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Ole Miss will play Oklahoma on the gridiron tomorrow in Norman thanks to the FAA shutdown of air travel yesterday.  Of course, every SEC team playing on the road (including Texas) managed to fly out after the travel ban was lifted but we are talking bout Ole Miss.  Check out what Oklahoma's Athletic Director had to say. 

 Note: This column was distributed on November 8. 

It’s not over until it’s over. The 2026 midterm election is not over yet. They’re still counting votes in Alaska and Mississippi. You know we’ve seen this movie before, only it’s worse this time. Washington is singing the Blues again regardless of what happens in Alaska or Mississippi. 

A heartbroken Michael Wimberly grieved as he watched true love, McB's Bar & Grill burn to the ground.  Many memories went up in flames.  In a world of corporate dullness, McB's was one of those restaurants that makes a community a community.  A place people could call home away from home, where they could create memory with friends and family. There are not many such places left and we are the poorer for it.  Our prayers and thoughts go out to the McB's family.   Mr. Wimberly's video is posted below. 

Hanock Whitney Corporation announced it is buying Trustmark Bank in the following press release. 

For sale: One MacBook Pro, Space Black.  It is only a year old and has an M4 chip, 16gb RAM, 512 storage, 14-inch screen.  Great for traveling. Unlike the Air, it has a fan.  It is still under AppleCare.  Price: $1,200. That is what they go for on Swappa and Ebay.  The new MacBook Pros start at 2 grand and the lowest price refurbs in Apple Store at $1,600.  Unless you are engaged in some serious video editing and need a more powerful chip, there is not much difference between the M4 and M5.  Email kingfish1935@gmail.com if interested.  

 Could The Hideaway Halloween attempted massacre been prevented?  

 It's the first freeze of the season gives you an excuse to make something warm. What better way to warm up (in the kitchen ;-)) then to make some of ZeroBear PolyBear's shrimp soup.  His recipe, first published in 2024, is available below in a downloadable format.  Enjoy. 

Someone purporting to be the uncle of one of the Ole Miss students involved in the um, monkey incident seeks $20,000 to get her back home.  

 JPD is finally  releasing crime stats again, well sort of.  

 Mississippi State University quarterback Kamario Taylor will return to play next season.  Such is good news but check out the price tag.  On3 Sports reports: 

Check out what an internet tough guy did yesterday at Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith's office.  

 UMMC is notifying patients their data may have been stolen when the hospital suffered a cyberattack in February.  UMMC issued the following letter to patients last week: 

 It is said no good dead goes unpunished.  Unfortunately such is true even for those who find their inner Locke Ward. 

 The Associated Press projected Scott Colom as the winner in the Mississippi Senatorial election over incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.  The Senator just conceded in a video posted on Facebook: 

"Fake news." Such is what Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson called reports his office classified 230,000 voters as inactive.  Mr. Watson made the comments as he provided an update on the Senate election results this afternoon. 

The U.S. Supreme Court crushed any hopes Barbie Bassett had of winning her discrimination lawsuit against WLBT.  

 It appears former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba will serve between three and four years in federal prison for his conspiracy to commit bribery conviction.  

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder." I'm not sure who said it first, and I'm too busy eating breakfast to look it up. Whoever it was, I have never felt it more than I do right now, sitting at table 19 in the Midtowner in my hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Time is running out for Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith as Colom's lead grew to 4,669 votes with 98.8% of the vote counted.  It is Colom's largest lead yet in the U.S. Senate race. 

 At this writing, the Mississippi U.S. Senate race between incumbent GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Scott Colom remains deadlocked and legal sabers have been rattled in both camps. But one thing is certain: the mid-term elections will reshape Mississippi’s influence on Capitol Hill in the next Congress.

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

 An Ole Miss student who made monkey sounds at a black girl's Ring doorbell camera apologized this afternoon. 

Has GOP lost Desoto County for good? 

Update (6:15): Colom's lead is now 2,633 votes. 

Scott Colom continues to hang to his razor-thin lead over Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.  His current lead is 2,575 votes with 97.4% of the vote allegedly counted.  

Damn.  How did we miss this one? Check out some of the Halloween events that took place at The Outlets of Mississippi.  

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 Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement. 

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith ever so slightly shaved Scott Colom's lead by a grand total of 38 votes to 2,536 votes with 97.4% of the vote counted today. 

 Well, the Republicans had the bright idea to engage in some mid-decade redistricting last year.  They pulled it off in several states but were rebuked by legislatures in South Carolina and Indiana.  Needless to say, the "dummymandering" turned out to be a disaster for the GOP. 

Some girls decided to get stupid in Oxford Friday night.   Jakirya Metcalf posted this little video from her Ring doorbell camera on TikTok. 

 Sooner or later, everyone winds up in detention. 

Promises to take on "Good Old Boys Club" 

State Auditor Shad White announced he is running for Governor of Mississippi this morning. 

 Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson provided an update on Facebook. 

 Things got real at the UAPB-Grambling State game yesterday.  

 How do you lose Texas? Here is one way to do it.  

"Whose toes was he (Grizzell) sucking"?

Jackson City Councilman Kenneth I. Stokes doubled down on WOAD this morning as only he can do.  Mr. Stokes defended saying "I'll cut that bitch out" after a woman talked about his mother, called out Wanda Evers, called Grizzell a sissy, and defended allowing data centers in Jackson This was one for the books.  Enjoy the show and transcript posted below. 

 The initial battle may be won but the war for control has just begun for Democrats. Voter wrath that toppled Republican control in Congress will turn again in 2028 if Democrats don’t address the causes of that wrath.

 The band is back together. 

 Whitney Liscomb announced her candidacy for Secretary of State Thursday: 

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith better start finding some votes if she wants to return to Washington.  Challenger Scott Colom extended his lead to 2,574 votes with 96.9% of the vote counted.  

In the election of 1992 James Carville, advisor to Bill Clinton, nailed the primary issue as, “It’s the economy, stupid!” And, that’s the way it was, and is, and will probably continue to be until we socialize the American economy like all the other progressive nations in the world. 

 JPD Chief Rashall Brackney is providing an update on the The Hideaway homicide case.  The press conference is live streamed below. 

 Social media pages were filled with complaints by voters this week who said they were forced to vote by affidavit even though they regularly voted for years.  Such complaints are becoming relevant as there are 17,000 uncounted affidavit ballots in the Mississippi Senate race.  Indeed, Northside Sun publisher Wyatt Emmerich was one of those who almost lost his right to vote.  Mr. Emmerich told JJ: 

 Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith just can't seem to catch up to challenger Scott Colom as his lead grew to 2,010 votes today..  

Update: Police said Collier allegedly paid a security guard $20 to let him and his accomplice in through the back door of The Hideaway and did not frisk them.  

Justice is coming for those involved in The Hideaway's Halloween homicides.  The city asked a Chancery Court to declare the nightclub to be a public nuisance yesterday while JPD arrested Eddie Collier and charged him with two counts of capital murder and seven counts of aggravated assault. 

 It's apple season and fortunately, ZeroBear PolyBear has something cooked up for you in a downloadable format.  The recipe might sound fancy but it's simple to make.  Profite!

 Scott Colom's lead over Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith continues to grow as it reached 1,813 votes this afternoon. 

Update: Banks must serve 45 months in prison and pay a $15,000 fine. He will report to prison on January 4. 

The boom was finally lowered on Jody Owens as U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III sentenced him to serve 41 months in prison and pay a $100,000 fine today.  The former Hinds County District Attorney pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery in July.

 Hinds County District Attorney Brad McCullouch issued the following statement. 

 Remember when China promised to buy more American agricultural products in exchange for the reduction of tariffs? Surprise, China did what it always does. The New York Times reported on September 21: 

 Jackson Mayor John Horhn issued the following statement. 

 Challenger Scott Colom saw his lead over incumbent Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith grow to 1,138 votes this evening with 95.6% of the vote counted. 

Does WAPT want to get a witness in the Hideway homicides killed? WAPT reported yesterday: 

 Nancy New and her son, Zach, will finally be sentenced in federal court.  U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves entered two orders: 

Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones discussed his experience with his daughter when she wanted to go to, you guessed it, The Hideaway Saturday night in a social media post.  It is reprinted with his permission. 

 The Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith campaign issued the following statement. 

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

 "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

— Henry David Thoreau, Walden

BARBARINO-TAVARNELLE, TUSCANY—For 25 years I have owned a company named after that line, and until this week I would have bet good money that Robert Frost wrote it. Maybe Walt Whitman. It turns out it was Thoreau, a man better known for living in a cabin by a pond than for writing poetry.

