EVERY DOG HAS ITS DRUG The Jones County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a dog in Laurel brought a large bag of marijuana back to his home. According to Mississippi Live, the homeowner originally thought the dog was carrying a bag of garbage until he looked closer and realized it was leafy and smelled suspiciously like cannabis. Authorities said the bag contained...
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SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT (BUT NOT IN NATCHEZ) 18-year-olds in Natchez now have to go outside city limits to buy cigarettes legally. According to WAPT News, the Adams County Board of Supervisors voted this week to raise the age for legal tobacco use to 21. The ordinance makes Adams County the first county in Mississippi to do so. Under the legislation, anyone who sells tobacco...
WHEN YOUR MOM GETS AN A IN CARPOOL The Mississippi House of Representatives is in the midst of trying to pass a bill requiring teachers to grade not only students, but parents, too. Representative Gregory Holloway of Hazlehurst proposed the bill known as House Bill 4 or the Parent Involvement and Accountability Act. According to Fox News, the proposed bill requires a section...
AND IT BURNS, BURNS, BURNS Researchers at Millsaps College recently helped identify a new species of tarantula. The spider is named after singer Johnny Cash because it can be found near the prison that Cash sang about in “Folsom Prison Blues.” According to the Clarion-Ledger, Brent Hendrixson of Millsaps is one of the main contributors to the research, during which...
