Just in from David Watkins:
The Brunini law firm yesterday signed on with Parkway to be one of the anchor tenants in the new "Two Jackson Place" office tower to be built in downtown Jackson. The other anchor tenant is Watkins Ludlam.
Kudos to…
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AG Forms New Domestic Violence Unit
[verbatim] Jackson, MS*Attorney General Jim Hood kicked off National Domestic Violence Awareness month (October) today with the announcement of a newly established unit to combat Domestic Violence in Mississippi. The Domestic Violence Division of the Office of Attorney General is being funded by a two year, $1.5 million grant from…
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Casey Parks’ Africa Trip Blog
We can all keep in touch with Casey's adventure at
http://parks.blogs.nytimes.com/
Also, Lisa Mullins at NPRs The World did another interview with her. This is the show's interview with her on Sept 11 Interview. (Scroll down until you see the phrase "Casey…
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http://parks.blogs.nytimes.com/
Also, Lisa Mullins at NPRs The World did another interview with her. This is the show's interview with her on Sept 11 Interview. (Scroll down until you see the phrase "Casey…
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[Melton] - JFP EXCLUSIVE: Evans Welch Tells His Side
by Adam Lynch
Photo by Jaro Vacek
Sept. 12, 2006
Pictured: Evans Welch on his parents' porch right after leaving jail Tuesday.
At 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, just as the Jackson Free Press was set to go to press, we spoke to…
by ladd on 09/12/06 at 09:50 PM Comments (132) -- Read More...
[Melton] - BREAKING: Melton, Kids Accused of Destroying Private Home
by Adam Lynch
Photo by Adam Lynch
Photo Gallery of Destruction
Sept. 1, 2006
Web & JFP Exclusive
Residents of the city’s Virden Addition tell the Jackson Free Press that they saw Mayor Frank Melton and a team of young…
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Photo by Adam Lynch
Photo Gallery of Destruction
Sept. 1, 2006
Web & JFP Exclusive
Residents of the city’s Virden Addition tell the Jackson Free Press that they saw Mayor Frank Melton and a team of young…
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Special-Session Man Is Back!
[verbatim] GOVERNOR BARBOUR TO CALL SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION
(JACKSON, Mississippi) * Governor Haley Barbour announced today he will call a special session of the Mississippi Legislature to convene at 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 24, 2006, and deal primarily with a huge job-creating project in northwest Mississippi…
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(JACKSON, Mississippi) * Governor Haley Barbour announced today he will call a special session of the Mississippi Legislature to convene at 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 24, 2006, and deal primarily with a huge job-creating project in northwest Mississippi…
by ladd on 08/18/06 at 03:14 PM Comments (15) -- Read More...
WLBT Consumer Report Snares JFP Classified
We were embarrassed to learn that one of the classified ads discussed in WLBT's 3 on Your Side story last night ran in the Jackson Free Press. WLBT didn't mention the JFP by name in the transcript, but after reading the report online, we determined that our paper had…
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Clueless in Condi-land? U.S. Endgame in Lebanon?
Here's more food for discussion on Lebanon, from Michael Young at Reason mag, who is also the opinion editor of the Daily Star newspaper in Lebanon:
With the war in Lebanon one month old this week, the jury is still out on whether the Bush administration…
by ladd on 08/10/06 at 07:58 PM Comments (2) -- Read More...
With the war in Lebanon one month old this week, the jury is still out on whether the Bush administration…
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Sheriff to Deputize Two of Jackson’s ‘Finest’?
The Clarion-Ledger is reporting:
Two of the three Jackson police officers involved in an alleged assault on a handcuffed suspect have been offered jobs as Hinds County Sheriff's deputies but are awaiting the outcome of a disciplinary hearing before making a final decision. Sheriff Malcolm McMillin…
by ladd on 08/09/06 at 11:25 AM Comments (71) -- Read More...
Two of the three Jackson police officers involved in an alleged assault on a handcuffed suspect have been offered jobs as Hinds County Sheriff's deputies but are awaiting the outcome of a disciplinary hearing before making a final decision. Sheriff Malcolm McMillin…
by ladd on 08/09/06 at 11:25 AM Comments (71) -- Read More...
Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Raids
The Cato Institute—made up of pesky libertarians who take on both "sides"—has released a report by Radley Bilko on the rise in popularity of paramilitary drug raises—and their dangers and abuses. Here's the executive summary:
Americans have long maintained that a man’s home is his castle and that he has the right to defend it from unlawful intruders. Unfortunately, that right may be disappearing. Over the last 25 years, America has seen a disturbing militarization of its civilian law enforcement, along with a dramatic and unsettling rise in the use of paramilitary police units (most commonly called Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT) for routine police work. The most common use of SWAT teams today is to serve narcotics warrants, usually with forced, unannounced entry into the home.
by ladd on 08/08/06 at 12:52 PM Comments (15) -- Read More...
Americans have long maintained that a man’s home is his castle and that he has the right to defend it from unlawful intruders. Unfortunately, that right may be disappearing. Over the last 25 years, America has seen a disturbing militarization of its civilian law enforcement, along with a dramatic and unsettling rise in the use of paramilitary police units (most commonly called Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT) for routine police work. The most common use of SWAT teams today is to serve narcotics warrants, usually with forced, unannounced entry into the home.
by ladd on 08/08/06 at 12:52 PM Comments (15) -- Read More...
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