president Trump has won half of his elections. He’s running for the rubber game in the series (2 out of 3). I’ve never seen anyone run like this for an office in the face of such overwhelming opposition. It’s like a movie in which the hero is an underdog. All of the authorities are pursuing the candidate. They have threatened him with everything from prison to assassination, and he comes back fighting harder than ever. In a way, it’s the All Amercan story of perseverence against all odds.

 This TikTokker (surprise) is not too bright, is she? 

 After #6 Holmes Community College scored a touchdown to take the lead over #8 Northwest Community College with 20 seconds to go last night, things looked bleak for the Rangers of the gridiron.  

We are now less than two weeks away from the Presidential election – and Trump seems to have momentum. In the all-important states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, Trump looks ahead of Kamala. By a whisker.

 Mississippi State Fair attendance dipped slightly from 2023. 

Collection of ZeroBear PolyBear's recipes.

The people of and from Cuba are great, but it's the sandwich named after them that gets my love.

 Rudy Warnock's December 2 federal trial for public corruption charges was postponed.  Judge Wingate entered the following statement on the docket of USA v. Rudolph Warnock, Jr.:

 Check out what this Rochester Community School Board (Mi) member had to say about allowing boys who identify as girls to use the girl's bathroom. 

 A Hinds County jury found Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company must pay $26,885,275 to CHC Investments, LLC on October 23.  

Friends of the Children's Hospital issued the following statement.

Forestry consultant or Forestry conman.  Such is the question to be asked of Pike County's Jeffery Taylor as the lawsuits accusing him of fraud continue to pile up.   

Once a titan of American success, Boeing just can't seem to do anything right these days.  From poorly-build problems to stranded astronauts to the current strike, Boeing might be on the ropes.  Matt Stoller dissected the fall of Boeing on his blog, The Big Newsletter, back in 2019.  Simply put, accountants and financiers replaced the engineers who ran the company and decided to start copying the federal government in how it did things.  Stoller wrote: 

 It's time for another edition of Matt Mitchell's Roll Call.  Enjoy. 

Will evidence of bribes, offer to kill Madison Mayor, and expensive gifts be allowed? 

The legal skirmishing is heating up as former Canton engineer Rudy Warnock and former Canton Ealdorman Cleve Anderson  prepare for their December trials on federal corruption charges.  

 Notice anything missing over at Mississippi Today? 

At 63, I’m still a work in progress. If you'd asked me at 30, I’d have told you I’d have life and business all figured out by now, with nothing left to do but coast. How wrong I was. Back then, I thought I’d cracked the code of my 20s and that my 30s and 40s would just be about riding the wave. When I hit 40, I was sure I’d have it nailed by 50. By 50, I started wondering if anyone ever really has it figured out. Now, in my 60s, I’ve learned to embrace the fact that I’m never going to have it all sorted. And you know what? I’m kind of excited about that. Maybe that’s what aging does—it humbles you, but it also gives you permission to keep getting better, to keep striving. Wisdom doesn’t mean you have all the answers; it means you’re smart enough to know there’s always room to grow.

 JJ finally got around to collecting all of ZeroBear PolyBear's recipes into one page after receiving more than a few requests to do so.   If you want to peruse over a year's worth of recipes from the Bear, just go to this page. Enjoy. 

Mississippians will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5 to cast their ballots in the nation’s federal presidential and congressional elections. However, given the state’s history in presidential balloting and reliance on the seniority system for clout in Congress, few surprises are anticipated.

 The Neshoba County Sheriff's Office issued the following statement. 

 The Brandon Police Department issued the following statement.  

No-bid contracts were the bane of the Chris Epps scandal as the then-MDOC Commissioner awarded approximately $4 billion in no-bid contracts.  However, current MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain has awarded four consecutive emergency no-bid contracts worth nearly $300 million to the same company.  

 New York Times best-selling author Richard Grant appeared on the podcast back in September when he was in town for the Mississippi Book Festival.  The scribe of Dispatches from Pluto was promoting his new book, A Race to the Bottom of Crazy, Dispatches from Arizona.  He talked about facing gunmen in the Sierra Madre, Natchez history, why he moved from Mississippi, the Apaches, and some of the more colorful parts of Arizona history.   Enjoy the episode.  

