A Ripley alderman was arrested today for capital murder! ”Ripley Ward 3 Alderman Lonnie Smith was arrested late Friday morning by Tippah authorities and charged with capital murder in connection with the April shooting death of Antrozon D. Wallace of Ripley.” More in the Daily Journal.
The New York Times has a piece comparing rumor to fact about [...]
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At the beginning and end of this post are photos of the Pine Leaf Boys last night on the back porch stage of the Blue Moon Saloon in Lafayette, Louisiana. Wilson Savoy (accordionist and singer, in the middle) said it was the hottest day of the year, and I believe it– a packed crowd danced and [...] In court in Aberdeen. Let’s call this an open thread and hope that the craziness is kept to a [...] I was asked, everyone has been well-behaved with lots of opportunities for annoying responses, and so [...] Here are two passages about insurance and crime from St. Clair McKelway, a New Yorker who, like his contemporaries A.J. Liebling and Joseph Mitchell specialized in writing about low-lifes, McKelway being more focused in crime while Liebling and Michell liked con-men, boxers, gypsies, and the like. When the first news stories appeared in the New York papers [...] Here’s another blog post about WestLawNext, with the opening theme that of course they’re trying to addict law students to it (law schools are not paying a dime more to get the new product). Also: “Alas, Greg, we are and have always been dealing with used car sales staff at West.” Check out [...] Just off the road, after court in South Mississippi, which left the natural option of a trip to New Orleans to see my kids, eat some of Donald Link’s incredible gumbo, catch some beads thrown by Drew Brees (pictoral evidence below), and to return to contemplate what tweaks I might make to my own gumbo. My [...] The Commercial Appeal has a nice where’s-Harold piece (or “where’s Harold Ford voting”): Despite talk about a possible run for the U.S. Senate seat in New York, former Memphis Congressman Harold E. Ford Jr. still lists a condo on South Front Street as his home.He shows the Downtown address as his primary residency on records with the [...] The Commercial Appeal reports that John Lee Wicks, the accused Las Vegas federal courthouse shooter, has a violent past in Memphis, where he killed his brother year in a fit of anger in 1974. The Appeal has an excellent survey of Willie Mitchell’s career in its obituary today. Andria Lisle’s personal memories of Mitchell are in the [...] Some things that caught my eye this morning: Jerry Mitchell has a story about the fact that Bobby DeLaughter reports to prison in McCreary, Kentucky on Monday. The story has no news in it (except possibly the note that DeLaughter has not responded to the state bar’s petition to disbar him) and a lot of comment from [...] |
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