Jackson Jambalaya

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.

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September 11th felt much more poignant this year. Perhaps that’s because it is twenty-five years since the attack on the Twin Towers, and a quarter of a century seems more of a milestone.

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 After striking out in a bid to overturn her murder conviction, Carly Gregg wants another turn at bat.  

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Update: Last suspect was arrested.  

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation issued the following statement. 

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 Tickets are finally on sale for the Starkpatch SEC Shorts show. 

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 Perhaps Lane Kiffin should borrow a page from Bear Bryant and wear a helmet to the game tomorrow. 

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 What is it about Walmart that brings out the best in people? 

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Stuffed Cubanelle peppers, anyone?  The picture says it all.  ZeroBear PolyBear's recipe is posted below in a downloadable format.  Get to work. 

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 Everyone has something to say about the big game from Landry Kiffin to yes, Shad White.   It is not known if the Governors of the two states will mud wrestle in the nude on the field during pre-game festivities but we can hope.  Or maybe not.  

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Chartes, Notre Dame, Reims, Amiens, Saint-Denis Basilica.  Cathedrals that are true treasures of Europe. It costs quite a bit to go see them but you are in luck. Check out this trailer for a movie featuring these cathedrals that will appear at Malco Grandview next week.

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 Meta is paying up after it settled a lawsuit with Mississippi and other states over accusations it fostered harmful teen addiction to social media.  The company will pay $188,977,259 over ten years to Mississippi as part of the settlement agreement.   Attorney General Lynn Fitch disclosed how the funds will be allocated in a consent judgment filed this week in Hinds County Chancery Court. 

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 The University of Mississippi Medical Centered issued the following press release on August 16.  We know.  This one fell through the cracks. 

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 It appears some knuckleheads are getting stupid about the game Saturday night.  

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People have spent decades leaving Jackson. Ward 7 Councilman Kevin Parkinson moved here, bought a house, and named his kids Jackson, Leland, and Magnolia. Nobody can accuse the man of hedging his bets.

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 Greg Brand, a long-time stalwart of the Mississippi Democratic Party passed away last night.   Although never elected to office, he was one of the party's top operatives.  Greg was quite the colorful character but oh, the stories he could tell.  He was one of a kind but as I told him once, I hadn't figured out what kind.  Rest in peace.  

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 Hinds County Chancellor Dewayne Thomas passed away after suffering a massive heart attack today at his home. Judge Thomas won election to the bench in 2006.  Governor Tate Reeves will appoint a replacement. 

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Yet another front opened in the fight between former Jackson Area Federal Credit Union President Leigh Bridges and the National Credit Union Administration Board.  The focus of this fight? Gift cards.  Yup.  You read that correctly.  Gift cards.  

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 It's time to wrap up another annual fundraising drive that supports your favorite Jackson website. Your support makes this website possible and it would not have made it this far without you.  However, the need for your support remains as strong as ever. 

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 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

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 Readers might want to be careful when filling up their gas tanks at the  Flowood Walmart after these little red stickers appeared on the Murphy USA gas pumps this week. 

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 For most of my life I had the wrong idea about what makes a man rich.

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 For the record, in a case involving Mississippi’s capital city of Jackson, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month that there exists no constitutional right to clean water.

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 Update: The suspect will be tried as a juvenile.  His name and mug shot have been removed. 

The Ridgeland Police Department issued the following statement. 

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 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

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 U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III postponed the sentencing for Jody Owens, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, and Aaron Banks.  The docket states: 

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Ole Miss fans need to be quiet Saturday night.  

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James Carville posted “The economy stupid” sign in Bill Clinton’s 1992 Little Rock campaign headquarters. He wanted the campaign to focus on what mattered.

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 Project will create over 600 jobs. 

Lord Protector Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

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 Damn.  Doesn't anyone know how to stick and move anymore? 

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 Jackson Mayor John Horhn issued the following statement. 

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 Apparently some members of Oxford royalty had a little dispute Saturday. 

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A Sovereign Citizen found out the hard way he is not sovereign in Madison, Mississippi or the Barham Province as he called it.  

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The internet decided what Lindsay Clancy, her husband and even the holdout juror 

were supposed to be. The evidence was considerably less convenient.

I have spent a lot of time talking about the Lindsay Clancy case over the last few weeks. Probably more time than I ever expected to spend talking about a murder trial in Massachusetts. I’ve discussed it on my radio show. I’ve been interviewed about it by national media. I’ve argued with people about it on Facebook, which is generally where good legal analysis goes to die. And after watching the trial, the mistrial and especially the public reaction to both, I’m not sure the most interesting thing about this case is Lindsay Clancy anymore. It may be us.

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 Sometimes it is good to be the king. 

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 Well, well, well, John Caldwell is tired of the bullshit and will not run for re-election as Northern Mississippi Transportation Commissioner.  The Commish announced on his podcast: 

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 Insurance Commish Mike Chaney issued the following statement. 

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"Do you think you are who they say you are," was asked of Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar.  The Devil certainly thought so as he offered Christ food, glory, and even the entire world when he was at his weakest.  Twas temptation few mortals, if any, could resist such seduction but resist Christ did.  The late Dr. Frank Pollard said Christ sacrificed so much because he thought we are worth that much.   Enjoy his sermon as Jackson's best preacher weaves a tapestry of Broadway, scripture, and truth. 

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 Perhaps nothing epitomized the radical changes impacting modern warfare than 26 idled Abrams M1A1 battle tanks. The U.S. sent Ukraine 31 of the coveted tanks in late 2023. By April 2024, five had been destroyed and the others banned from the front lines. Russia’s shift to constant surveillance and plentiful cheap bomb-carrying drones, many supplied by Iran, had dramatically shortened the time it took to spot, strike, and destroy targets. 

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 Just the good ol boys, never meanin' no harm....

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Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of 9/11.  The Kingfish will not attempt to add to the countless words already written but instead will take you back in time to the Howard Stern radio show of all things.  Posted below is the recording of the Stern and cast reacting as the attacks and tower collapses took place.   It is a pretty good representation of how most people reacted that day.   

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Check out these scenes from Facebook today.  Apparently the news of the arrest in the Tasia Fortune homicide case did not deter this group from coming to Jackson.  

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 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

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I remember. Now I know. In my mom’s 80s she would tell me her memories. Some went back to her childhood and some to her years before leaving home. Her last ten years here at home with us were full of her memories growing up in Saulsbury. Now I know.

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 JPD Police Chief Rashall Brackney announced at a press conference this afternoon that JPD arrested Jacques Ratliff and charged him with murder in the hanging death of 29 year-old Tasia Fortune.  The homicide drew much attention nationwide.  

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It was 19 years ago today that Heather Spencer was taken away from her friends and family. Pray for them as they remember her on a day synonymous with the worst of this world. Posted below is a video produced by one of her friends in her memory and an essay about Heather written by her mother several months after her death.

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 Leah Bridges wants her money.  The former Jackson Area Federal Credit Union President asked U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III to unfreeze half a million dollars in her retirement accounts. 

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 Never let it be said Trinidad Chambliss does not invest in the Oxford community.  The Ole Miss star quarterback purchased a $1.9 million condominium on the Square in Oxford in March.  The Wall Street Journal reported today: 

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 The folks at SEC Shorts peer into a possible future. 

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 There is nothing like a good sammich.  Yessiree.  Grab two slices of bread and slap something in between them.  The good ZeroBear PolyBear privileged us with one of his favorite sammich recipes in a downloadable format.  Enjoy. 

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People have been leaving the Mississippi Delta for decades. Jack and Elizabeth Coleman went the other way.

After successful careers in D.C. and Texas, they moved back to Jack’s hometown of Rosedale and started spending millions of dollars to build the Delta’s first legal distillery, restore old buildings, create jobs, and give people a reason to come to town.

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