 Update (10:47 AM): There are 30,000 outstanding votes. 

43.  That is Scott Colom's lead over Senator Cindy-Hyde Smith when the sun rose this morning with 95.6% of the vote counted.   

 California voters on Nov. 3 decided whether or not to approve Proposition 40, a ballot measure that would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of Californians with more than $1 billion in net worth and use the proceeds largely to fund health care programs.

 The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement. 

Palmer & Agho in Runoff; Herr & Butler Kicking Ass

But for a few local runoffs, the madness will soon be over.  Consider this your election night thread.  Fire away.  

 A fracas broke out between two supporters of Hinds County District Attorney candidates Gwen Agho and Greta Mack Harris  while Agho looked on at the Timberlawn precinct this afternoon. 

 Kenneth I. Stokes is at it again.  The Ward 3 Jackson City Councilman said "I'll cut that bitch out" during a city council meeting after a woman in the audience said something about his mother.   

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 The New Orleans office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms tweeted: 

A thousand years ago, English law had a plain rule for dogs. If your dog bit someone, you answered for it.

 The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement. 

Good boy, Zorro!

 Major law enforcement presence at Magnolia Wholesale Vapor and Wellness in Jackson right now. 

MBN, Madison PD, and other agencies are present. 

 The silly season is almost over but you know what that means: non-stop ads.   Yup, the folks at SEC Shorts just could not help themselves.  Buckle up and watch.  Be sure and read the fine print.

 Jackson Mayor John Horhn issued the following statement. 

 JPD issued the following statement. 

"There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power." Much of what we see today was spelled out in Paul's second letter to Timothy.  The late Dr. Pollard said do not be discouraged, do not lose hope even as you look around and see such things.   Christ, said he, gives us a power to not just live but thrive in such a world.  See what else Dr. Pollard had to say in the 1998 sermon posted below.  

 The Senatobia Police Department issued the following statements. 

 As I write this, November 3^rd elections are just days away. The results may be far more important than most realize.

 Two people were shot to death last night at The Hideway while other individuals were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. The nightclub is in Deville Plaza.  

 This is why you never quit.  ;-). 

Yet another Youtuber came to Jackson to report on the "most dangerous city" in America.  Got to keep it real for the clicks, right? The video of their little excursion is posted below.   

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A former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Madison County prosecutor continues on his path of personal destruction.  

Saulsbury Baptist Church was founded July 14, 1866. The “Preacher General,” Mark Perrin Lowrey helped organize the church along with about a dozen believers who presented letters from churches in the area. According to his biography, Lowrey was a Southern Baptist preacher otherwise known as the Preacher General. “He is known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War, for his works in the Mississippi Southern Baptist Convention, and for founding Blue Mountain College.”

Here is some lawyer porn for the shysters out there.  As reported earlier this week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals spanked U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate for his misuse of AI in a case.    

 Revolutionaries sometimes wear Hawaiian shirts.  Such is Palmer Luckey, who is all of 34 years old.  It is no secret our defense industry is able to keep up with the times or our needs.  Thankfully, the Oculus creator is leading the way to flip the script when it comes to producing what our military needs.  Enjoy this engaging chat he had at the Reagan Library a few months ago.  

Mayor Horhn praises decision.  Statement posted below. 

Jackson will receive a crime-fighting grant of approximately $125 million from the Justice Department.  Fox News announced: 

 The Justice Department issued the following press release. 

 What is it about kid's baseball that brings out the worst in parents? 

 Former Deputy Attorney General Whitney Lipscomb will announce her candidacy for Secretary of State next week. Her campaign issued a press release this morning.  

 A slumlord will be going to jail after he blew off Jackson Environmental Court Judge Jeffrey Reynolds.

Credit: WLBT

Eat dirt Al Gore. You helped me almost none at all back then. Maybe I deserved it because I never voted for you. However, I think I knew all along that you were a big Tennessee Talker and not much more than that.

Well, what do you know.  There are more lawsuits accusing The Vault and its owner, J.D. "Jerry" Pass, of selling classic cars on consignment and pocketing the money instead of paying the owners. 

 

State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

 Does anyone know what species this is? 

