BREAKING Former Mississippi Department of human services executive director John Davis leaving the federal courthouse Thursday morning after pleading guilty to charges the state’s massive $77 million welfare fraud scheme.
BREAKING US Justice Department announces massive federal investigation of the Rankin County Sheriff’s office for allegations of a pattern and practice for violation of civil rights.
BREAKING At least 9 Hinds county precincts have run out of ballots, according to the clerk. Election officials are now scrambling to quickly print new ballots and rush them out to the polling places. It could be a long night this Election Day.
Applause rings out in north gallery after House votes 85 to 34 approving suspension resolution. Actual vote on the flag may not happen until Sunday.
#TakeItDownMS
BREAKING The Mississippi Republican Party files “urgent and necessitous”matter with Mississippi Supreme Court to vacate a lower court order extending voting in Hinds County until 8 PM because of a huge ballot shortage that’s kept voters in line for hours.
The walkout at Warren-Central high was part of a nationwide demonstration by
@StudentsDemand
School administrators were aware of the plans and wanted to give students a chance to let their voices be heard.
BREAKING Hinds county special circuit judge Jess Dickenson has ordered specific Hinds county precincts to remain open unit 9PM because of the ballot shortage.
We counted close to a dozen buses transporting arrestees from the Koch Food plant in Morton, Mississippi. A homeland security official insisted these were not
#ICEraids
.
“Hell to the naw naw. Hell to the naw. Hell to the naw naw. Hell to the naw naw naw. Hell no.” City councilman Kenneth Stokes reaction to
@ChokweALumumba
hiring man convicted of promoting prostitution to head Jackson parks and recreation department.
34 million. That’s how many people have viewed the video of a white Ole Miss frat student making monkey noises at a black woman during a Pro-Palestinian protest on the Oxford campus this week.
A white Ole Miss frat boy dances like a monkey and makes monkey noises near a Black woman who was protesting for Palestine.
Is this heart warming? (Video:
@StaceyJSpiehler
)
BREAKING
Republican versus Republican Mississippi
@LynnFitchAG
is suing auditor
@shadwhite
to block the auditor from trying to recover misspent welfare funds from retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre.
Dexter Wade ‘s mom Bettersten Wade is heartbroken all over again after Hinds County officials exhumed her son’s body from pauper’s grave Monday morning without the family being present at the scene. A family attorney says this is another sign of “disrespect” to the family.
Low-Income Child-Care Initiative ex. dir. Carol Burnett choked back tears as she told lawmakers Mississippi has received $100 million in TANF funds 26 years in a row and the fact that the state still had the highest poverty rate in the nation is “downright sinful.”
@tatereeves
dodging my question about a statewide mask mandate for schools and why he opposes
@CDCgov
recommendation that vaccinated people mask up.
BREAKING Lt Governor
@DelbertHosemann
wants an immediate 6-month suspension of Mississippi’s 18% gas tax to give drivers a break on the price at the pump.
This is the escaped inmate Madison county investigators are looking for. They say Todd Moudy is considered armed and dangerous. The 46 year old stole a sheriff’s department van Friday morning.
BREAKING
@ChokweALumumba
announces Jackson has been selected to host the National Folk Festival. The three year event will bring 300,000 visitors to downtown and generate more than $60 million in revenue as thecommunity celebrates the state’s unique contribution to music.
The department says critical race theory is not taught in Mississippi schools. That didn’t stop Virginia Henry, who claims she had the names of eight teachers who are teaching
#CRT
. Henry didn’t name names.
Historic day in Mississippi. Debbie McDermott became the first patient to purchase medical marijuana in the state. McDermott made her purchase Wednesday afternoon at a Brookhaven dispensary called The Cannabis Company.
#mscannabis
“He’s the biggest serial killer we have in the world.” Mississippi lawmaker slams
@tatereeves
after he mistakenly said Jackson was murder capital of the world. Aide later admitted guv meant to say murder capital of USA.
#jacksonms
#msleg
#msgov
#mississippi
#earlebanks
Michael Morris has been named new Director of the Two Mississippi Museums-the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History. Morris succeeds Pamela D.C. Junior, who retired in June.
Standing room only at the Hinds county election commission meeting where members face tough questions about the November 7th Election Day ballot shortage.
BREAKING IHL has appointed Dr. Elayne Anthony-Hayes as temporary acting president. Anthony-Hayes is currently chair and professor of the department of journalism and media studies at
@JacksonStateU
.
There’s a last minute mad dash to register to vote in Mississippi as the 5 PM deadline is quickly approaches. A large crowd in the Hinds county courthouse basement waiting to sign up.
#2020vote
Wade’s mother Bettersten Wade is escorted into the sanctuary of New Horizon church by
@AttorneyCrump
and
@TheRevAl
, who will deliver the eulogy.
The federal investigation is the latest, fallout from the infamous goon squad case where five former Rankin County deputies admitted to torturing and beating two black men in January 2023.
While John Davis was pleading guilty to 18 conspiracy and fraud charges, there was no mention in court of former governor Phil Bryant or NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre. Recent text messages raise questions about what both men knew about the $77 million welfare fraud scheme.
Massive manhunt: armed inmate escaped in a white Madison county Sheriff van. Considered armed and dangerous. Investigators say don’t try to be a hero. Call 911.
215 bodies were discovered in an unmarked grave behind a Mississippi jail. Families weren’t properly notified. But this is indicative of what Mississippi is. My latest
#FIIB
HAPPENING NOW: Protest at Mississippi state Capitol demanding answers in shooting death of 25 year-old Jaylen Lewis last September by Capitol police officers in Jackson.
“I’m vaccinated. I wear a mask in public. I avoid indoor social gatherings.” State health office
@TCBPubHealth
on how he stays safe as
@COVID
-19 delta variant ravages Mississippi.
