Jackson Jambalaya

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Rankin County Chancellor John McLaurin dismissed a lawsuit against former Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper Ivana Williams yesterday.  

 In today's edition of Flashback Friday, we are going to travel back in time to one of the biggest scandals in American history. 

State Bean Counter Shad White issued the following statement. 

Sometimes that PolyBear does really dumb stuff.

 The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation issued the following statement.

 Mary Mahoney's to pay $1.35 million

Mary Mahoney's. A name that stands for the good times that are the Gulf Coast, Southern elegance, and tasty cuisine.  However, Mary Maphony's might be a more apt name after the Federalis caught the restaurant passing off frozen foreign seafood as fish fresh from the Gulf of Mexico for years.   Triggerfish Almondine, anyone? 

 Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens is apparently trying to get into the hotel business.  Mr. Owens' company submitted a bid for the Jackson Convention Center hotel project to the city of Jackson. 

 The city of Jackson issued the following press release. 

 The Goon Squad may be gone but their misdeeds live on thanks to the wonders of modern technology.   Veteran reporter Jerry Mitchell uncovered a WhatsApp message thread where Goons bragged about their exploits.  Mr. Mitchell and his team reported in Mississippi Today and the New York Times: 

State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

Much was made in the media last week about the FBI executing search warrants on Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens and his downtown cigar bar.  However, other warrants were executed as well.  

For the 26-plus years this column has been in existence I have typed over 1,000 words a week, every week, never missing a week. That’s over 1,300,000 total words published in your newspaper. These days, in addition to newspapers, this column is also consumed online and through email subscriptions.

After winning 73 percent of the vote on April 19 among workers in a Chattanooga, Tennessee Volkswagen plant to join the United Auto Workers union, organized labor leaders began to predict a growing erosion of decades of Southern state opposition to labor union membership. Specifically, union leaders began to predict victory in an upcoming union vote in Mercedes plants in Vance and Woodstock, Alabama.

 A family was carjacked in West Jackson Friday.  The Ring doorbell camera captured the horror on video.  WAPT reported: 

 Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is holding his regular press conference at 633 North State Street.  The presser is live-streamed below. 

 Tonarri Moore is in federal custody.   His federal case docket states: 

 The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

 Gary Pettus authored the following post for UMC. 

George Doby’s oldest child was 5 when he earned his bachelor’s degree in nursing school.

Murder suspect Tonarri Moore is an informant in the prosecutions against Marshand Crisler and Torrance Mayfield.  

 A true masterpiece recently popped up on Paramount Plus.  That's right, the 1980 version of Shogun is now available for streaming. If you want to see some great tv, this mini-series is well worth your time.  The current version on Hulu and FX is quite good as well.

A trans "woman" won the Washington (State) High School 400m State Championship Friday by a full second over the nearest competitor.  

 What happens when God comes to visit?  The children of Israel found out as they gathered before Mount Sinai.  The stiff-necked people remained stiff-necked and sent poor Moses on a lifetime mission of shuttle diplomacy.  The late Dr. Frank Pollard preached they had it all wrong as they rejected freedom. Hear what he has to say in the 1996 sermon posted below.  

Speaker Jason White wants to study elimination of income taxes and cuts to grocery sales taxes. He ought to focus on property taxes. That’s more the interest of supervisors, mayors, and school officials along with lots of taxpayers.

 A Jackson City Councilman said Hinds County District Jody Owens and several out of state "investors" met with him in February to discuss the convention center hotel and related projects. 

It’s difficult to listen to those who are offended by “everything.” Of all the things that have offended the weakest among us, few of us ever imagined that “motherhood” could be offensive to anyone. And yet, the sanctity and praise of motherhood by a commencement speaker has been besmirched mercilessly by many who consider motherhood to be inferior to a professional career.

 Tonarri Moore is wanted for murder.  WJTV reported: 

 Correction on earlier post posted below.

Smith-Wills Stadium is quite the cash cow for Tim Bennett.  The baseball enthusiast operates Churchill's Smoke Shoppe at the stadium.  However, the cigar bar is not his only cash cow.  Mr. Bennett leases the parking lot to the Veterans Administration for $370,000 per year.  

 The Clinton Police Department issued the following statement. 

The Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, Jason White,  spelled out his vision for Mississippi last week at a luncheon sponsored by the Mississippi Center for Public Policy.  He talked about school choice, tax cuts, reforming healthcare laws, and yes, restoring the ballot initiative.  Enjoy. 

I have been accused of making recipe posts that were too complicated and that is probably true. Here is one that is country boy simple and straight forward. Its tasty too.

 It's college baseball tournament time and for today's funny, we have this little gem from the Lone Star State. 

The Mayor tried to get JXN Water Manager Ted Henifin in trouble with the EPA, oh how he tried.  For all of his troubles however, the EPA blew off Mayor Lumumba.  

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

 Animals. Savages.  Barbarians.  Such words are too kind to describe Hamas terrorists as they taunted captured Israeli women, women beaten and bloodied, with promises of rape and Hamas babies. 

 Rachel Vanderford authored the following press release for UMC. 

When Patricia Hurrod's aggressive cancer continued to defy chemotherapy and radiation, she found hope in a groundbreaking, advanced treatment offered only in the state at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. 

CHICAGO— No one would ever accuse me of being a creature of habit. Other than my morning breakfast routine, I have managed to live a life free from getting pigeonholed into repetitive activities. There aren’t too many places I visit on an annual basis. For the past quarter of a century my wife, two kids, and various groups of their friends spend a week on the beach in the Florida Panhandle. But other than that, there is only Chicago.

 The Fibbers are executing a search warrant on the Hinds County District Attorney's office and the Downtown Cigar Company on Pearl Street. Mr. Owens owns the cigar bar.  

In a Louisiana congressional redistricting case, the Supreme Court decided last week to allow the state to use congressional maps that created a second Black majority district among the state’s six total districts.

 Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement yesterday. 

 Note: Comment in the earlier post today. 

Churchill Smoke Shoppe announced on Facebook it is shutting down for now: 

 Gary Pettus authored the following essay for the University of Mississippi Medical Center. 

 It was Dustin Clarke who found the wedding band with the inscription, “Ever true to thee,” in an unmarked grave.

 Churchill's busted for selling liquor without permit

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba accused the state of racism after Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill that would terminate the lease of Smith-Wills Stadium with the city of Jackson.  Standard stuff for the Mayor when he can't get his way. 

 Check out the Oregon State Championship Women's 200m race. Notice anything? 

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba held his regular press briefing. It is posted below.

Is there something in the water in District 2 of Hinds County? 

The "reading-gate" scores are in and unfortunately, nearly half the kids in Jackson are not reading.  JPS's third-grade "reading-gate" scores plummeted to 54% this year.  You read that correctly.  Barely half of Jackson third graders can read at grade level.  The results are rather disappointing as 67% passed the test  last year.  

 Red Mountain Entertainment issued the following press release. 

 Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement.