:: jfp noise headlines

It’s the Weekend!


by Dustin Cardon
Feb. 3, 2012

Super Bowl Sunday is this weekend, and plenty of local places like Last Call and Fenian's are ready to host you and all your buddies on game day. Tonight, Blackberry Smoke performs at Duling Hall at 7:30 p.m. Admission…
 
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[Barbour] [State]

In Their Words: Mitchell Travis Tanksley


The JFP is featuring the stories of some of the people Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned, in their own words.

by R.L. Nave

Noxubee County, 1975

Mitchell Tanksley spent at least seven months behind bars over a stolen cow. It's a tale…
 
by lizwaibel on 02/03/12 at 09:21 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...

[development] [education] [State]

Study: Race Affects Broadband Access


by R.L. Nave
Feb. 2, 2012

Gene Marks is not a poor black kid, but he played one in Forbes magazine.
 
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[City/County] [development]

City Tech Wiring Overlooked


by Valerie Wells
Feb. 2, 2012

City Council members want to know why the city waited so long to notice that developer Retro Metro wasn't providing computer and telephone wiring at the city's new Metrocenter Mall offices. The cost of a change order to make it…
 
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 02/02/12 at 12:56 PM Comments (1) -- Read More...

[Sports]

Person of the Day: Maurice Bolden


by Bryan Flynn
Feb. 2, 2012

The University of Southern Mississippi could be on the verge of a special basketball season.
 
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[Barbour]

In Their Own Words: Lindsay Kathryn Welch


Starting today, the JFP will feature some of the stories of the people former Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned, in their own words.

by R.L. Nave

Oktibbeha County, 2000

Lindsay Welch gave birth to a son in the bathroom of her Starkville…
 
by lizwaibel on 02/02/12 at 11:36 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...

[Barbour] [Crime] [domestic violence] [State]

Cyberstalker Hindman: Well-Connected


by R.L. Nave
Feb. 1, 2012

When you're caught in a sting to catch online sex predators, like Douglas Hindman was, it pays to have friends who dine at the governor's mansion when it comes time to get a pardon.
 
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[City/County] [development]

JRA: No Free Passes


by Valerie Wells
Feb. 1, 2012

Don't pop in on the Jackson Redevelopment Authority asking board members to buy your property or hire you on the spot because you have a passion for a particular downtown project. From now on, expect them to vet you thoroughly…
 
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[Crime] [Politics] [State]

AG’s Office to Trusty: You Got Served


by R.L. Nave
Jan. 31, 2012

When state investigators caught up to convicted murderer Joseph Ozment Sunday night, he was living in a Laramie, Wyo. hotel and driving the Mercedes-Benz of his fiancee, LaChina Tillman, who has an impressive-sounding job with defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman.
 
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[business] [City/County] [development]

Biz Roundup: Sears and Small Businesses


by Elizabeth Waibel
Jan. 31, 2012

The Association of South Jackson Neighborhoods is calling on Jackson and Hinds County residents to make this week "Shop Sears Week." Through Monday, the association is encouraging people to buy from Sears to encourage the retailer to stay in Metrocenter…
 
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