Court: Gregg lawyers used "trial by ambush"

Rankin County Circuit Judge Dewey Arthur denied Carly Gregg's motion for a new trial. A Rankin County jury sentenced her to life in prison without parole after convicting her of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and tampering with evidence in the death of her mother and shooting of her stepfather.  

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his regular press briefing right now.  The presser is live-streamed below.  

 Is it legal? 

Convicted killer Carly Gregg filed a notice of appeal in Rankin County Circuit Court Friday.  A jury convicted her of first-degree murder and attempted murder.  She was 14 years old when she shot her mother to death and shot her stepfather.  

 Water bottles, anyone? 

 Some scumbag thought it was fun to run over a bear, yes a bear. The video is posted below.  

Baseball, Mother Theresa, and ladders. What do they have to do with each other?  While preaching about faith, the late Dr. Frank Pollard wove them all into a sermon about overcoming spiritual chains as only he could.  Enjoy the 1996 sermon and accompanying scripture are posted below.

Legislators are once again considering MDOT’s request for a recurring stream of revenues to repair roads and bridges. So, how long has this issue been on the table? The following excerpts from a column I wrote in 2018 give a hint.

JJ reported Thursday the University of Nevada forfeited a woman's volleyball game to San Jose State University because the school had a male player identifying as a female.  The forfeitures generated no small amount of controversy.  Posted below is the player in question spiking the ball during a game against San Diego State University.  

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

You know those “man vs. nature” movies that just go on and on, getting worse and worse as new crises arise? Hurricanes Helene and Milton provided a classic backdrop for a man vs. nature movie along with a lot of political intrigue on the verge of a presidential election.

Contractors for the city of Jackson discussed shutting down Thalia Mara Hall for renovations for six months next year.  The auditorium is recently closed because of widespread "microbial growth."  

Local mom, Amanda Kibble, is celebrating an important win for her family, and for school choice. Earlier this year, Governor Tate Reeves signed HB 1341 into law. This new law gives military families in Mississippi the right to transfer their children to any traditional public school around the state, assuming that the receiving school has capacity. Early indications suggest this is extremely popular, with lots of military families using school choice to switch schools.

 Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives Jason White issued the following press release and poll. 

I guess that is a lie, since there is no fog in sight. The Google definition of soupy indicates a heavy/misty layer of fog and I actually want to talk about cooking a soup

Posted below is the audio recording of Marve Smith pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery in U.S. District Court this morning.  The plea agreement and an audio recording of the Change of Plea Hearing are posted below. Start at 21:00.  Comment in the earlier post.  

Empower Mississippi's Grant Callen sits down with columnist Bill Crawford to talk about his recently published book, A Republican’s Lament: Mississippi Needs Good Government Conservatives in a podcast posted below.

Another domino falls in the federal investigation of Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba as Sherik Marve Smith waived indictment to a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery yesterday in U.S District Court.  

The San Jose State University  women's  volleyball team is racking up wins the easy way - through forfeits.  A male student who identifies as a woman, Blaire Fleming, is a player on the team.  Four teams in a row have forfeited their matches to the Spartans.  Well, make that five after the University of Nevada's women's volleyball team voted to forfeit the match even though the school's administration said it would move forward with the match.   

 Ridgeland police arrested two males for rape on October 10.  One suspect is 16 years-old while the other is 18 years-old.  

 Defendants often claim entrapment but such a defense rarely succeeds.  What exactly is entrapment? Posted below is a little tutorial on the subject.  Enjoy.

Warning: Not Safe for Work or Kids

 Leave it to Danny's to screw things up as much as possible.  

 A woman who shot at another car during  a road rage incident yesterday on I-220 earned herself a $2 million bond in Jackson Municipal Court today.  

The Mississippi Bar has sanctioned 24 wayward lawyers in 2024.  The punishments range from private reprimands to disbarments.  JJ obtained the records through a public records request.  The sanctions are posted below.  

 Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement. 

My first clear memory of her is not a happy one. It’s when she came into my brother’s bedroom and told us our father had just passed away. I was six. My final memory of her isn’t good either. She was in the hospital, unable to talk, unable to recognize me. It was just two weeks ago and the morning of my 63rd birthday. Even though those first and last memories aren’t joyful ones, I believe it’s the time in between, “the dash,” that matters. And she made all 91 years in that dash, count.

A self-described “just about full-time grandparent” to three grandchildren, bestselling Mississippi author John Grisham is a few months shy of his 70th birthday – some facts that belie his packed calendar this month. The author of fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers translated into some 50 languages, Grisham’s latest novel “Camino Ghosts” was released this summer. The recent Grisham works “The Exchange: After The Firm” updated the journey of “The Firm’s” Mitch McDeere and the third Jake Brigance novel “A Time for Mercy” is being developed as a limited HBO series.

 The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement. 

 The Pearl Police Department issued the following statement.  

 Meet Chicageaux Mayor Brandon Johnson, a true idiot.   The school system is broke but no matter.  The Mayor wants the school board to approve a 10% pay raise for teachers, housing assistance, and other goodies that would add to the $500 million deficit projected for next year.  How dumb is this Mayor? He wants the public school district to, wait for it, take out a $300 million loan to cover the increased payroll.  He has a simple defense for his stupidity: slavery.  Yup, if you stand up to government foolishness, you support slavery.   

Update: The agenda item was apparently worded poorly.  The City Council voted to approve paying CTEH for services rendered, not remediation of the "microbial growth."  Deputy Cultural & Services Director Mike Williams said the city received several proposals for remediation Friday and will soon present a contract to the City Council for approval.  

The Jackson City Council will approve a contract for remediation services at Thalia Mara Hall today.  The agenda for today's City Council meeting states: 

 Annie Oeth authored the following press release for the University of Mississippi Medical Center. 

Today is the day we celebrate Christophe Colomb.  Lost in all the controversy is the superhuman feat he accomplished.  He wasn't just taking on an ocean but centuries of thinking the world was flat.*  Neil Degrasse Tyson - a really smart dude - discusses his achievement and how finding America was one of the most important events to ever happen to the human race.

Destiny Gibson will be sitting in jail for quite a while after Jackson Municipal Court Judge Jeff Reynolds set her bond for murder at $2 million today.  

Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.

 A female employee stabbed another employee to death at the McDonald's on Hanging Moss Road.  WAPT reported: 

Out with the polygraph and in with the newfangled fraud detector.  

 Posted below is the schedule for the final day of the Mississippi State Fair. 

"While we were watching round her bed, She turned her eyes and looked away,She saw what we couldn't see; She saw Old Death. She saw Old Death Coming like a falling star. But Death didn't frighten Sister Caroline; He looked to her like a welcome friend. And she whispered to us: I'm going home, And she smiled and closed her eyes."* The late Dr. Frank Pollard recited the James Weldon Johnson poem as he preached on living through death.     Enjoy the 1996 sermon posted below. 

 Check out this drone video of a tornado in Iowa.  

Mississippi had the nation’s worst state economy based on 2023 data, according to CNBC. Factors CNBC considered included economic growth (0.7% for Mississippi), job growth (0.1%), debt rating and outlook (Moody’s Aa2, stable), major corporations headquartered in state (none), and foreign direct investment (.003% of GDP).

 Forgot who won or who lost, that was a great game and is what college football is all about.  Hats off to the Bulldogs as well.  They could've quit but gave Georgia all they had to give.  If you want to watch a rather colorful post-game show, check out Matt Moscona and T-Bob Hebert (Bobby's son) on Whiskey & Wine, live streamed below. 

 The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following press release. 

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

 And there arose to the north of Eden a tribe called the Hotty-Toddys, who were also called metros. And the Hotty-Toddys were very displeasing; they didst place centerpieces on their banquet tables, and didst exalt themselves much. And they didst glorify the southern kingdom of the past.