 Jackson Police Chief Dr. RaShall Brackney joins Grant Callen on The Empower Podcast to talk about policing the capital city, and yes, the Capitol Police comes up.

 Squatters are destroying yet another neighborhood in Northeast Jackson.  WLBT reported: 

The FCC is going to allow prisons to jam cellphone signals.  Heaven knows it took the FCC long enough to implement such common sense.  FCC Commissioner Brandon Carr tweeted: 

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

The Shadster will throw his hat into the ring for Governor next week. 

What happens when two all-time greats appear on stage together?   

 BARBERINO-TAVARNELLE, TUSCANY—Some of my closest friends have crossed the Atlantic with me 11 or 12 times. Ten years ago, I didn't know their names.

 Many accused the Mississippi State Medical Examiner of dragging her feet on the Nolen Wells autopsy.  However, Medical Examiner logs reveal the autopsy was conducted and released in half the time it normally takes for an autopsy.   

 Anduril Industries co-founder and Oculus inventor Palmer Luckey spills the beans on how the H1B visa system operates and why reform is a hard sell. 

 Richard Holmes did not choose to integrate Mississippi State University on July 19, 1965, lightly; he seriously reflected on the fates of those who had gone before him at previously all-white Mississippi universities. But he came anyway.

 U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III postponed the sentencing for former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba today.   

The race for Hinds County District Attorney is entering the home stretch as we head towards November 4.  Money is the lifeblood of a campaign and this race is no exception.   What is interesting is three candidates are effectively tied in fund-raising while two candidates did not submit reports.  

Hinds County Circuit Judge Faye Peterson wants to send the News to the house - as in house arrest.  Yup.  Judge Peterson said at a status hearing this morning she was considering sentencing Nancy New and her son Zach to serve their bribery and fraud sentences under house arrest. WLBT reported: 

 Insurance Commish Miguel Chaney issued the following statement. 

What is it about medical marijuana that brings scam artists out of the woodwork?  Mockingscam, Corey Ferraez, and Thomas Moore, not to be confused with St. Thomas Moore.  Moore bilked investors out of millions of dollars for a medical marijuana operation while using the money to live high on the hog.  The Securities and Exchange Commission announced:

It finally happened.  Our favorite squatter's residence finally burned down.  

 The Charter School Authorization Board issued the following statement. 

 Annie Oeth authored this press release for the University of Mississippi Medical Center on October 22. 

Elected officials and donors joined with medical leaders to break ground on a new multi-story home for theCancer Center and Research Institute at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, marking a major milestone in the state’s commitment to expanding cancer care, research and prevention. 

One problem cities face in Mississippi as they fight blight is absentee landlords, especially those who hide their identities behind shell companies.   Tired of such landlords, Jackson is piercing the secrecy veil as it goes after the owners of the infamous Chapel Ridge Apartments in South Jackson.  

Looks like downtowners will get some minor relief.  

Sloppy, bungled, carelessly, falsehoods, fabrications, shoddy.  Such are the words the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals used to describe the work of U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate Thursday as it removed him from a case. 

 What happens when all are equal? 

Once a loser........

Chef Hunter Evans, the man behind Elvie's and the newly revived Mayflower Cafe, joined Grant Callen on The Empower Podcast to talk about food, business, and why anyone in his right mind would leave New York City to open a restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi.

Rudy Warnock and Cleve Anderson will get a chance to fight their bribery convictions after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted their request for oral arguments in their respective appeals.  

 This concludes a fascinating yet troubling discussion with ChatGPT. Previously the AI model postulated that wisdom is beyond rationale AI capacity because wisdom requires answering questions such as “What should we value?”

Even the featherweights can be entertaining.   

 We did that all over the world in 2020. AUTHORITIES MANDATED WEARING MASKS, STANDING AT LEAST 6-FEET APART, AVOIDED MEETING IN LARGE GROUPS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, CLOSED SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES, NO VISITORS ALLOWED IN HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES…. 

The Blossom Apartments caught fire this afternoon.  

 Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andrew Gipson penned this column. 

How do you hold the State’s largest event in one of the most dangerous cities in America? How do you host over half a million visitors annually, with no major security incidents?