Here’s Chancery Judge Dwanye Thomas’ order extending voting in Hinds county by 1 hour because of a massive ballot shortage. The Mississippi Democratic Party filed a lawsuit asking the judge to to give voters waiting extra time to exercise their right.
Democratic candidate for Mississippi governor Brandon Presley speaks at annual Hobnob gathering. Presley attacked
@tatereeves
as vindictive for failing to expand Medicaid and presiding over a crisis of corruption in the TANF welfare scandal.
Assistant US Attorney General Kristen Clark says the pattern and practice investigation of the Rankin county sheriff’s office will focus on three areas:
-if there’s a practice of excessive force
-if there’s a pattern and practice of unlawful stops searches and arrests
Honor for an icon.
Jackson city council votes unanimously to rename Ellis Avenue from I-20 to West Capitol Street after Mississippi Grammy-winning Blues legend
@BobbyRushBlues
.
BREAKING: Mother and 2 daughters found shot to death in Ridgeand home on Mother’s Day. “Entry was made into the residence where it was discovered that Ida Thomas Welch, age 76, Vicky Renee Welch, age 56 and Crystal Lynn Welch, age 42,” according to police news release.
Jackson city council unanimously reappoints Alex Lawson to the Jackson Redevelopment Authority board. Lawson told council JRA has brought in $17 million in projects and working to connect
@JacksonStateU
to downtown.
Jackson city council was told Monday it has only $400 in the budget for legal services after spending more than $200.000 paying private attorneys in the past year fighting mayor
@ChokweALumumba
over the garbage contract battle.
#jacksongarbagecrisis
“An attack against black leadership… a seizure of power over our city.”
@ChokweALumumba
blasts state Senate committee amendments to House bill 1020
Largely overshadowed by
@KentState
, JacksonStateU killings were 11 days later when
@JacksonMSPolice
and Mississippi highway patrol shot and killed 2 and injured 12.
Four killed today 1970 at Kent State in Ohio during protests against Nixon’s Cambodia invasion--William Schroeder, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller and Sandra Lee Scheuer:
“I have no plans to go there right now.”
@POTUS
talked about Jackson’s water crisis as he returned to the White House late Thursday night.
#jxnwatercrisis
#JxnNeedsWater
Longtime Jackson Democratic party activist Dorothy Benford is dead at 79. Her body was discovered inside her home Sunday afternoon, according to the coroner. Benford ran for several offices and in 2020 was the Democratic nominee For Congress in the 3rd congressional district.
There is growing speculation that the IHL is delaying announcing the new
@JacksonStateU
president until after Tuesday’s statewide General Election.
Just to be clear: Davis was later sentenced to 32 years in prison(to be served in federal custody) after he pleaded guilty to 18 fraud and conspiracy charges in state court.
Partial list of Hinds County precincts that ran out of ballots:
Pineview Baptist church-Clinton
Wildwood Baptist Church-Clinton
Northside Baptist Church-Clinton
Pine Haven Baptist Church-Clinton
Clinton YMCA
St. Thomas Thomas-Bolton
60 Minutes'
@jon_wertheim
pressed Coach Sanders on his Jackson State exit, but Sanders was about as elusive as he was returning punts for touchdowns in the NFL.
Seeing some many physicians on social media talk about how Commotio Cordis may have caused
#DemarHamiln
injury shows the beauty and advantage of
#twitter
Praying for his full recovery.
#hamlinstrong
BREAKING The Mississippi Attorney General‘s office has arrested Rankin county tax assessor John Sullivan and charged him with rape of a person over the age of 16.
“It’s getting hot out here. Take off some of your clothes.” A volunteer’s advice to Mississippi voters waiting in long line to cast absentee ballot.
#covidelection
#tempchecktovote
BREAKING Jackson city council unanimously votes to reinstate curfew to restrict movement of teens and adolescents over objections from mayor
@ChokweALumumba
BREAKING Angelique Lee and her attorney just walked into the federal courthouse in downtown Jackson hours after she resigned as Ward 2 city councilman.
BREAKING: Mississippi Court of Appeals throws out conviction of Canton school board member in voter fraud scandal. Courtney Rainey’s attorney said she should be immediately released from prison.
It’s finally happening!
@MississippiDOT
paving I-20 in Jackson months after top layer of asphalt was removed, leaving behind bumpy 😡roadway.
#smoothridecoming
BREAKING Tuesday morning bomb threat reported at 4 Mississippi
#HBCU
’s
@JacksonStateU
,
@AlcornStateU
, Mississippi Valley State University and Tougaloo College.
BREAKING Hinds county Democratic executive committee denies supervisor David Archie’s request for a new election, saying his petition is “trivial and devoid of any merit.”
“They killed me, I just didn’t die.” -Attorney reads impact statement for ‘Goon Squad’ victim Michael Jenkins. They should have to pay did what they did and he wants the maximum sentence for a six disgraced law enforcement officers.
This is what they mean when they say every vote counts.
Rankin County district 2 supervisor candidates Mike Windham and Sid Scarbrough each have 1243 votes. The election commission will open two absentee ballots in the race at 4 PM. We could have a winner or another tie.
Where is the District Attorney?We went looking for Jody Owens after FBI agents left the Hinds county courthouse armed with documents following an early morning raid.
BREAKING Jackson city council votes down garbage contract for Richard’s Disposal. A very emotional mayor
@ChokweALumumba
reacting to the 3-3-1 vote.
@FranklinWapt
Cliff Johnson of the MacArthur Justice Center says House bill 1020 grew out of shrill voices from white residents in Belhaven, Fondren and Northeast Jackson over fears of crime.