Donald J. Trump enjoyed a rip-roaring reunion in Butler, PA, 12 weeks to the day and hour after a would-be assassin grazed his head with a bullet and killed fire chief Corey Comperatore who selflessly gave his life to protect his wife and two daughters from other shots.

Ag Commish Andy Gipson issued the following press release. 

 State Auditor Shad White, yes, the Shad White discussed the DHS scandal at a Mississippi Center for Public Policy luncheon held at the Country Club of Jackson.   He dished the dirt on his book, Mississippi Swindle, fighting corruption in Mississippi, and DEI.   The video of the speech is posted below.  Enjoy. 

 JJ is not the only one who noticed the EPA rushing to town at the behest of the Lumumba administration.  U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate had a few questions for the EPA at a scheduled status conference on Jackson's water/sewer system yesterday.  WLBT's Anthony Warren reported: 

 Rankin-Madison County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.  

Fall is finally here (I hope) and if it is, then we can start eating fall vegetables.

 If Carly Gregg gets a new trial, she is going to have to fight her way through prosecutors determined to see she does not get one. 

 Madison-Rankin District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.  

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement.  

 Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 50 miles to landfall.  Hurricane Milton is coming and there is nothing we can do about it.  Check out the Max Velocity Youtube channel (posted below) for some decent coverage if you want to avoid the usual networks.  

Mississippi political columnist Bill Crawford appeared on The Jambalaya podcast this week. Mr. Crawford published a book, A Republican's Lament, Mississippi Needs Good Government Conservatives, this week.   The corn was shucked as we attempted to solve all of Mississippi's problems within 75 minutes.  Tune in below and enjoy. 

 Rankin-Madison County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement.  

Palermo, Sicily— Travel has a way of opening the world, peeling back the layers of the familiar, and revealing the extraordinary. It’s something that grabbed hold of me 13 years ago when I first took my wife, my then 14-year-old daughter, and my 10-year-old son on an adventure of a lifetime. We flew to Sweden, bought a Volvo, and embarked on a six-month journey through 72 cities, 17 countries, and two continents. Somewhere along that trip, Italy called, and I flew my buddy Wyatt over. Together, we wrote a book. And what started as an exploration of places and flavors became the foundation of my side-gig today—guiding others through the European cities, towns, landscapes and experiences that have captivated me.

The Lumumba war against Ted Henifin continues, courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency.  

On the stump and in the presidential campaign ad wars, crime remains a hot topic election-year rhetoric on crime doesn’t exactly match the numbers in federal crime data. And to no one’s surprise, both Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris have bent crime data numbers to fit their campaign narratives.

 Broadway in Jackson issued the following statement. 

 Rankin-Madison District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement. 

Reading the contracts before writing about them is usually a good idea.  Exhibit A: Cub reporter Charlie Drape's story on Smith-Wills Stadium published on October 2.  Notice anything wrong with this quote? 

 The $3 ticket surcharge at Thalia Mara Hall generated slightly more than one million dollars since it was instituted in 2014.  The average annual revenue was nearly $100,000 if one does not count the Covid-19 years of 2020 and 2021.  

 While hurricanes tear up Florida and western North Carolina, guess what FEMA is worried about? The 2023 video posted below says it all. 

 What happens when West Coast discipline comes to Alabama? 

 Check out the schedule for tomorrow at the Mississippi State Fair. 

 Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his regular press briefing right now.  It is live-streamed below. 

 Former Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Ivana Williams sued the Mississippi Department of Public Safety for sexual harassment Friday in U.S. District Court.   

 Rankin-Madison District Attorney Bubba Bramlett issued the following statement. 

 You've been waiting for it since around 6:30 Saturday night.  Well, it's finally here.  Enjoy.  Oh, and turn on the captions. 

 Ag Commish Andrew Gipson issued tomorrow's schedule for the Mississippi State Fair. 

 Savannah Bananas, that is.  Yup, the Savannah Bananas tour is coming to Starkpatch in August 25.  The Party Animals will take on the Texas Tailgaters. Tickets are awarded through a lottery.    It is not yet known of the legislature will pass a bill taking possession of the Savannah Bananas. 