 The ever-colorful Dale Brown passed away at the age on 90.  If there is one word that could never be mentioned in the same sentence with the famed LSU basketball coach, it was boring.  He took over LSU basketball during the doldrums of the post-Pistol Pete era.  He barnstormed across Baton Rouge, going house to house, asking if he could replace the basketball net in the driveway with one that was purple and gold.  He managed to make two Final Fours and win four SEC titles.  Oh yes, he also coached a little-known basketball player named Shaquille O'Neal. Not bad for a kid born on Halloween in Minot, North Dakota. Thanks for it all, Dale.  You will be missed. 

 Attorney Generalissimo Evelyn Fitch issued the following statement. 

Video of shooting and timeline posted below. 

Senatobia police officer had between two and three seconds to react when he fired into a car that nearly ran over him.  The Mississippi Department of Public Safety released all video of the incident.  Senatobia police officer Hunter Foster's shots killed a one year-old child in the car, drawing outrage nationwide. 

Yes, we are doing soup recipes two weeks in a row.  After all, it is soup weather.  The ZeroBear PolyBear blessed us, no, graced us with his recipe for some Red Bean Soup complete in a downloadable format. Enjoy. 

The Madison County Journal skewered JPD Chief Rashall Brackney over her decision to not renew the Flock Safety contract: 

 Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that switchblades are indeed legal as it found the Federal Switchblade Act to be unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.  

The Mississippi Republican Party issued the following statement. 

 This is what pre-schoolers got to see as they arrived at Jackson Academy yesterday morning. 

 Former Capitol police officer Michael Rhinewalt might have to be tried again for manslaughter if Hinds County Circuit Judge Faye Peterson has her way. 

 Get your tickets now as a true classic returns to the big screen in a couple of weeks.  Before the Clubber Langs, music video scenes, over the top baddies such as Drago, there was Rocky, a gritty story about a pug who didn't want to be champion but just prove he wasn't just another bum.  The best part is the 50th anniversary showing is playing for five days.  Get some tickets and take your boys.  Showtimes are posted below. 

The Mississippi State Fair enjoyed attendance of over half a million people this year while paid attendance rose although it has not recovered to what it was before the last edition of the Mudbugs Festival.  

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement regarding former MDOC Commissioner Pelecia Hall. 

 The Queen of the SEC returns.....

Somebody call Jackson Prep and tell the owner they are on the clock!

Today's Idiots of the Day award goes to......

I thought I was finished making lifelong friends. At 65, I figured the roster was pretty much set. I wasn't looking for new ones, and I certainly didn't expect to make some of the most meaningful friendships of my life at this age. These days, most things in my life are either planned or predictable. But over the past decade, I've been surprised by how many new friends I've made, and even more by how I made them.

 Jane Hawkins Smith, wife of Bill Smith and mother of Lucien Smith, peacefully passed away Sunday.   Posted below is her life story and funeral arrangements. 

 Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump had something to say after Attorney General Lynn Fitch cleared a Senatobia police officer in the shooting death of a one-year old child.  

 Well, well, well.  It appears there is a little bit of indoctrination going on in at least one Jackson public school.  Is Brett Kenyon in charge of the curriculum at JPS? 

 Nothing like homecoming festivities or is it homecoming follies?  We report, you decide. 

 Matt Moscona is having waaaaaaay too much fun with the downfall of the Alabama Crimson Tide.  

 Update #2: Latrice Rogers, the owner of Taste Fondren, emailed a comment that is posted below.  

Update: Approved.  Stokes played the race card.   Vote was 3-2 with Hartley, Clay, Stokes voting aye while Foote and Parkinson voted nay. 

Check out what is on the agenda for today's meeting of the Jackson City Council Zoning Committee: 

JXN Water Manager Ted Henifin made it clear Jackson's water/sewer system should return to its control.  Mr. Henifin released a transition report that recommends converting JXN Water to a non-profit company that will continue to operate the system. It is a safe bet such a proposal will not be taken too kindly by the wise men of Jackson.   

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement. 

Check out this little exchange from the Jackson City Council's Public Safety and Parks Committee meeting last week.  

or welcome to The Pitt, Season 2.5. 

 The Kevin Gates concert was a complete ____show in Brandon last night. 

"There is a place in every soul should that understands one day we will give an account that's built into every one of us that judgment is coming and the Holy Spirit convicts us so that he can lead us to this Savior and gives us eternal life.  That's the Holy Spirit.  That's God the Father's work.  That's Jesus the Son's work.  Well, what is your work?" asked the late Dr. Frank Pollard as he preached from the pulpit of First Baptist Church in 1998 on the wonders of the Holy Spirit.  If you didn't make it to church this morning, enjoy the remedial sermon posted below. 

