Jackson Jambalaya

 Some local comedians decided to have some fun.  

The University of Alabama issued the following statement. 

 It's all fun and games until someone goes to jail and the dilapidated Hotel O on I-55 N Frontage Road is no exception.  

 The Justice Department issued the following statement.

 A few weeks ago, an interviewer asked, “Give me a typical day in the life of Robert St. John.” 

Are Sheriffs held accountable in Mississippi? Jerry Mitchell and a team of reporters from the New York Times and Mississippi Today asked that question in a story published last week.  The answer? Not really.  Jerry Mitchell's team reported:

In Mississippi, when state government aims to implement tax reform the sights are usually set on individual or corporate income taxes, sales and use taxes, insurance premium taxes or so-called “sin” taxes on gaming, tobacco, liquor and beer.  

 The Atlanta Braves organization stayed true to form as it announced the Mississippi Braves will be leaving Pearl: 

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee postponed the sentencing of the Goon Squad members.  The six defendants were scheduled to be sentenced this month.  However, Judge Lee posted the following order in the docket on January 5: 

 The city of Jackson still suffered the highest murder rate in America even though the number of homicides fell in 2023.  WLBT reported: 

 The W is changing its name to something um, more inclusive.  The powers that be at the Mississippi University for Women decided a name change might reverse its fading fortunes so a new name was chosen.  The university announced the new name would be......

 So much for open government at the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.  

 The Henley-Young escapees are doing what they do best: carjacking and shooting.  The Natchez-Democrat reported: 

Is the American Boxing Association trying to kill women?  The organization is going to allow trans women to compete against biological women in the boxing ring.  The new policy states trans women may box as females if: 

 UMC issued the following notice.  

 Chauncey Reed is running out of chances to escape justice after Hinds Circuit Judge Adrienne Wooten denied the would-be cop killer's motion to dismiss Friday.  WLBT reported: 

 Get Ready to do the Tube Snake Boogie.    That little band from Texas is coming to Brandon come March. 

Escapees armed & dangerous.  

Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones issued the following statement. 

 Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann issued the following statement. 

 Nature usually takes care of everything if left to do so..... even providing entertainment in a Ridgeland neighborhood. 

The Wall Street Journal bashed Mississippi to open the New Year: “The American South Is Booming. Why Is Mississippi Left Behind?”

The Mississippi State Department of Health issued the following statement. 

 A food fight broke out between the State Auditor and Attorney General yesterday.  

In the first chapter of the Revelation to John, the Apostle sees a vision of Jesus Christ telling him to “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

 A promising idea to combine the dilapidated Butts Park in south Jackson to a planned nature park in Clinton failed after Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba killed the plan.  Randy Bell reported in the Clinton Courier Wednesday: 

 Jordan Cummins might be going back to jail.  Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens filed a motion to revoke his bond after he allegedly violated his curfew and a no-contact order with a fellow defendant.  

A Hinds County grand jury indicted Jordan Cummins for two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of Josh Spann and Auden "Jubilee" Simpkins on March 25, 2023.  The homicides took place just a few blocks away from the St. Paddy's Day Parade. 

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

 Mac-Haik screwed over a soldier deployed but thankfully, the CEO of Dodge himself made things right.   The Drive website reported: 

I am well aware Goldilocks, during her notorious, well documented pillaging of the Bear Home, critically evaluated the porridge cooking of Mother Bear, pronouncing both Papa and Momma Bear's porridge as not to her liking before robbing Baby Bear of his dinner. However, there is a reason behind why I have used her name for this soup for over 70 years.

The CCID Court is back in business after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the NAACP's request for an injunction against the creation of court today.  Although the Court issued an opinion, the nutshell version is the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the creation of the new court because they suffered no injury.  

 The Hinds County courthouses in downtown Jackson were evacuated due to bomb threats.  Sheriff Tyree Jones said the buildings were cleared and are now open for business. 

 The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

 Leftenenent Governor Delbert Hosemann issued the following statement. 

How are things going up north after New Year's Day? 

Things didn't go too well for a hoodlum facing sentencing in a Las Vegas courtroom.  Rawsalerts tweeted: 

The CCID Court is still alive after U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate denied the NAACP's request for an injunction against the court.  

 Or "oops" at WJTV. 

I have often wondered what it must have been like to have attended the Beatles first live performance as a group at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1961. I would have loved to have been in the gallery on the 18th green at Tiger Woods’ first PGA win at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. The same goes for Michael Jordan’s entrée into the NBA, Joe Montana’s first start in the NFL, and Mickey Mantle’s first at bat in the Majors.

On January 2, 2024 and the first day of the new year’s Legislative Session, the Mississippi House of Representatives elected Jason White as the state’s 62nd Speaker of the House. In a unanimous vote, 122 members showed their support for the incoming Speaker.

Democrat Brandon Presley’s failed populist challenge of incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves – built on promises to expand Medicaid, cut or eliminate the sales tax on food, and heal racial division driven by decades of economic disparities – proved that at least for now, Mississippi’s political status quo remains just that.

 Mission Mississippi, a nonprofit organization committed to reconciling racial differences throughout the community, along with various denominations, and congregations are sponsoring a prayer gathering to specifically pray for our legislative leaders.

The Hinds County Board of Supervisors voted today to hire........

 Well, well, well, it appears relief on Briarwood Drive is on the way.  Mr. Prado is transforming the abandoned gas station in to a Don Gabriel store while  the Briarwood 1 building should be demolished by the end of the month.  

 The Mississippi Department of Transportation issued the following statement. 

While a phony war takes place in Gaza, the real combat rages in coffee shops across America, even in Jackson.*  The knucklehead over at Save JXN posted on TikTok a couple of weeks ago: 

Whoa, Nelly.  The CCID Court will remain in purgatory.  The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last night: