Surface rumblings

Anyone who knows me knows I’m a computer geek to the nth degree. To make matters worse (or better for those like-minded), I love my Apple.
But Microsoft arched my eyebrows this week by announcing that it would make its Surface available in the commercial market. That means folks will try it out and if enough [...]

Is the death penalty color blind?

 
Here’s something I stumbled across while reading up on the subject…
In McCleskey v. Kemp, in 1987, despite a study that found that the black murderer of a white victim was 4.3 times as likely to be executed [...]

Death by lethal injection

Not your typical breakfast variety subject, I know. But the last few days, I’ve covered three hearings that concern the death penalty.
When I covered Tyler Edmonds’ bond hearing, the issue of his sister, Kristi Fulgham, came up. She was sentenced to death by lethal injection early this year. Tyler will face a murder trial sometime [...]

Good morning

Stay plugged in to the DJ for the latest update in the Tyler Edmonds bond hearing from Columbus. As soon as we know something, you will.
Also, if you’re heading for destinations of the holiday kind, don’t forget to buckle up. As corny as it sounds, seat belts do save lives. State troopers began the [...]

Tyler Edmonds bond hearing set

Tyler Edmonds will appear in court for a bond hearing at 9 a.m. Friday in Circuit Court of Lowdnes County before Judge Lee Howard. The 17-year-old arrived in Oktibbeha County recently from the Oak Grove state facility, where he was serving out a life sentence on a conviction of capital murder.
A couple of weeks ago, the [...]

Buy a butt

Spent some of the evening over at Russell and Ann Board’s house in Saltillo on Wednesday to talk about the upcoming Lions Club Second Annual Memorial Day Weekend Fundraiser. Mike Golebiewski was over there, too. They were cleaning up the smoker.
The Lions Club has Boston butts for sale for $25. Lions Club members will [...]

Workers world

More on what David Rumbarger, CEO of the Community Development Foundation, said about economic development and recruiting:
Our labor force in Northeast Mississippi played a big part in getting Toyota to come to Wellspring. As far as manufacturing goes, we have an edge because about 32 percent of our labor force is in manufacturing. We [...]

Cleaning up the books

The Saltillo Board of Aldermen met in special session Monday to do some house cleaning chores. Among other things, they began taking care of items the auditor had called them on last year.
Saltillo is finally catching up with its audits. Until last last year, it was about four years behind. Now, it lacks two audits.  [...]

Another public defender

 
The Lee County Board of Supervisors approved putting another public defender in place in Lee County Justice Court. Tupelo attorney Kelly Mims will take the job. It pays $875 a month. According to findlaw.com, Mims lives in the Palmetto Community in Lee County and is married to Lynn. They have three children: John Parker, Carson [...]

Hearts and minds

Several of us in the DJ newsroom spent a major part of Tuesday with David Rumbarger of CDF.After hearing him talk and having him field questions, many of us came away with a greater respect for people who work in economic development.
The experience with Toyota coming to Northeast Mississippi has provided new experiences for many [...]