:: jfp noise headlines

City Faces $4.3 Million Shortfall

by Brian Johnson and Adam Lynch
April 2, 2007

Department of Administration Director Rick Hill reported to City Council today that the city is facing a $4.3 million budget shortfall.
 
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CAUTION: More Pet Food Recalled

Del Monte is now on the list of recalled pet food. The long list now includes Pounce Cat Treats, Meaty Morsels and Jerky Dog Treats.

Important links:
Cat food recalled
Dog food recalled
FDA page on recall
 
by DonnaLadd on 04/02/07 at 09:07 AM Comments (10) -- Read More...

Crossroads Festival Winners Announced

Monday update: We're pleased to announce that "Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write?" won the Audience Choice Award this year.

Tonight, at George Street Grocery, Crossroads Film Festival announced the following winners of the 8th annual Crossroads Film Festival. Several will be shown at Parkway Place Theater…
 
by DonnaLadd on 03/31/07 at 10:48 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...

BREAKING: Ellis Attorney to Ask for Recusal

by Ronni Mott
March 30, 2007

Lisa Ross, attorney for Michael Ellis, told the Jackson Free Press today that she is going to ask that hearing officer Charles McClelland recuse himself from the termination proceeding of fired Chastain Middle School principal Michael Ellis. She said a…
 
by DonnaLadd on 03/30/07 at 05:24 PM Comments (6) -- Read More...

D.A. Questions Judge Allowing Officer to Walk

The Clarion is reporting today that District Attorney Faye Peterson is outraged that Judge Bobby DeLaughter has allowed a police officer charged with vehicular manslaughter to go free with no jail time. After Jeffrey Middleton, who ran a red light and killed a man in 2005 while on…
 
by DonnaLadd on 03/28/07 at 10:53 AM Comments (204) -- Read More...

JUST IN: Wilson Pleads Guilty to Murder in Teen Death

Toice Wilson today pled guilty to murder in Hinds County Circuit Court after the prosecution refused his request yesterday to plead guilty to manslaughter in the beating death of Tawana Sandifer, 15. Judge Swan Yerger than sentenced him to life in prison.

More details as they develop…
 
by DonnaLadd on 03/27/07 at 10:11 AM Comments (8) -- Read More...

Shantala to Bring ‘Bliss and Devotion’

by Andi Agnew
March 26, 2007

For the third year in a row, Butterfly Yoga is bringing a unique musical experience to Jackson. Shantala, aka Benjy and Heather Wertheimer, will lead a Kirtan (pronounced keer-tahn) and perform songs from their albums "The Love Window" and "Church…
 
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Gay Rights Activists Protest MC

Photo credit: Brian Johnson
Photo caption: Soulforce co-director Katie Higgins was among those arrested at Mississippi College Thursday.


by Brian Johnson
March 22, 2007

Calling for dialogue and reading scripture, members of Soulforce Equality Ride, a Virginia-based…
 
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[Melton]

Melton’s Lawn Crew, Unveiled

by Donna Ladd
March 13, 2007

The Jackson Free Press has learned that the head of a lawn service, financially seeded by Mayor Frank Melton, was arrested for armed robbery and rape in recent years. However, the young man tells the JFP that he pled to…
 
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FBI Arrests Alleged Child Molester

[Verbatim FBI Press Release]

On Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at approximately 7:00 p.m., in Madison, Mississippi, Special Agents of the Jackson Division of the FBI and deputies of the Harrison County Sheriff's Office, assisted by the Madison County Sheriff's Department, arrested STEPHEN RANDY LUXFORD, age 52. A…
 
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