Jackson Jambalaya

Will the Meta settlement force us into digital ID and facial recognition just to use the internet? Our Attorney General bragged about the $188 million settlement, a watchdog group said there is a rest of the story.  Check out what Reclaimthenet.com had to say. 

"Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land."  The late Dr. Frank Pollard said the book of Proverbs was filled with great one-liners such as this one in chapter 25.   Preaching in 1998, Dr. Pollard said it doesn't matter how far we stray, how far we travel away from the Lord, there is always a message of good news waiting for us.  We just have to accept it.  Watch what else he had to say in the sermon posted below.  

 A unique urban park in Jackson seeks to become of one of the state’s premier cultural destinations. Encompassing four distinct museums and featuring playgrounds, sports venues, walking and biking trails, family-friendly gathering spaces, and improved access to the Pearl River, the Lefleur Museum District is the mission of the Lefleur’s Bluff Conservancy chaired by Mississippi Children’s Museum founder and Jackson visionary Susan Garrard.

What is it about the Magee Walmart?  

 Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good. 

 Does anyone want to guess which drug dealer will never see the inside of a real prison despite a thirty-year sentence in Mississippi? 

Southaven’s Mayor, Darren Musselwhite, is right.

 Did a Reservoir Patrol officer get out of line on a traffic stop? WLBT reported last night: 

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statements. 

Someone got stupid in the Nolan Wells case.  A federal grand jury indicted Edward James Porter for interstate transmission of threatening communications.  In other words, Porter allegedly made death threats against the friends of Nolan Wells and their families.  

D.A. to Mayor: "It's only four criminals."   

JJ published this post on April 11, 2015.  The video was one for the books as the District Attorney and Clinton Mayor went to war, face to face, in the Mayor's officer.  Good tv.  Get the popcorn and beer. 

Clinton Mayor Phil Fisher held a press conference this afternoon to discuss crimes allegedly committed by "career criminals" and their treatment by the Hinds County criminal justice system.  District Attorney Robert Schuler Smith showed up unannounced and was visibly angry at the press conference.  What started as a press conference turned into a showdown at the Clinton Corral. 

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 The Mississippi Insurance Department issued the following statement. 

Remember when a Hinds County grand jury indicted Spencer Pittman for allegedly torching the Beth Israel Congregation? Well, it appears the case kind of, sort of, fell through the cracks.  

The fight over Leigh Bridge's $2 million Sleepy Hollow home heated up in federal court yesterday. The National Credit Union Administration Board wants to have a trustee appointed over the home.  However, Bridges and her husband Chad said hell no in responses filed yesterday.   

The $2 million home with the Steinway

 The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

Louisiana scored a major coup in the economic development wars.  Elon Musk announced SpaceX will build a spaceport in Vermillion Parish.  Why Vermillion Parish? Two words: Polar orbit. 

It appears the last clawback lawsuit in the Lamar Adams case is finally wrapped up.  SEC Receiver ALysson Mills asked U.S. District Court Judge to approve a $6.5 million settlement agreement with the UPS Store and other defendants in a motion filed on August 20.  

 Marvin Sanders issued the following statement. 

It's late August so you know what that means. 

The hemorrhaging from the Leigh Bridges scandal continues at the Jackson Area Federal Credit Union as it reported a $103 million loss in its July 31 call report.   

Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement.

Check out what has Skyhook and his crew of knuckleheads up in a tizzy: 

WATERCOLOR, Fla.— The Florida Panhandle has known a lot of different versions of me over the past 60 years. It knew me as a little boy whose father had just died, as a young man who had lost his way, as a newly sober waiter dreaming of owning a restaurant, as a husband and father bringing his own family to the beach, and now as a man waiting for the next addition.

The Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on the question of whether the federal Census Bureau relied too heavily on “imputation” – a statistical method used to insert missing individuals into official population counts – in achieving results in the 2020 Census that resulted in undercounts in six states, including Mississippi.

 Accused Beth Israel arsonist Spencer Pittman will undergo a psychiatric examination to see if he is mentally competent to stand trial. 

 The Mississippi Department of Transportation issued the following statement. 

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 The late Dolly Parton came to Jackson a few times early in her career. Check out her promotions. 

 We just lost a national treasure.  Dolly Parton passed away.  She was 80 years old. Dolly's nephew announced her death in a video posted on social media today.  

