Jackson Jambalaya

Indictment posted below.  

New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell was indicted by a federal grand jury on public corruption charges. The Justice Department will hold a press conference this afternoon. 

 It's time for the Country Squire to grow and grow it will as it packs up and moves into the old Danny's location on Lakeland Drive later this year.   

 Lord Daniel Hannan, that is.  The Brexit leader will be the featured speaker at the Mississippi Center for Public Policy's luncheon at River Hills Club on September 24.  More information is posted below.  

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

 Apparently the culture created by the Chokwe Antar Lumumba crew in the city's workforce is still going strong.  Exhibit A: 

Posted below is yet another ZeroBear PolyBear recipe.  He is away but recently sent a bushel of recipes in a downloadable pdf format as requested by readers.  Check out his recipe for salad dressing below.  

 Meanwhile over at Last Call.......

 Update: Found! Mother arrested in New Orleans and waiting extradition to Jackson. 

JPD issued the following statement. 

 Update: Indictment posted below. 

Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following statement yesterday. 

 Sometimes, you really shouldn't mess with the police, especially for the fun of it.  

Post includes complete video of speech. 

Billionaire Tommy Duff had his political coming-out party at the Rankin County Republican Party dinner held at the Sheraton in Flowood Monday night.  

 President Donald Trump nominated two Mississippi Supreme Court justices to serve on the federal bench.  He announced on Truthsocial: 

 What happens when some Limeys meet some Rednecks?  

Jackson Mayor John Horhn issued the following statement. 

 The sentencing of Rudy Warnock will not take place in November as originally scheduled.  U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson made the following entries in the docket of U.S.A. v. Warnock et al. 

Shelby Foote once talked about the time he went to see William Faulkner in Oxford, back when he was still a young man looking up to an older one. According to the oral history recording they wound up walking through a cemetery, past old markers and family plots. Faulkner told him, “There’s a story behind every stone.” It’s true, every name carved in granite once had a voice, a laugh, a way of leaving its mark on the living.

A retired detective says he was falsely accused of withholding evidence in a Brookhaven trial that generated national headlines after two white men were charged for shooting at a black FedEx driver.  

The recent bribery and fraud case involving Canton Municipal Utilities is yet another mess begging the question - what should be done to better monitor municipal energy systems and find faults before catastrophic consequences?

 The Jackson City Council approved Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumbumba's request to award a no-bid $400,000 contract for garbage pick-up at right of ways in March.  

 Madison-Rankin County District Attorney Ashley Allen issued the following statement. 

 A Covington County man stands accused of shooting at some teenage girls rolling his yard.  

 JPD issued the following statement. 

Tommy's Trading Post will survive!

The Mississippi Department of Transportation issued the following statement. 

Highway 43 at Upper Lake

 Attorney Lawrence Blackmon must pay for the cost of a jury and serve eight hours of community service after he failed to appear for a scheduled trial August 4.  

 The problems of North Mart Plaza continue to plague that area of Jackson.  The Capitol Police issued the following statement: 

A Ridgeland Municipal Court judge found Fred Gaddis, Jr.  guilty of possession of marijuana with a gun enhancement after conducting a trial on July 29.  A video of Gaddis's arrest generated a great deal of media attention after he shared the video in April.  

 The Brandon Police Department issued the following statement. 

The booming voice dominated the Alabama sidelines as the Crimson Tide won title after title.  So successful was Scott Cochran at putting men through the forge of the gridiron it could be argued he was Nick Saban's Agrippa.  Underneath it all was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off and go off it did.  Check out how Cochran imploded and found redemption.   

 Correction: The police confirmed his arrest yesterday but did not say it was a surrender on the May 30 charges.   The article has been corrected.  

Thaddeus Clayton Cochran is back in jail yet again.  Madison police arrested Cochran in May and charged him with trespass, stalking, and failure to comply with request.  Although he under house arrest, Cochran contacted the Madison police August 4 and surrendered, saying he would rather be back in jail. He is the son of the late Senator Thad Cochran.  

 When a young man, Scott Appleton was one of the baddest people on the planet.  One coach called him the best defensive lineman he ever saw as he racked up an Outland Trophy.  A life so promising was ruined by the chains of alcohol as he crashed and burned in the pros.  A Texas prodigal son, he wound up living in a lean-to behind his uncle's garage and flipping burgers.  A far cry from an All-American.  Rock bottom, he walked into a street kitchen operated by a San Antonio church.  He finally found grace and freedom as the late Dr. Pollard described in the 1997 sermon posted below.  Dr. Pollard used Appleton's life to illustrate how grace is the ultimate participation trophy.  Enjoy his preaching.  

President Donald Trump over recent days has miscast himself as a mathematician, scientist, statistician, and monetary expert.

 Rankin County Deputy Jalan Parker got to go home from Methodist Rehab today.  Deputy Parker was severely injured while responding to a call in the Robinhood community on July 25 when a motorist pulled out in front of him on Highway 468.  

Meanwhile over at Petsmart in Jackson yesterday..... 

It’s August. Surely the world and the government can take a break before everything falls apart again.

 The city of Jackson issued the following statement. 

 The Capitol Police issued the following statement. 

 That big hole in front of UMC on North State Street has been fixed.  WAPT reported: 

First published on July 31, 2025.

No, that headline does not refer to the exhibit at the Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza but what Jackson Mayor John Horhn said yesterday in The Jambalaya with the Kingfish podcast.  It was something about what was waiting for him every time he turned over a stone in city government since he took office a month ago.   Mayor Horhn discussed the previous administration's failure to pay bills, Thalia Mara Hall problems, the apartments controversies, blight, and of course, Jackson's water problems.   

Flashback Friday aims to provide interesting nuggets about Jackson history.   Such history reflects human nature - some is good, some is bad.  The Clarion-Ledger page posted below shows how racist Jackson was a century ago.  To say we have come a long way is an understatement.  

The Neshoba County Fair is a Mississippi tradition, bringing together thousands of folk at the height of summer for a week of Southern celebration—music, dancing, food, cattle shows, horse racing, and, of course, politics.  Ever since Ronald Reagan kicked off his 1980 presidential campaign at the Fair, it’s been the place where public officials in our state go to share their vision.

 There it sits on the corner of High and Jefferson streets, a black hole in the Jackson skyline.  The black hole is an electronic sign erected by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.  The city of Jackson said the sign violated its ordinances and was a public nuisance and sued the agency and its contractor, Busby Outdoor, LLC.  A Hinds County Chancellor agreed and declared the sign a public nuisance. 

 The ZeroBear PolyBear is still away but he did us a little favor.   Since some readers asked for his recipes in a downloadable format, The big ole Bear sent me a batch of recipes in pdf format.   Enjoy.  

 Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement. 

Post includes order and transcript.  

Hinds County Circuit Judge Faye Peterson hit attorney Lawrence Blackmon with no less than 63 criminal contempt of court citations as she fined him $6,300.  

 It's that time of year again so please support your favorite Jackson website.  Your support makes this website possible and it would not have made it this far without you. JJ led the way in reporting on the Jackson water crisis and covered stories the media would not touch, right.  However, the need for your support remains as strong as ever. 

 Jackson Mayor John Horhn restored  a Jackson city employee to her former position after she was fired in the latter days of the previous administration in what can only be described as an abuse of power.  

 Some people just don't know when they have a good thing going.  Exhibit A: Jermaine Bradley who FAFO'ed.  Bradley got a hard dose of reality today after Hinds County Circuit Judge revoked his house arrest and sent him to prison for five years.