JACKSON • Former Mississippi Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall was already retired from public service by last year, but he continued spending a significant chunk of campaign cash accumulated over a
Volunteers litter picking in Yelling have made some strange finds.
- Credit: Sanchia Ascroft
The village has a strong community spirit and the lockdown has brought people even closer together.
There is an active WI group, best-kept garden competition and a flower festival, which villagers hope will take place on the August Bank Holiday this year. The Yelling Beer Festival takes place on the first May bank holiday and is always well attended by locals and visitors.This is run by Yelling Social Club, which and in normal times is open on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings. During pandemic, over the last 11 months, the Yelling Social Club has organised take-away beer and raised more than £3,000 for charities including the East Anglia Air Ambulance, Magpas and the village church, to name a few, said Sanchia Ascroft who lives in Yelling.
Panelists share their feelings, views on racism: ‘Respect each other’
Greenfield residents Dick and Jeanne Hall ring the bell of the All Souls Church in Greenfield in honor of Juneteenth last year. The Halls were two of the panelists who participated in a talk on racism that was co-hosted by South Deerfield’s Tilton Library and the Deerfield Inclusion Group on Wednesday. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Gloria Matlock, pictured at left, was one of the panelists who participated in a talk on racism that was co-hosted by South Deerfield’s Tilton Library and the Deerfield Inclusion Group on Wednesday. Contributed photo
JACKSON ⢠Mississippi politicians continue to personally profit from their campaign funds, new state filings show, a practice thatâs illegal in many other states and at the federal level.
In November, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney paid himself $30,000 from his campaign account. âPersonal,â Chaney wrote as the purpose of the expenditure, according to his finance report filed last week.
Before he wrapped up a 16-year career in the state Senate last year, J.P. Wilemon, a Democrat from Belmont, pocketed $12,016 that was leftover in his campaign account, a filing shows.
Lawmakers passed campaign finance reforms in 2017 following embarrassing reports by the Clarion Ledger that showed how officials had spent donations on everything from childrenâs parties, to cars, to an $800 pair of cowboy boots. Yet a grandfather clause inserted into the legislation essentially let the unregulated spending continue â as long as politicians used money raise