Jackson Jambalaya

Time grows short for retired Hinds Junior College President Clyde Muse.  

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 Jackson Mayor John Horhn issued the following statement. 

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The Kingfish subbed for KIM Waaaaaade yesterday on WYAB and hosted The American Spectator's Senior Editor, Scott McKay.   Check out the show below.  

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 The whole thing started with restaurants.

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 Another year passes yet the song remains the same as the Jackson Zoo continues to shrink.   Inventory reports show the Jackson Zoo only has 114 animals, a third of what it was eight years ago. 

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 Talking about taxes, Nobel Prize-winning Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw wryly observed: “A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.” Herman Wouk, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Caine Mutiny,” was more pointed when he said: “Income taxes are the most imaginative fiction written today.”

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 Former Mississippi Speaker of the House of Representatives Phillip Gunn is all in on running for Governor in 2027.  He announced on Facebook: 

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 It is no secret the Royal Navy is in trouble as it struggles to put even one warship out to sea.  If you want to see an idiot in action, check out Britain's Secretary of State for Defense as he floundered in a recent interview.  You can't make this up. 

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 The city of Jackson won bigly are Governor Tate Reeves approved most of the projects the Legislature funded for the capitol city in SB #2189.  The Christmas Tree bill provided $400 million for projects across the state.  

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Package stores are starting to close because they can't get enough product to sell from the ABC warehouse.    The Washington _____ reported: 

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The new Country Squire is now open.   Owner Jon David Cole took advantage of Bonsai closing on Lakeland Drive last year and converted it into a luxurious cigar bar sporting the largest humidor in Mississippi. 

Owner Jon David Cole sits at the new bar

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 There are some people who have such voices you would still and listen to them read through the phone book.  

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 Governor Tate Reeves signed HB #1677 today.  The bill will create the Jackson Metro Water Authority.   

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The Pearl Police Department issued the following statement. 

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America’s crisis is not abstract. It’s not cultural. It’s not even partisan. It’s economic and it’s lived every day in cities like Jackson, Mississippi. The defining promise of this country has always been the Right to Rise: the belief that if you work hard, contribute to your community, and play by the rules, you and your children’s lives can get better. That promise is breaking down in plain sight.

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 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

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 Well, the bad news is another video popped up of LSU fan Alton Bloodworth choking students at the LSU-Ole Miss baseball game this weekend.  

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Come to the Trade Mart tonight for the 2026 edition of Taste of Mississippi.  Sample the culinary offerings of the Jackson area's best restaurants while helping a good cause.  

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 An LSU fan managed to get himself arrested at Swazye Field after he decked someone who threw a beer on him.   

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 The countdown for Charles Evans' release from prison begins.  

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Since February, Dr. Brackney has met with residents, business owners, and faith leaders across the city, beginning with Wards 5 and 6, to hear directly about public safety concerns, neighborhood priorities, and ways JPD can strengthen its partnership with the community. She will now continue those conversations in the remaining wards through a series of evening meetings and daytime outreach events in April and May.

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 You might soon be able to make your own bourbon at home thanks to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.  The Court struck down a federal law barring home distilleries used for alcohol consumption Friday as it held the government could not ban an activity under its power to tax.  

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Update: JPD issued the following statement. 

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 True faith, staying faith, saving faith, and Loyal faiths.  Such are the ways people qualify faith.  However, all that matters is faith, no matter how big or how small.  The late Dr. Frank Pollard reminded us in the 1998 sermon posted below there was a reason the Good Book said all that is needed for salvation is the faith of a mustard seed.  Using the Parable of the Art Collector, Dr. Pollard preached on how a small faith can yield the greatest of rewards.   The parable is posted below as well.  Enjoy. 

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 JPD issued the following statement. 

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 Inflation, inflation everywhere, but no relief in sight. At least it seems that way.

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More Cooper Road Killing  

JPD issued the following statements. 

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 A reader asked JJ to post a reward for the indentification of someone who tried to break into his mother's home.   

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 The fight between ABC warehouse manager Ruan Transport and several liquor stores is moving to federal court.  

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 Xi Van Fleet described America as a “political caste system,” based on intersectionality. Having survived Mao’s cultural revolution, and given an opportunity to study in America, Xi wrote “Mao’s America: A Survivor’s warning.” The book was published in October 2024.

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 For years, the blue collars have been told to learn to code because that is where the future is.  Well, something might have interfered with that future.  

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Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens issued the following statement.  

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 It's nice to hear a dose of sanity in college football when it is so rarely spoken today.  LSU Coach Lane Kiffin said what he thought about the SEC adding a ninth conference game to the college football schedule.  Hint: He didn't praise the decision. 

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 The Deputy State Fire Marshal's report said the cause of the Mississippi Trade Mart fire that took place March 21 was accidental.  The report states the investigation was unable to conclude whether an overloaded extension cord or a candle left burning by a fabric curtain when the facility closed caused the fire. 

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 The Jackson City Council was supposed to vote on JPD Chief Rashall Brackney's contract Tuesday but the Horhn administration pulled the item from the agenda.  The contract curiously included a severance package.  

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"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt" - ancient Chiss proverb.  

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Truck stop food.  It's frowned upon, looked down upon, but always there when you need it.   ZeroBear PolyBear blessed us with his own recipe of truck stop food in a downloadable format.  Enjoy.  

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 Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth I. Stokes is not too happy with Jackson Mayor John Horhn. 

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 The implosion of the ABC warehouse is still not resolved as it still has a backlog of over 170,000 cases.

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 You can hate Trump and still love this development. 

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Space is so cool.  Check out these shots of the  dark side of the moon released by NASA.  

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 Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

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 The Fondren Firebug is behind bars and will remain behind bars for five months after the CCID Court got through with him yesterday.  

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 Brett Favre has Shad White in his sights as he purses a defamation lawsuit against the State Auditor.  Check out the latest filing in their court fight. 

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Update: Judge Bramlette dismissed the indictment against Ivision without prejudice. 

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Before the restaurants, before the trips, before any of it — there was my grandmother's table.

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 Jackson Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth I. Stokes was not too happy when he found out the city of Jackson can not appeal JXN Water's 12% rate increase to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday.  Using common vernacular, he said something about "talking about some bullshit."  

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Mississippi has wrestled with challenging questions before about who we trust to make life‑and‑death decisions. In the death‑penalty era of the late 20th century, the U.S. Supreme Court interrupted executions in Mississippi and across the South, troubled by jury instructions allowing executions if a crime was deemed “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.”

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