 Hinds County District Attorney Brad McCullouch issued the following statement. 

 Chad & Leigh Bridges split!

Justice is coming soon for Leigh Bridges. National Credit Union Administration Board Alysson Mills stated in a flurry of motions filed Friday that she expects Leigh will soon plead guilty to federal charges for fraud and embezzlement.  Bridges was the President of the Jackson Area Federal Credit Union but was terminated for allegedly embezzling tens of millions of dollars.  NCAUB filed a clawback lawsuit against Bridges and her husband Chad in U.S. District Court in May. 

The $2 million home with the Steinway

 Damn. Mild-mannered sportscaster Sean McDonough pulled no punches when he talked about Ole Miss on The Brandon Walker Show yesterday.  Watch for yourself. 

 An explorer from Pearl decided to on a a field trip at where else but the closed down Siwell Middle School. What did he find in the ruins of this civilization? 

 Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

JXN Water announced some good news and some bad news Friday.  The good news: The collection rate is standing tall and proud at 85% and operating revenue exceeded operating expenses for the first time since 2020.  The bad news is the utility is going to ask for a 10% rate hike in 2027.  

It is joked you can't tell the players without a program.  What if it is impossible to update the program? 

 The pathological liar known as Nancy Grace is at it again in the Nolan Wells case.   Russ Latino called her out on social media today: 

 Golden but leaden, beautiful but corrupt.  A soothing voice he has but it is filled with deception as he seeks to lead many astray.  No cartoon character is the Devil but he is rather a force to be reckoned with in this world as he seeks to enslave and betray.  The late Dr. Frank Pollard spent a few minutes preaching about the old enemy in the 1998 sermon posted below.  See what he had to say.  Enjoy. 

 Of the nation’s 4,640 colleges, universities, and certificate programs eligible for federal grants and loans, 1,930 or 42% could be at risk for failing to properly submit student outcomes data. Of 43 eligible in Mississippi, 16 or 37% may be at risk.

 To build or not build a new library in downtown Jackson, tis a question debated by the Jackson City Council earlier this week.  WLBT reported Monday: 

 The American military and Ukraine recently engaged in war games featuring drones.  Simply put, we got our asses smoked.   The Wall Street Journal reported: 

 Sometimes it’s good to review where we came from to appreciate where we are today. This past spring one of my students came into class shaking her head and complaining how bad things had become. I asked her what was going on, and she said gas prices were way too high. She was right, of course, but considering the context of where we were ten years earlier, things weren’t as bad as they seemed. 

 Is this a surprise to anyone? 

 There are certain modern hypocrisies I notice all the time.

People who complain about capitalism while living in the wealthiest capitalist countries on earth. Progressive activists in America who lament the lack of respect for individual freedom — seemingly unaware of how much of the rest of the world actually lives. People who use a smartphone to post about how much they hate Big Tech.

 The field is set for the Hinds County District Attorney Election.  Read and weep. 

 Hinds County Assistant District Attorney Gwendolyn Agho issued the following statement. 

 Hinds County District Attorney Bradley McCullouch issued the following statement yesterday. 

 Tired of taking the same casseroles to your church's covered dish suppers?  Check out ZeroBear PolyBear's recipe for Ruben Casserole.   Get out of your comfort zone and try something new.  The recipe is posted below in a downloadable format. 

 The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the conviction and sentence of Carly Gregg. 

 This is why ambulances won't respond to a call without police escort.  

 756 phone calls. 158 hours.  Breach of a suppression order.  Such describes the communications between disgraced paralegal Darra Woolman and Mississippi Today's star reporter, Anna Wolfe.  The phone logs arose in the latest showdown between former Governor Phil Bryant and the digital newspaper in Madison County Circuit Court last week.  

Rep. Celeste Hurst stopped by the Empower Podcast this week to talk about something politicians generally aren't very good at admitting: sometimes helping people actually makes things worse.

Hurst has spent years doing ministry in South Jackson, opening her home to children and families in crisis, and learning firsthand that writing a check is a whole lot easier than actually helping someone change his/her life.

 Yours truly will be subbing for KIM Waaaaaade on WYAB today at 4:07.  The show will be blessed with some right-wing royalty as The American Spectator's Scott McKay will be the guest.  Tune in on 103.9 or stream online at WYAB.com. 

 JPD issued the following statement. 

Kingfish: Once again, we have us another graduate of the Hinds County Catch & Release program. 

