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Groups: It's OK for the Gay to Stay
In response to a so-called "gay conversion" conference taking place at Lakeside Baptist Church in Hattiesburg over the next few days, pro-gay rights groups are rallying against the pseudo-science of praying the gay away. GetEQUAL Mississippi, OMEGA Mississippi and Walk Fellowship Church of Hattiesburg is holding a“Love and Acceptance” rally …
The Complete Guide to Where You Can Vote in Tomorrow's Hinds County Supervisor's Primaries
Go here to find your polling place. Also, read about more about the candidates here, or at least the ones who talked to us.
Kemper Not the Power Plant of Future
Companies building a new 582-megawatt power plant near DeKalb are not holding it up as a model for plants around the nation. The Kemper County IGCC plant, now about nine months away from completion, will burn low-grade lignite coal and capture carbon emissions. Kemper is the first plant to use …
Barbara Dunn's Reign of Copy Fee Terror Over?
For about a year, maybe longer, the state court system has slowly been rolling out news of electronic filing coming to certain counties. Now, it's finally Hinds County's turn. Starting on Oct. 1, Hinds Circuit Court and Hinds County Court starts accepting voluntary electronic filing of court documents in civil …
Jerry Hopkins Drops out of Hinds 4 Race, Maldonado Takes Runoff Spot
Two days after a first-place finish in the Democratic primary for Hinds County District 4 supervisor, Jerry Hopkins has bowed out of the race. On Tuesday, Hopkins edged out James "Lap" Baker, 353 votes to Baker's 316, setting up an Oct. 8 runoff. This afternoon, Hinds County Democratic Executive Committee …
Roger Wicker is listening -- but only to what he wants to hear
The government is shut down. The U.S. Air Force Academy has suspended travel, which threatens to cancel its game against Navy this weekend. And me and city reporter Tyler Cleveland couldn't even officially figure out how many Hispanics live in Jackson because the U.S. Census Bureau website is shut down. …
Hinds Dems Throw Down Tomorrow
4 Democrats 2 Seats. The Hinds Count Democratic Party is preparing for what it's billing as a showdown for the District 2 and District 4 races tomorrow night at Metrocenter. Here's a the full release: JACKSON-On the evening of Thursday, October 3 at 6:00 PM at Center Court at the …
Supes Continue Raiding Byram-Clinton Corridor Fund
At this morning's Hinds County Board of Supervisors meeting, supervisors distributed more than $250,000 to various recreational and other projects around the county. The money is coming from $3.5 million that had been set aside for the Byram-Clinton Parkway development project, which sparked intense debate between two board members. In …
Church Gives to Hinds Dem Hopeful Willie Robinson: Legal?
Religious organizations are generally not allowed to donate to politicians, but often find clever ways to skirt the Internal Revenue Service prohibitions. One way is just for the pastor and key church officials to personally make big contributions, and encourage their flock to do the same, to support candidates who …
Meridian Fights The Power Against Kemper, Too
(Yes, I'm going to get all the mileage I can out of this Public Enemy-esque headline.) A group called Mississippians for Affordable Energy picketed Tuesday night in Meridian to protest Mississippi Power Co.'s Kemper County coal-fired power plant. Local TV station, WTOK reported: "The picketers say they were there in …
Miss. Breaks Good, Ranks Low for Methiness
Dear Magnolia State Meth Dealers: Do not interpret this as a challenge. But Mississippi is one of the least methy states in the nation, a new Huffington Post infographic shows. Citing something called the Nationa(l) Security System, or NSS, HuffPost said that Mississippi had five meth-lab-related accidents in 2012. Given …
Miss. Parole Board: 70 Days, 3 Chairmen
Barely a full two months after taking over as chairman of the Mississippi Parole Board, Doug Davis is leaving for a new job as Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann's chief-of-staff. Davis was appointed to the parole board earlier this year and ascended to the chairmanship on Aug. 1. He replaced …
Missouri, Stop Putting Secession Ideas in Mississippi's Head
Apparently, in my native Missouri (also known as the most methy state in the nation), a billboard has popped up along an Interstate asking passersby to "Consider a contiguous 5-state secession" with Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri and Mississippi. That's interesting. For one, that would be a pretty weird-ass-shaped nation (see …
Josh Marks Memorial Planned; Service to Highlight Mental Illness
A memorial service for Josh Marks is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Tougaloo College's Woodworth Chapel. Marks died on Oct. 11 after battling mental illness. A Chicago native who attended Tougaloo, Marks earned fame from his appearance on TV cooking reality show "MasterChef." A statement from …
Sen. Chris McDaniel to Announce Beginning of End of Political Career
State Sen. Chris McDaniel, a Republican from Ellisville, is making an announcement this weekend about his political future, the blog Mississippi PEP reports. McDaniel, a self-styled fiscal and values Tea Party conservative, has been rumored for some time to have his eyes on senior U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's seat. Anyone …
At Least Jackson Media Cares About One Murder Victim
The Jackson Police Department announced an arrest this afternoon in the death of pro fisherman Jimmy Johnson. A Texas native, Johnson was only passing through Jackson to participate in a fishing tournament when he was shot and killed at a motel Sunday. Rightly, there has been an outpouring of support …
Belhaven, Fondren on House Burglary Alert
Residents of Jackson's Fondren and Belhaven neighborhoods are cautioning their fellow neighbors to be vigilant amid what they're calling a crime spree of house burglaries. Jeff Good, who lives and owns businesses in Fondren, sent out the word on Facebook. "We obviously have a group of criminals stalking our neighborhood …
Report: "Extreme Concern" Persists at Henley-Young
The latest court monitoring report for the Hinds County's Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center shows "the facility continues to have "major developmental needs in many areas.” The Southern Poverty Law Center and Disability Rights Mississippi filed a class-action lawsuit in 2011 that alleged Henley-Young's staff members subjected the children to physical …
Will Jackson Get Boost from $1 trillion in Black Spending?
Over the weekend, Black Enterprise magazine reported that the spending power of the nation's 43 million African Americans is expected to top $1 trillion by 2015. BE cites a report that will be presented at a June 2014 meeting of the National Association of Black Accountants Conference. The report found …
Lucky Town Clears Zoning Hurdle, Craft Beermaking Returns to Jackson
Lucky Town Brewing Co. is reporting on its Facebook page that the startup microbrewery received unanimous zoning approval to move into a building in midtown. Lucky Town—which started making more of its own beer in 2012 after a successful Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign—is one of only a handful of breweries operating …