 It appears Jimmy John's in Jackson is officially down and out. 

 This continues a fascinating yet troubling discussion with ChatGPT. Previously the AI model postulated that “the most intellectually honest form of analysis is: here are both sides; here are the criteria by which I'm judging them; here is how each performs against those criteria; and here is how the conclusion changes if we change the criteria.”

A "customer" finds out it might not be a good idea to threaten a Pearl girl with TikTok.  You geaux, girl. 

Flock cameras will soon be no more in Jackson.  JPD Chief Rashell Brackney announced she is not renewing the contract with Flock Safety at a meeting of the City Council's Public Safety and Parks Committee Wednesday.  The cameras have drawn controversy nationwide due to misuse by some police officers. 

 The world is crumbling away as planned. Seriously. What else might we expect? Decades ago, I asked my pastor about politics and politicians. Why are both so messed up? He replied, “We get better than we deserve.” That was one of those answers I had to chew on for a while. 

The latest school ratings were kind to public school districts in the Jackson Metro Area.  As usual, Clinton led the way while Jackson brought up the rear.  However, JPS is performing better than when it faced a state takeover several years ago.  Meanwhile, the charter schools had one theme: failure.  

 A car caught fire over by Jackson Oncology.  

Lord Protector Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

 UMC Vice-Chancellor Dr. Louann Woodward issued the following announcement in her weekly column yesterday. 

 It's going to get down into the 40's this weekend and you know what that means: Soup weather!  The ZeroBear PolyBear may be away but he left us with his recipe for some creamy butternut squash soup in a downloadable format.   Fire up the stove and get to work.  

As riots grow across France, the media is quick to blame the French government for not spending enough money on edumucation.  However, the Wall Street Journal nailed France's real problem in an editorial last week: the country is past being flat broke.  Check out what it had to say: 

 Ridgeland police arrested Hinds County Assistant District Attorney Briana Keeler and charged her with  domestic violence - simple assault Sunday.  

 The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement. 

 Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is permanently barred from the practice of law. 

 MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain blew off the Legislature even though Republicans and Democrats alike had questions about how he runs his agency.  Mississippi Today reported: 

JJ reported on the conviction of a Sovereign Citizen for traffic offenses in Madison a few weeks ago. Although there were some nuggets of humor in the court file, it is a bit much to expect readers to wade through over 70 pages. Fortunately, the Kingfish is going to save you such trouble and provide the humorous nuggets in small bites. Enjoy this declaration of "12 Presumptions of Law",Thomas Barham filed with the Court.  

The company that blew up the liquor industry in Mississippi earlier this year might be facing the music in federal court.  U.S. District Judge James Maxwell dismissed Ruan Transport Inc.'s motion to dismiss after a Mexican restaurant sued to recover lost revenue and profits. 

Some people are always just mad at everyone and everything.  Exhibit A: Last week's meeting of the Jackson City Council. 

 Sometimes, being in the top fifty is not a good thing.  Exhibit A. 

 Jackson Area Federal Credit Union is officially no more.   Five Star Federal Credit Union notified customers yesterday: 

 Flunking out of college may have been the best career move I ever made. I would have had a hard time selling that theory to my mother at the time, and I certainly didn’t offer it as an option to my children. But it got me into the restaurant business.

The Christa Pike botched execution debacle in Tennessee raises a question that has persisted since the U.S. corrections system began seeking a more “humane” and sanitized method for the state to exact the ultimate punishment on criminals.

 AgComm issued the following press release.

Senior American Day at the Mississippi State Fair will be held on Wednesday, October 14, inside the Coliseum. The doors will open at 8:00 a.m. This annual event is open to all ages, with activities especially geared toward senior citizens. 

 State Bean-Counter Shad White issued the following statement. 

A witness claims there was nothing Nathan Rhinewalt could have done to avoid a deadly boating crash that took place on the Rez last month.   

 Well, well, well, look at who's coming to Brandon next year.  What will the crotches who complain about Bro Country, Lil Wayne, and 80 year old bands say now? 

 Meanwhile over on Monument Street last week..... 

 So what will Justis Gibbs' big announcement be? 