JPD arrested Smith in 2017 for house burglary but the case was dismissed.  Smith pleaded guilty to an indictment for business burglary in 2023.  Circuit Judge William Kidd sentenced Smith to serve 142 days in jail. JPD arrested Smith again in 2023 for felony possession of meth.  Smith pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possession of a controlled substance.  County Court Judge Johnny McDaniels sentenced Smith to serve 180 days in jail. 

JPD arrested Smith for business burglary yet again after he allegedly broke into the AT&T warehouse on TV Road.   A Jackson Municipal Court Judge set his bond at $60,000 and decreed on July 7, 2026: 

"It is therefore, Ordered that the Bond in this matter be set at $60,000 unsecured. Said bond status is contingent upon the Defendant's completion of the Program at Gateway Recovery Program and all previous bond conditions including GPS monitoring remaining the same.

It is further Ordered that upon completion of the Program at Gateway Recovery Program the Defendant shall be returned to the Raymond Detention Center and a status hearing will be scheduled within seven (7) days ofreturn to said detention center."

It appears a little bond revocation is in order.  

 

 Leigh Bridges took the Fifth Amendment in federal court this week although it is not known if she took a fifth.  The disgraced Bridges is the former President of the Jackson Area Federal Credit Union. The credit union accused her and her husband Chad of embezzling between $55 and 95 million.   

 A young man expressed his frustration after another young man was shot to death by the park on South Drive.   He had something to say and this website thinks it is worth repeating. 

Bakeries will humble a restaurant guy in a hurry. After 45 years in the business, I figured food was food and I could learn the rest. Then I found myself surrounded by pastry flour, yeast, butter, and people talking about lamination, and I realized I didn’t know squat.

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

 Sean Tindell issued the following press release. 

 The 1984 science fiction thriller “The Terminator” established James Cameron as a director, made Arnold Schwarzenegger bankable in Hollywood as a leading man, cost $6.4 million to make and grossed over $78 million at the box office, and created a franchise of five sequels between 1991 and 2019. 

 Our favorite Black Supremacist and our favorite grifter joined the Nolan Wells "team" today.  The NAACP issued the following statement. 

 Jackson County District Attorney Angel McIlrath issued the following statement. 

Bill Maher takes on the idiocy of multiculturalism.  

 Felons convicted of non-violent crimes will soon be able to apply to get their gun rights restored.   The Wall Street Journal reported: 

Was yesterday a prelude to war in Madison County? The data center project is the county's crown jewel as AWS spends up to $21 billion.  County officials eyes glazed over as they dreamed of rivers of milk and honey in tax revenue. However, a darkening cloud appeared on the horizon at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Supervisors.  AWS challenged the county's $292 million assessment of the data centers as it argued the value was only $69 million.  

or the eyesore will be an eyesore no more. 

Pracon Global Investment issued the following statement. 

 JPD issued the following statement. 

 Shazam!  The JJ lawsuit detector found another lawsuit filed against The Vault and it's owner, Jerry Pass.  While other plaintiffs accuse Pass and Company of selling their cars on consignment and keeping the money, this plaintiff claims Pass sold him a classic Jaguar that just plain did not run even though he claimed it was in nearly perfect condition.  

1954 Jaguar XK 12 SE Roadster on Vault website

 Some accused pervs will be off the street for awhile. 

Lying about selling firearms cost William McHenry his freedom after U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III sentenced him to serve twenty months in federal prison on August 12.  

 Lord Protector Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindall issued the following press release. 

 The would-be replacements for former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens are starting to throw their hat in the ring.  

What is a fool? The late Dr. Frank Pollard recounted how Satan deceived Adam and Eve: "God doesn't want you to be as smart.  He doesn't want you to know how smart you really are.  You'll be like God is the oldest lie and it's got more people into more problems.  But a fool is someone who looks all too much to themselves and says because it's in my gut, because it's in my heart, because I believe it deeply, then it must be so. Proverbs says he who despises instruction is a fool.  When people look to all too much to themselves, they don't want to be instructed."  How apropos today. 

Mississippi’s burgeoning defense industries must be drooling over the Pentagon’s proposed $1.5 trillion budget request. More ships, more missiles, more aircraft, more drones, all mean more lucrative production contracts.

