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As part of its launch, Magnolia Tribune acquired the assets of Jackson New Media, which included Y'all Politics. The articles which predate January 2, 2023, were produced by Y'all Politics and are presented herein as a historical archive. Magnolia Tribune is not responsible for the content.

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June 26, 2008

Saban: Johns off Alabama team after drug arrest

http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/645084.html TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama football coach Nick Saban has dismissed Jimmy Johns from the team following the player's arrest on drug charges. Saban announced the decision in a brief statement issued shortly after Johns' arrest on Tuesday. The coach said the alleged behavior won't be tolerated and Johns is no longer on the football team. Police arrested Johns on multiple felony charges after what they describe as an investigation that lasted about two months. Authorities say there is no indication that any other players were involved. Sunherald.com 6/26/08

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June 26, 2008

Longtime Obama backer strongly believes in racial entitlements

Priest who mocked Clinton stands by message The Roman Catholic priest who mocked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s former church says he regrets that his passionate delivery may have detracted from his message. But he stands by the message. “I was giving a talk about race. And is entitlement one…

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June 26, 2008

DJ – Letter writers have strong opinions for Backstrom, Scruggs

Letter writers have strong opinions for Backstrom, Scruggs The letters were addressed to Senior Judge Neal Biggers Jr., who holds their fate in his hands. They were made available to a few reporters Wednesday, and I was one of them. Learning their fate will climax months of legal action against them from a six-count federal…

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June 26, 2008

DJ – Scruggs disagrees about prison time

Scruggs disagrees about prison time Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and the U.S. Probation Office have differences of opinion about how much prison time the Oxford attorney should get for conspiring to bribe a judge. In legal papers filed Wednesday, Scruggs’ attorneys take 15 pages to outline his life and 17 more to explain why he should…

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June 26, 2008

MSDISH – So, What Were Your Arguments Again?

So, What Were Your Arguments Again? Liberals are having a hard time coming up with good things to say about Ronnie Musgrove. Maybe they are just negative people who have more fun making dishonest attacks on Senator Wicker (I recall, pleasantly, this bit of scientific research). I had yet to read a Democrat on the…

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June 26, 2008

Ronnie Musgrove kept $110K of Scruggs funds

Wicker, Musgrove campaigns got Scruggs funds A recent National Republican Senatorial Committee news release chastised Democratic former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove for taking more than $110,000 from Dickie Scruggs throughout his political career. But a Sun Herald search of federal campaign-finance reports found Wicker, a seasoned elected official, also took a total of $1,000 in donations…

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June 26, 2008

446 letters written for Scruggs, his son, Backstrom

446 letters written for Scruggs, his son, Backstrom Richard P. Ieyoub, a three-term Louisiana attorney general, wrote about the landmark state settlements with tobacco companies, an effort Scruggs led: “Obviously, Dickie’s legal ability had much to do with his accomplishments, but it was his character that garnered the respect and confidence of attorneys general across…

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June 26, 2008

Former UCF hoops coach lands a college football job

Former UCF hoops coach lands a college football job A blast from the past came down from Birmingham, Ala., this afternoon. And it came in the form of former Knights hoops coach Joe Dean Jr. Dean, who built almost all of the team that Kirk Speraw took to the NCAA Tournament in Speraw’s first season…

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June 26, 2008

Nobody knows – Jamont Gordon

Nobody knows – Jamont Gordon STARKVILLE — For Jamont Gordon, the predictions about how this most important night of his life will go run the gamut. Some say the Mississippi State junior guard could be a first-round pick in tonight’s NBA draft. Some say he’ll be an early second-round guy. Some say he won’t be…

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June 26, 2008

Valley’s Prophet gave it his all

Valley’s Prophet gave it his all Let’s go back almost 25 years to the fall of 1983. In Itta Bena, Mississippi Valley State sophomore Willie Totten was throwing passes and junior Jerry Rice was catching them, and, slowly but surely, the college football nation was beginning to pay attention. Chuck Prophet, the busiest man in…

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June 26, 2008

Ronnie Musgrove (D) donors indicted again in beef plant fiasco

Trio, company indicted again in plant fiasco What appears to be new are charges that Cawood and The Facility Group learned in early March 2003 from one of its design engineers that national beef producers considered the operation a “money pit” and that it might not be economically viable in the long run without enough…

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June 26, 2008

Scruggs urges leniency in motion to judge

Scruggs urges leniency in motion to judge Attorney Dickie Scruggs’ legal team filed a motion Wednesday afternoon that urges a federal judge to give Scruggs a sentence of 30 months rather than the maximum five years in prison he could serve for conspiring to bribe a state court judge. The lengthy motion describes Scruggs’ young…