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In Mississippi
1. AG partners with Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced Thursday that her office and the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence (MCADV) have been awarded a 3-year, $1-million federal grant to provide local law enforcement with equipment, resources, and training to improve response to domestic violence incidents, particularly in rural communities.
The grant from the Office on Violence Against Women Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program will support training and materials on law enforcement response to domestic violence calls, as well as the purchase of more than 300 laptops or similar devices to help law enforcement access and use the Mississippi Domestic Violence Registry (MSDVR) and Mississippi Protection Order Registry (MS POR), as well as other resources.
2. Jackson PD not renewing Flock camera contract
WJTV reports that the “Jackson Police Department (JPD) will not renew their contract with Flock Safety.”
“During a Public Safety and Parks Committee meeting on October 14, 2026, Jackson Police Chief Dr. RaShall Brackney confirmed their plans to not renew their contract with Flock Safety,” WJTV reported. “During the previous administration, the Jackson City Council confirmed unanimously with one absent member to enter into a contract with Flock Safety to install their license plate reading cameras.”
WJTV further reported, “Two years after installations began, Brackney said she will not renew this contract due to privacy concerns raised by citizens and that her department will begin searching for other license plate reading technologies… Councilman Vernon Hartley, Ward 5, brought the discussion to the agenda due to receiving ‘many’ emails from constituents he said raised concerns about the invasion of privacy the Flock cameras could cause.”
National News & Foreign Policy
1. Trump shuts down Hasan public execution
The Hill reports that “President Trump put an abrupt end on Thursday to questions about whether the Pentagon would really livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter, former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.”
“In a Truth Social post, he said the public execution could serve as a deterrent but didn’t want to subject ‘good and well-meaning’ people to the sight. Critics have also warned about the video becoming a tool for terrorist propaganda,” The Hill reported. “Trump had previously sent mixed signals on the livestreaming plan, and others in and around the White House — including Vice President Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) — said they wouldn’t watch it.”
The Hill added, “Hasan, an American-born Muslim, killed 13 people and injured 32 others when he opened fire in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas. He said he had “switched sides” in the U.S.-Afghanistan war.”
2. Oregon school shooting leaves 4 victims, teenage shooter dead
As reported by the New York Times, “Three children and a teacher were killed on Thursday in a shooting at an elementary school in central Oregon, officials said. Another child and teacher were critically injured, the authorities said, and the shooter was shot dead by an armed bystander.”
“The police in Bend, Ore., said the shooter was a 16-year-old boy who had entered Silver Rail Elementary School by shooting at locked doors with a long gun,” NYT reported. “He was shot and killed by a community member who pursued him inside the school, Chief Mike Krantz of the Bend Police Department said at a news conference. The chief did not name the victims, the shooter or the bystander who killed him.”
NYT noted, “All schools in Bend and La Pine, a neighboring city, were closed for Friday.”
Sports
1. Week 8 JUCO football score roundup
After Thursday night’s games, community college football in Mississippi has two weeks remaining in the season.
The biggest upset of the night was East Central taking down No. 2 MGCCC. Another storyline from the evening was Southwest blowing a 40-13 lead to lose 41-40.
Here is how the scores came out Thursday night for Week 8:
- Jones 41 – Southwest 40
- No. 7 Co-Lin 13 – No. 14 Hinds 38
- Northeast 35 – Pearl River 14
- Coahoma 35 – MS Delta 23
- No. 2 MGCCC 20 – East Central 31
- No. 8 Itawamba 9 – No. 6 Northwest 35
- Holmes 14 – No. 10 East MS 42
2. SWAC Hall of Fame to honor JSU’s Barnes
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) announced the 2026 Hall of Fame class on Wednesday evening that included Jackson State University legend William H. Barnes, Jr. as part of the class.
JSU Athletics said he made a lasting contribution to Jackson State University athletics through his service as an athletic trainer. Barnes was part of Jackson State’s football staff as early as 1981, serving under head coach W. C. Gorden. His work also extended to Jackson State basketball, where he was listed as the team trainer during the 1982–83, 1991–92, and 1992–93 seasons.
Barnes played an important behind-the-scenes role in supporting Jackson State student-athletes and helping maintain their health and readiness to compete. His work included caring for athletes during an important period in the university’s athletic history, including the era of legendary Jackson State football players such as Walter Payton.
Markets & Business
1. Musk, Tesla preview new Roadster. Watch the video
CNBC reports that “Tesla showed off its long-delayed next-generation Roadster on Thursday, almost a decade after Elon Musk’s company started taking deposits for the electric sports car.”
“The event was livestreamed from a SpaceX test site in McGregor, Texas, near Waco, starting at 7:55 p.m. local time, or 8:55 p.m. ET. In attendance along with Musk were design leader Franz von Holzhausen and Lars Moravy, vice president of vehicle engineering,” CNBC reported. “Tesla’s original Roadster, designed and engineered by a team led by founding CEO Martin Eberhard, was based on a Lotus Elise chassis and was first delivered in 2008, selling for roughly $100,000 in small volumes until 2012.”
CNBC continued, “The next-generation Roadster is expected to be a high-end, low-volume model that relies on SpaceX technology to enable it to hover.”
2. No signal from Fed chair on potential for another rate hike
The Wall Street Journal reports that “Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh declined to endorse or push back on colleagues’ recent signals that officials are in no rush to raise interest rates this month, saying the central bank was no longer in the business of previewing its decisions.”
“I don’t prejudge meetings. I don’t believe in saying now what I might do at the meetings we have in the balance of this year,” Warsh said. “It’s a new chapter at the Fed, and we’re not in that business anymore.”
“Warsh made the comments Friday morning local time in Bangkok in a moderated conversation at the meetings of the International Monetary Fund and shortly before Fed officials were set to enter their quiet period ahead of the Oct. 27-28 meeting. He spoke with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva,” WSJ reported. “The Fed raised rates by a quarter percentage point last month, to a range between 3.75% and 4%, in a unanimous vote. It was the first increase in three years, and most of Warsh’s colleagues penciled in at least one more rate increase this year in projections released at the meeting.”
