City Issues Boil Water Notice
Due to lack of water pressure, the city of Jackson has issued what they are calling a "precautionary" boil-water notice Friday, Sept. 28 for the following areas: Lucedale Street, Canton Club Court, Canton Park Drive, Riviera Drive, Kinder Drive, N Canton Club Circle, Barkwood Court, Beechcrest Street, Beechcrest Drive, Sedgwick …
Pearl Teen Still Needs Kidney Transplant
Vickie Stanford called me today. Her 15-year-old son Brennan needs a kidney, and there are no signs of match anywhere in sight. The JFP featured Brennan as a Person of the Day in April. You can read the story here: POD: Brennan Stanford Vickie said today that the Tulane University …
Sh*t Politicians Say About Women ... Starting with Todd Akin
OK, as if dinosaur (and Missouri Senate candidate) Todd Akin hadn't been offensive enough to women already, here's a fun one from the campaign trail today. The Kansas City Start reported that Akin said he is going to win the race because, in part, Sen. Claire McCaskill wasn't "ladylike" in …
NFL Refs Are Back
The NFL announced Thursday that the referee lockout that never should have happened in the first place is over. And only three weeks too late. The final play from scrimmage in Monday night's game between Seattle and Green Bay has been replayed, reviewed and evaluated by every media outlet in …
Assault Rifles: Only at Walmart
Thanks to the economic downturn, it's a buyer's market for a lot of products: houses are cheap, food is relatively inexpensive (although experts are predicting a bacon shortage of apocalyptic proportions) and now, at Jackson-area Walmart stores, you can even get a pretty good deal on a weapon that shoots …
Meredith Denied Ole Miss Enrollment 50 Years Ago Today
Fifty years ago today, Gov. Ross R. Barnett blocked African-American student James Meredith from enrolling at the University of Mississippi. Meredith's appearance on the Oxford campus sparked violent protests and prompted President John F. Kennedy to dispatch federal troops to Mississippi. Barnett was fined and, later, a body of water …
Most Women's Job Losses Are Government Jobs
First, the back story: After a crazy week of watching the Republican National Convention, and yelling at chairs and TV screens, I decided to take today off, lounge and do some light reading. My guilty pleasure is reading fashion/decor magazines. So I spent much of the morning in bed with …
Just Out: New York Attorney General Subpoenas Bain Documents
In its Sunday edition, The New York Times is reporting that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating several private equity firms, including Bain Capital for possibly abusing a tax strategy "in order to slice hundreds of millions of dollars from their tax bills." The attorney general, Eric T. …