 Looking for something good to watch? There is a real treat on Youtube: Something the Lord Made, starring Alan Rickman and Mos Def.  The movie tells the story of how the Great Depression cheated Thomas Vivien out of his chance at medical school.  Adept with his hands, he became the lab assistant for the legendary Dr. Alfred Blalock.  The two men combined to perform the first successful open heart operation on a blue baby. Mr. Thomas eventually earned his place on the wall at Johns Hopkins Hospital.  No f bombs, no sex scenes, no gore, just good ole fashioned story-telling.  Enjoy. 

 It was only a matter of time.  Here come the calls for violence.   

Where did the Elon Musk money go?  JJ reported Monday how SpaceX accused its contractor for the Memphis data center projects of bilking the Musk company up to $800 million while buying up racetracks and the International Hot Road Association.  Stephen Cole Smith published a very thorough story on the Hagerty Insurance website about how the contractor, Darryll Cuttell took down IHRA as he imploded, all the while blaming his problems on SpaceX.  Earlier post.  Smith reported: 

Home for many years to the best lunch in Jackson, the building that once housed Two Sisters Kitchen is up for sale.  

Political divisiveness is the name of the game this year. I suppose that’s always been the case in election years. Nevertheless, it’s still the economy, stupid (thanks James). Voters ask themselves whether they want change or whether they can endure one more term hoping nothing more stupid happens. 

 Dow Yoder reached another new low.  

 Hinds County District Attorney Bradley McCullouch issued the following statement. 

The Governor of Mississippi is paid $160,000 a year. At least 34 school district superintendents make more than that.

 A Gentlemen's debate took place at the campus of Jackson State University last weekend. 

Feel like having some comfort food? Chef ZeroBear PolyBear divined us with his recipe for beef stew in a downloadable format.  Fire up the stove and get to work.  

 Best damn college baseball coach who ever lived.   

State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

 $8 million.  That amount is what Garrett Michael Thompson will have to pay to get out of jail after JPD charged him with sexual battery and enticing a child.  

 The cuffs might be coming soon for Leigh Bridges.  So said the former President of the Jackson Area Federal Credit Union in a motion filed in federal court yesterday.  The credit union fired Bridges earlier this year when it was discovered she allegedly embezzlement of up to $95 million.  Investigators claimed Bridges and her husband Chad used the embezzled funds to purchase swanky homes, $10,000 handbags, expensive jewelry, and even a Steinway piano.  So posh was their lifestyle their home appeared in Mississippi Magazine.

The $129,000 Steinway piano

 The family of Nolan Wells is withholding his cellphone as it negotiates with law enforcement over its investigation.  Wells family attorney A.R. Smith 

 Earlier post with thorough coverage of original indictment.

The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

 Zach Servis's little stunt at a Jackson City Council meeting last year wound up in federal court this morning.

The sororities of Ole Miss and Florida State take you back to your childhood and well, you'll see. 

 The most successful entrepreneur I know is also a friend of mine. That’s a pretty good combination if you’re smart enough to shut up and listen.

 The enduring myths about the death penalty in America are that the practice is supported by Republicans and opposed by Democrats, that Blacks strongly oppose the punishment and, in contrast, Whites support it, and that the death penalty is a highly partisan issue.

Data centers are going to pour millions and millions of dollars into Madison County tax coffers every year.  The Northside Sun reported:  

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

 Former Interim Hinds County Sheriff Marshand Crisler was released early from prison.  Crisler's wife posted on social media: 

The Ozzman doth returneth to campus.  Who says the kids aren't all right? 

 Need an adrenaline rush? You are in luck next week. 

 The city of Ridgeland issued the following statement. 

 Did Hot Rodders try to rip off Musk and SpaceX?

Highlights:

- SpaceX companies and contractor war in court

- Space X accuses contractor of overcharging up to $800 million

- Contractor accused of using fraud to purchase IHRA and Memphis Motor Speedway

- Contractor tries to place over half a billion dollars in liens on data center projects 

What began as a project creating a hi-tech land of milk and honey erupted into a bloody fight between SpaceX and its contractor in no less than three separate courtrooms.  The court fight involves SpaceX's massive data center project in Memphis and Southaven with the contractor claiming the Elon Musk company owes nearly $600 million while SpaceX accuses the contractor of bilking it for nearly $800 million while using the money to fund the International Hot Rod Association and purchase of the defunct Memphis Motor Speedway. 

It's August and you know what that means.  It's time for an outbreak of sorority rush videos.  Posted below are the Phi Mus from Mississippi State University and Ole Miss.  Show your support in the comments.  

This is how you handle a street takeover. 

"I had walked life’s path with an easy tread, Had followed where comfort and pleasure led; And then one day in a quiet place, I met the Master, face to face. With station and rank and wealth for a goal, Much thought for the body, but none for the soul; I had thought to win in life’s mad race, When I met the Master, face to face," said the late Dr. Frank Pollard as he recited the poem I Met My Master Face to Face in his 1998 sermon on Paul's conversion.    Thinking like the pharisees? Thinking "I'm so glad I'm not like that sinner?"  Well, this might be the sermon for you.  Enjoy. 

JPD has a person of interest in the hanging death of Tasia Fortune. 

 And then there were three – with more to come. Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced for Governor last week. She joins Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson and former Speaker of the House Philip Gunn as officially announced Republican candidates. Still in the wings are Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, State Auditor Shad White, and billionaire businessman Thomas Duff. No Democratic candidates have emerged yet.

 Note: Relax folks.  Didn't think I had to explicitly say the flyer is a spoof but it is.   It's been floating around out there for a few days.  He is scheduled to be released on December 9, just in time for Christmas.  

Someone is having a shindig today. 

 The geniuses at the University of Meechigan took it upon themselves to ban grades for freshman.   This is no joke.  The university announced the change on its website: 

I got a lot out of our high school reunion last weekend. It was so enjoyable seeing classmates I’ve not seen in decades. Benefitting is the better word for it. Like most classmates I came to see how everyone is now, what everyone has been dealing with, and remembering all “way-back-whens.” The best parts were enjoying catching up and not feeling any old rivalries. We were just family who laughed out loud at then and now. 

 Hinds County District Attorney Brad McCullouch issued the following statement. 

 Scott, Scott, Scott.  I like ya fine, you're a nice guy but come on, man.  

 This disturbing incident took place last week at on Fortification Street at West Street.  

MDOC arrested yet another person trying to sneak contraband into the prison in Rankin County.  MDOC issued the following statement.  

Looking to spice up your shrimp season?  The ZeroBear PolyBear graced us with his Shrimp Enchilada recipe.  Live on the wild side a little and get away from boiling or grilling shrimp.  Try something new.   Carpe Diem, that sort of thing.  The Bear's recipe is posted below in a downloadable format. Milagro Silver Tequila is optional.  Enjoy. 

 The Cajun Navy produced a report on the Nolan Wells case.  The report reaches no conclusions but collects information available through public sources and provides a timeline. The Cajun Navy warns much of the information is unverified. 

 The National Park system might be the only thing Washington ever got right on the first try.

Grant Callen sits down with Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns' longtime partner in crime and the man who has probably forgotten more about America's national parks than the rest of us will ever know. If you've seen The National Parks: America's Best Idea, you've already met his work.

 Bill Maher took on the commies in the DSA Friday night.  Some audience members were audibly shocked as Maher pulled back the curtain. 

 It's the time of year when you, the readers, support 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. 

 Should Carlos the Clown get his law license reinstated? The Mississippi Bar posted this notice on its website: 

 There is a major gas leak at Ridgewood and Old Canton Road.  You might want to avoid the area.  It smells pretty bad.  

 Why can't we innovate like this over here? 

 JPD issued the following statement. 

The conspiracy theories  continue in the Nolan Wells case after a so-called audio tape of the call to SeaTow surfaced last week. While Nancy Grace blathered away about how real it was, a real forensic scientist, Dr. Amy Santoro, dissected it all and well, came up with a different conclusion. Let's just say the word "garbage" was used.   

 Who are they? 

Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement. 

 State Auditor Shadrack White and Ag Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following statements in response to Attorney General Lynn Fitch announcing her gubernatorial bid yesterday. 

 The Kingfish shook the lawsuit tree and hot diggity damn, yet another lawsuit against The Vault and its owner, Jerry "J.D." Pass fell to the ground.   The Vault sells classic cars on consignment.  The Georgia plaintiff joins a growing list of plaintiffs who accuse The Vault of selling the cars without permission and keeping the money.  

 I have a friend who likes funerals.

Cutting federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly called “food stamps,” is serious business anywhere in the U.S., but in no state is it more consequential than in Mississippi.

A sex trafficking ring known as the "Neverland Group" has been operating in Jackson.  

 I've got a perfect movie for you tomorrow night at Malco Madison and Tinseltown. 

 There is not much news to report in the $95 million Jackson Area  Federal Credit Union scandal but it appears any hopes for a default judgment disappeared last week.  

 Just watch the video all the way to the end.   

You can't make this up! 

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

The Mississippi Supreme Court suspended Jackson attorney Jarrod Mumford from the practice of law after he mishandled an estate and his trust account.   

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement. 

Perp was 13 years old when he killed! 

Hinds County District Attorney Bradley McCullouch issued the following statement. 

The guillotine fell on Chokwe Antar Lumumba's law license today as the Mississippi Bar filed a motion to accept Lumumba's irrevocable resignation with the Mississippi Supreme Court today. 

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

 A New Orleans rapper found herself on the receiving end of a cease and desist letter from the father of a boy who was friends with the late Nolan Wells.   

 The Marty Stuart Ellis Theater issued the following press release. 

 Attorney General Lynn Fitch will make a special announcement Wednesday morning.  The Street Committee says she announce she is running for Governor of the Great State of Mississippi.  

 Driving backwards is not always a good idea. 

Lieutenant Governor Gilbert Hosemann issued the following statement. 

"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing," said Saint Vincent Lombardi.  Tis a creed that forms the foundation of our ethos all too often.  However, preached the late Dr. Frank Pollard,  losing teaches, it clarifies and simplifies life.  Just as losing breeds humility, so does winning often breed pride.  "Watch out for victories," warned the preacher as it takes away the spiritual edge as it creates contempt.  Instead of developing love for another, it fosters a one-upmanship where one is rarely happy.   See what else Jackson's finest preacher has to say about winning and losing in the 1998 sermon posted below. 

 Former Gov. Phil Bryant once declared, “Transparency in government is critical to its integrity.” He should tell that to his buddy in the White House. The Trump administration has embarked on a widespread crusade to hide, disguise, and deny access to public data.

 Some Neshoba County Fair regulars may feel out of sorts since the fair did not take place at the end of July as it did for many years.   To help them cope, posted below is a short video of the 1958 edition of the fair.  Step back in time to see how it was back then. Enjoy. 

 The Mississippi Department of Public Safety issued the following statement. 

 The Capitol Poh-lice don't play.  

Many kinds of governments exercise authority over nations, states, provinces, and territories around the world. Which form works best? The founders of the United States of America whittled down a few words that have become the foundation of our beliefs and values: “All men are created equal.”

Yet another lawsuit accuses The Vault of selling a classic car on consignment while pocketing the money. 

 “What is a think tank?” is a question I get asked all the time.  

AI is a sword that can cut both ways.  Unfortunately, AI was used to create a rather disturbing video about none other than Carly Gregg.  Check out this bit of disinformation.  

The decision to cancel Jackson's parking meter contract will take a little bit longer to make.   Jackson Mayor John Horhn wants to cancel the contract.  However, the City Attorney and Council said they needed more information. WLBT reported Monday: 

If you can't beat the heat, join the heat as they say in Rio Linda.  The ZeroBear PolyBear has just the prescription: his own Cuban sammich.  Check out the recipe below complete in a downloadable format.

 Politics works best when we remember we’re neighbors before we’re opponents. But in an age of polarization, is that still possible?

The Clown has managed to outdo himself and not for the good. 

Chris Epps' petition to win compassionate release from federal prison went down in flames after U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate denied his petition yesterday.  

Tis a question that has dominated Mississippi politics: Who gave Anna Wolfe the private text messages of former Governor Phil Bryant, Brett Favre, and others linked to the DHS scandal?  Her expose was no small feat as it rocked Mississippi and won the Barksdale Today reporter a Pulitzer Prize.  However, Bryant's legal team thinks it has uncovered her source.  

 As teachers prepare their classrooms and parents have taken advantage of Mississippi's tax-free back-to-school shopping weekend, we can easily forget the most important part of the school year: making sure the child actually attends school.

 The Mississippi Supreme Court disbarred former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens. 

 The Mississippi Museum of Art is going to take over Jackson's newly-renovated planetarium when it opens after the Jackson City Council voted 5-1 to approve the contract with MMA last night.  

Lawsuits and judgements against The Vault and its owner, Jerry Pass.  A Rankin County couple accused Pass of stiffing them on a short-term million dollar loan last year.  Situated in the Fondren, The Vault sells collectible classic cars, often on consignment.  

Jerry Pass at The Vault. Credit: TheVaultMs.com

 Well, it was not a night of victory for Carlos Moore last night as he went down in spectacular defeat.  How bad was it?  See for yourself. 

 If you really want to know me, don’t ask where I live. Ask where I still drive by.

I don’t know if everybody does this. I imagine most people move on from a place and never feel the need to see it again. That’s never been me. Ever since I got my driver's license, I've had a habit of turning down streets where I used to live. Before long, it grew into something bordering on an obsession. I slow down when I pass them, and for a moment the years disappear. 

  It is difficult to overstate the role seniority and mastery of the congressional committee system has played in keeping federal spending flowing in Mississippi. It’s never more visible than when it keeps Huntington Ingalls and other Mississippi shipbuilders and suppliers busy as some of the state’s largest employers.

 JPD issued the following statement. 

 The Mississippi Museum of Art is going to manage Jackson's planetarium.  The facility is closed as it undergoes extensive renovations.  

Fondren's The Vault is popular among classic car aficionados as it sells vintage cars such as Ferraris, Rolls Royces, and of course, Corvettes on consignment.  However, a pair of recently filed lawsuits accused the dealership and its owner, Jerry Pass of either keeping the money or the unsold vehicles instead of paying the clients.   

Jerry Pass at The Vault. Credit: TheVaultMs.com

Carlos Moore is not happy.  

Sombra shuts down.

 Lord Protector Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

Kevin Gates is making no apologies as he comes to Brandon this fall.   

Peeping Tom Zeryk Smith was sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty in Rankin County Circuit Court to multiple counts of voyeurism.  Police arrested Smith in 2025 for filming women undressing at Target and an apartment complex.   

 Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney issued the following statement Thursday.

 Jackson Mayor John Horhn wants to cancel the parking meter contract.  

"We may be all white but we're not all right we're all wrong and the word says that in God's there is none of those distinctions there and the church will never be the church. It should be until it understands that everyone who has been baptized by the spirit of Christ as a brother or a sister... There is no Jew nor Greek nor bond nor free nor male nor female nor barbarian nor Scythian or any other way in that day or this, we try to make a distinction between peoples for we are all one in the Lord Christ," preached the late Dr. Frank Pollard.  Dr. Pollard discussed how all are one in the body of Christ as there are no race or class in the church.  Check out the 1998 sermon posted below to see what Dr. Pollard had to say.  

 Shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Panama Canal, Black Sea, and Suez Canal may seem irrelevant. But these maritime chokepoints link worldwide transportation arteries essential to Mississippi industries like poultry, farming, manufacturing, and logistics. Disruptions there impact what we pay here for groceries, fuel, feed, and more.

JPD issued the following statement.  

 Check out this modern version of The Godfather. 

 Mississippi Speaker of the House Jason White issued the following statement. 

 $79 billion invested since 2020. xAI, Amazon and Aluminum Dynamics chose Mississippi over anywhere on earth. What changed was never the soil — it was the rules we chose to live by.

The longer I live in Mississippi, the more I love it here.

 Jackson Mayor John Horhn issued the following statement. 

CBS is kicking WJTV to the curb.  The Desk.net reported: 

 Conspiracy theories and race-baiting about the Nolan Wells case raged on social media after the Wells family and attorney Benjamin Crump released the preliminary results of their autopsy earlier this week.  Forensic scientist Dr. Amy Santoro provided a sober analysis of the preliminary autopsy and spoke some much-needed sense about the whole thing.  

 Entergy cut off power to an apartment complex in South Jackson after it discovered meter tampering occurred.  Residents called WLBT's 3 On Your Side for help but once WLBT started digging, the plot thickened.  WLBT reported: 

  Carlos Moore is trying to get his law license back after the Mississippi Supreme Court suspended it for one year in January 2025.  The Court revoked his license after he botched the settlement of a wrongful death lawsuit . 

An Alcorn State University professor busted his students in one class for cheating with AI.  Suspecting his students were misusing AI, Dr. Jason Gibson added a little trap to the mid-term exam that ensured 32 of 35 students.   The dummies didn't even read what they submitted and were justly rewarded for their lack of effort.  Watch his short explanation of what happened.  We need more professors like him.  

 Summertime means only one thing: It's rib season.  Thick, succulent ribs dripping juice and your favorite barbecue sauce.  Truly heaven on earth.  Our good friend ZeroBear PolyBear blessed us with his own recipe for ribs in a downloadable format.  Start pouring vinegar, fire up the grill, and get to work.  This recipe is making some of us hongry. 

 Jackson, George, and Greene County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath had a few things to say about the Nolan Wells case.  

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

Highlights

- College promised to supervise kids at soccer camp

- Student sexually abused, repeatedly stripped, tortured

- Little discipline happens, parents sue

- Circuit Judge says case will go to trial, college appeals (Skip to this section if you read earlier post)

A Pass Christian family moved one step closer to obtaining justice from Jones Community College after a Circuit Judge denied the college's motion for summary judgment.  A mother sued the college after her 14 year-old son after her son was tortured and abused at a summer soccer camp.   The child suffered sucker punches, forcible stripping, the pouring of semen on his face, the sharing it all on social media, and other abuse.   Much more information in earlier post.

 Starts accepting grant applications August 3

Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement. 

 It's usually not a good thing when the saxophones get louder in a video.  Check out Heavymetalj's recent visit to the Jackson Zoo. 

 Our favorite drama queen is up to his old tricks again.  Suspended attorney Carlos Moore, aka Carlos the Clown, urged all black football players to boycott all SEC football teams until there is justice for Nolan Wells.  You can't make this up.  

 Louisiana Public Broadcasting cooked up a little something for the LSU-Ole Miss game on September 19.  

Did U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate coronate himself the Czar of Economic Development for Jackson? 

 The Clown was not pleased. 

 Jushun "Red" Paige will stay put in jail for a while after Hinds County Court Judge Johnny McDaniels denied bond yesterday.  The Capitol Police arrested Paige in June for auto burglary.  Paige and his friends participated in the murder of Chelsae Kirschten in 2017 but managed to escape justice.  

Finnegan gets to begin again. 

The Mississippi Parole Board never fails to disappoint.  Remember that guy who pleaded guilty to ripping off day care centers and churches by selling them fire suppression systems that didn't work?  He pleaded guilty in February and was sentenced to serve seven years in prison.  However, under Parole Board math, that means he was released last week. 

 You can buy almost anything in New Orleans.

 The Mississippi Legislature’s special session decision to overhaul the state’s youth court system is already drawing fire from critics. Still, the state’s taxpayers should count the vote to open the youth court process as a win for transparency, institutional pragmatism, and public safety.

 Just another day at an apartment complex in Jackson. 

The 2^nd Quarter did not disappoint for drama or trauma. On 13 April the U.S. initiated a three Carrier Strike Force blockade of the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Less than two months later, the U.S. began on again off again ceasefires which continue still. All that sound and fury did little to deter the stock market which with Kevlar flair rallied 16% to its best quarterly gain in 6 years. Why? Big time earnings, that’s why.

 Truth or fiction? We report, you decide. 

 Here are the "C" ratings for Jackson metro area restaurants issued since April 1, 2026.  The Mississippi Department of Health inspects and grades each restaurant.  The department inspects the restaurant again within ten days after the "C" is issued.  More information can be obtained at the MSDH restaurant inspection web page.

The Capitol Police issued the following statement. 

 Jackson City Councilwoman Tina Clay said the city is not operating at a deficit at a meeting of the Finance Committee last week.  Ms. Clay is Chairwoman of the committee. Jackson Mayor John Horhn warned the City Council last week the city was facing a $23 million deficit. 

The light Cal-Maine settlement in a price-fixing case was not an anomaly as the Trump Justice Department is backing away from prosecuting corporate crime.  The Wall Street Journal reported: 

U.S. District Judge Wingate is holding a hearing at 1:30 today on how data centers might affect Jackson's water supply. The learned jurist apparently saw WLBT's reporting on how the Horhn administration is considering allowing the construction of a data center at the Lake Hico site and couldn't resist the opportunity to do some micromanaging.  

The 2008 subprime crisis caused the U.S. to rescue financial institutions deemed too big to fail. The cost was socialized on taxpayers.  A lookalike crisis is brewing in Mississippi. Its cost may fall on Entergy’s residential customers.

 Just another day in Centerville, Mississippi.  Not to be confused with Centerburg, of course. 

 Hinds County District Attorney Bradley McCullough issued the following statement.