Doubting one's own salvation is a natural part of faith.  We are human, after all. However, the late Dr. Frank Pollard taught, there are signs salvation is real.   What are those signs?  Watch the 1996 sermon posted below to find out as Dr. Pollard preached from 1 John 5:13

And so it begins again, the annual deluge of advertising for private Medicare Advantage plans (also known as Medicare Part C). The open Annual Enrollment Period for Medicare begins October 15th and continues through December 7th.

 Up in Nashville......

 The EPA is paying a visit to Jackson next week to hear your concerns about what else but the water/sewer system.  

Some newspapers will not print opinion columns that mix words of faith like God, Jesus, and the Bible with political issues or social/cultural concerns. Of course news sources censor or cancel opinions or even news that don’t align with their points of view. These days many if not most “news” sources tote water for their favorite causes. Anyone who wants to catch up on the latest news has to go to multiple sources to learn what’s truly going on.

Meanwhile on Pascagoula Street this morning..... 

 College Gameday is only a few hours away but first, check out this week's edition of SEC Roll Call. 

"$32 million" for a whole lot of nothing, claims lawsuit. 

Mockingbird Cannabis rolled into Mississippi a few years ago as the medical marijuana industry became a reality.  Company officials talked big about hiring Mississippi employees and recruiting a stable of Mississippi investors.  However, a group of investors recently sued current and former officials of the company, alleging they treated their investments as a slush fund while looting the company.

 The city of Jackson provided the following update on Thalia Mara Hall on its website. 

There’s a real chance we could see school choice in Mississippi. Thanks to our new school funding formula, each public school student in our state now has a personalized budget designed to meet their individual education needs. Why not let families take their personalized budget to a school of their choice?

 Live from the cafeteria staffed by Sodexo, it's JSU Friday Morning Raw!!!

 Old memories from an old guy....

 Good job, morons, good job.  

Meet Cleetus McFarland.  He is doing the Lord's work in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene devastated the region.   Helicopter  pilots such as McFarland are providing their own version of the Berlin Airlift as they deliver supplies to areas cut off by the devastation and rescue those who need it.  

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

 The Madison Police Department issued the following statement. 

 Whither will Mississippi go? The Empower Podcast will attempt to answer this question as host Grant Callen interviews none other than Princeps Senatus Delbert Hosemann.  Check out the podcast posted below.  

 State Senator John Horhn will announce he is running for Mayor of Jackson today. 

 The Mississippi State Department of Health issued the following statement.

 The Madison Police Department  issued the following statement.  

 Former Jackson Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee will not be sentenced in November for her bribery conviction.  The docket in her case states: 

 The past is never dead, it's not even past.

The Faulkner truism applies today, even to Smith-Wills Stadium.  Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is fond of saying the city of Jackson built Smith-Wills Stadium when discussing the state's termination of the lease for the property, thus implying the state is getting something for nothing.   However, the federal government, not the city of Jackson, paid for the construction of the stadium just as it paid for nearly almost all of the construction for Jackson's airport.  

There’s something comforting about a Saturday night in a Mississippi catfish house. The smell of catfish frying, and the familiar buzz of friendly voices make one feel as if you’re exactly where you are supposed to be in that moment. My wife and I were at Cuevas Fish House in Purvis after a full day of football viewing, but this time, it wasn’t the catfish or hush puppies that caught my attention. It was the busser.

 Ole Miss students are doing their best to boost American birthrates.  

Former Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Edwin Lloyd Pittman was an effective, honorable and influential Mississippi public servant whose views and actions changed – particularly on the issue of race – as those of his constituents changed.

Never let it be said Ty Pinkins won't campaign anywhere or anytime in his bid to unseat Senator Roger Wicker.

 Annie Oeth authored the following press release for the University of Mississippi Medical Center. 

Exhibit A: The film studio under construction at the old Metrocenter.  WLBT reported: 

 The Mississippi Bureau of Investigations is investigating Clarke County Sheriff Andrew Chancellor for domestic violence.  MBI issued the following statement: 

Check out what the state's expert witness is trying to charge for his services.