Watch This Space ... for a False AlarmUPDATE: After lunch today in the Frank Melton gun trial, there was a flurry of activity as Beverly Kraft, spokeswoman for the Administrative Office of the Courts, told reporters that something was about to happen in the courtroom—and allowed cameras …
[BREAKING]: Melton Jury to be SequesteredWhile Mayor Frank Melton sat in City Council, his cheeks sunken and his face haggard, Judge Tomie Green issued some unwelcome news to the jurors who will decide the mayor's fate on gun charges this week.
NCAA ContendersCongrats to Millsaps and Delta State, who won spots in the NCAA playoffs. First-round games are on Saturday.
The JFP Blogs the Melton TrialWatch this site throughout the first round of Mississippi v. Frank Melton, slated to begin Nov. 14, for daily blogging, and photo galleries, about the Jackson mayor's first trial for illegally carrying weapons.
YDA National Conference Comes to Jackson - November 17th Through 19thI'm not planning on going, but if you're aged 18-35, politically engaged, and not a Republican, this is a rare opportunity to meet national Democrats without leaving town. The folks in charge of our local YDA chapter seem to be …
Press Association on the JFP ‘Wags" Being ‘Atwitter'This is fun. The blog of the Mississippi Press Association (I think I'm the only one who ever runs into it) posted something about John Newhouse exiting the Clarion-Ledger, ending with this:
Women Turning U.S. Blue?Newsweeks' Politics Blog is exploring the pivotal role that women played in this week's election—they wanted change, went to the polls and made it happen. Go, grrls.
Donna Ladd SubpoenaedToday, Jackson Free Press Editor-in-Chief Donna Ladd was subpoenaed by the attorney general's office to appear in the upcoming criminal trial of Mayor Frank Melton regarding articles she has published on Melton and guns.
What if Mississippi had a "Challenge Day"?On today's episode of Oprah, 64 students at a high school were brought into the gym to discuss and confront issues that divide teenagers - issues which continue into adults. Class. Race. Ideals about beauty. The whole experience seemed to …