 Ag Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following schedule for today and tomorrow at the Mississippi State Fair. 

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch took a break from prosecuting cops to issue the following statement. 

Bring the kids.  We got entertainment for the whole family.  

 Ridgeland Police Chief Bryan Myers issued the following statement. 

 Posted below are the schedules for Monday and Tuesday's events at the Mississippi State Fair. 

Our bumbling Public Works Director is at it again as he delays more road projects. Actually, he is not at it again and that's the problem. The Northside Sun reported: 

"What price the crown of a King on his throne When you're chained in the dark all alone?" Cask of Amontillado by the Alan Parsons Project. 

Cornell alumnus Bill Maher made his feelings about Greek life pretty clear Friday night. 

 JPD issued the following statement. 

Ag Commish Andy Gipson issued the following press release. 

Commissioner Gipson invites Mississippians and visitors from across the region to attend the 167th Mississippi State Fair and enjoy entertainment and special events Sunday, October 11, through Monday, October 12, at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson.

He was a leader of a synagogue who probably trucked with the Pharisees and Saducees.  Knew his law backwards and forwards.  Yet when his daughter fell deathly ill, he found all the fancy rules and incantations meant nothing.  Betrayed by what he knew, he fell back on one simple thing: faith.  Reaching out to Christ, preached the late Dr. Frank Pollard, Jairus begged him heal his daughter as she passed away.  Passed away she did but his faith brought her back to life.  Enjoy the 1998 sermon posted below as Dr. Pollard discusses the beauty of faith.  

 The first in a series on a fascinating yet troubling discussion with ChatGPT:

 Sometimes, the good cat wins a round.   Check out this Darwin Award winner.  

Correction: The post misidentified Hudson as a Laurel City Councilman.  Hudson ran for City Council but was never election.  My fault.  I half-assed wrote the post while watching College Gameday. 

A crybaby community activist will be crying some more after the Mississippi Court of Appeals kicked him to the curb last week. 

 In any war ‘why’ is always disputed between warring parties. As the oldest nation on earth, Israel is recognized as being involved in more wars than any other nation. Israel became a nation when God appointed Moses to lead His people out of captivity in Egypt. The ‘why’ in this war was obvious: Pharoah wanted to keep the children of Israel as slaves. God wanted to lead the children of Israel to the land He had promised to Abram, the progenitor of the race of Abraham. 

 Some bad ideas are never forgotten.  WLBT reported: 

Things got wild at a Northeast Jackson nightclub this week. 

Can't get a good man? The Clarion-Ledger offered great advice on how to do so back in 1940.  

 Hinds Junior College is closing the 18-hole Eagle Ridge golf course. President Dr. Stephen Vacik announced on Facebook: 

Rankin County schools dominate best schools for chronic absenteeism.

The Mississippi Department of Eduction issued the following press release. 

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released the 2025-26 Chronic Absenteeism Report, which shows Mississippi’s chronic absenteeism rate slightly decreased to 26.5%, representing 115,385 students who missed important instructional time in the last school year. The rate for the 2024-25 school year was 27.6%.

 This post is authored by Zerobear Polybear. 

My parents grew huge gardens when I was a kid (many years back), The vegetables they grew pretty much every year included pink eyed purple hull peas, bunch and pole butter beans, Contender green beans, lady peas (my Dad’s #1 favorite vegetable), Texas cream peas (better yield than lady pea, but not as good), speckled butterbeans (for my mom), peanuts (for my dad), sweet corn, tomatoes, several different varieties of squash, cucumbers, okra, sweet potatoes (always) and red potatoes (sometimes), and surely some I have forgotten. These were grown on a neighbor’s otherwise unused land on what seemed like eternally long rows to a kid holding a weed chopping hoe.

In next year’s statewide elections, I am a candidate for State Auditor. Our State Auditor is responsible for ensuring your tax dollars are being spent honestly and wisely. Mississippi must have an auditor with conservative values because it is an outrage when your hard-earned tax dollars are wasted or stolen.

 You can't heat some people enough.   Some assaults should be classified as justifiable. The Wall Street Journal reported: 

 Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba wants to postpone his sentencing for his public corruption convictions.  The docket in his federal case states: 

Mississippi politics has never lacked for characters. Or grudges. Or strange alliances. Or elections that still get people worked up years later.